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Tuition Fees: | $2,670 /year |
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Applications Begin: | March 2021 |
Final Award: | Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) |
Start Date: | February 2022 |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences |
Campus: | Stellenbosch |
Application Deadline: | 30 June 2021 |
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First Year
Actuarial Science 112(8)
Computer Science 114(16), 144(16)
Economics 114(12), 144(12)
Financial Accounting 188(24)
Mathematics 114(16), 144(16)
Probability Theory and Statistics 144(16)
Second Year
Business Management 113(12)
Computer Science 214(16), 244(16)
Mathematics 214(16), 244(16)
Mathematical Statistics 214(16), 245(8), 246(8)16)
Operational Research 244(16)
Third Year
Business Management 142(6)
Recommended elective modules
Choose any two subjects (all the modules per subject):
Computer Science 314(16) or
315(16), 334(16), 344(16), 354(16)
Mathematical Statistics 312(16), 316(16), 344(16), 364(16)
Operational Research 314(16), 326(16), 344(16), 354(16)
– Overall National Senior Certificate average of at least 70%, excluding Life Orientation
– Mathematics 75%
– One of the following:
– Afrikaans Home Language 50% or
– English Home Language 50% or
– Afrikaans First Additional Language 60% or
– English First Additional Language 60%
All the undergraduate programmes in the Faculty have the same application procedure and closing date, unless otherwise specified (see the relevant programme entries for more information):
– Apply electronically at www.maties.com in the year before your intended studies. Applications open in March. Please note that for the Diploma in Sustainable Development, you must also complete a departmental application form.
– All applications close on 30 June, except for the Diploma and the Advanced Diploma in Public Accountability, which close 15 December.
– The closing dates mean that your application must be finalised and all documentation handed in by these dates. No applications that reach the University after the closing date will be accepted. In the case of the Diploma and the Advanced Diploma in Public Accountability, however, you may contact the programme coordinator to find out about late application.
International Students do not pay application fees.
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*South African students pay R44273 per year as tuition fees.
*Students from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries, as well as Rwanda and Namibia, pay R60000 without an international tuition fee
The SADC member countries are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
*Students from Africa (Non-SADC) pay R60000 plus international tuition fees of R23940
*Students from the rest of the World (outside of Africa) pay R60000 plus international tuition fees of R50700
MINIMUM COMPULSORY INITIAL FEE PAYABLE BEFORE REGISTRATION (SADC) – R60000
MINIMUM COMPULSORY INITIAL FEE PAYABLE BEFORE REGISTRATION (Africa) – R83940
MINIMUM COMPULSORY INITIAL FEE PAYABLE BEFORE REGISTRATION (Rest of the World) – R110700