Advanced Diploma in Accounting at University of Cape Town

Programme overview

The Advanced Diploma in Accounting replicates the final year of the BCom Financial Accounting: Chartered Accountant for graduates of other programmes; completion may allow admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting on the pathway to the CA(SA) designation.

Faculty: Faculty of Commerce | Duration: 1 year, full time | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Prescribed courses include Taxation II, Financial Reporting III, Governance, Audit and Assurance II, Management Accounting II, Business Analysis and Governance I and II, Company Law and Business Law II.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A UCT graduate who has completed ACC2012W, ACC2018H, ACC2022H, ACC2023H, CML1001F/S, FTX2024F/S, INF2004F and PHI2043F/S and meets the handbook's entry-to-CA-courses requirements; graduates of other universities may be considered but must write entrance exams to meet a 55% weighted average.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za

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