BCom (Management Accounting)
This programme helps you to qualify one day as a chartered management accountant. With this qualification, you can become a management accountant or a financial manager. As a management accountant, you will be involved in, for instance, costing studies for the development of new products and you will participate in decisions taken on new investment opportunities.
Contact information
Programme overview
Duration
Three years
Campus
Stellenbosch
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To obtain the internationally recognised professional qualification of chartered management accountant, you must pass the examinations of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA, London). Chartered management accountants focus on financial competencies and interpret and use financial information in the management of a business.
Occupations:
Accountant
Minimum admission requirements – NSC/ IEB
- An NSC aggregate of at least 65% (excluding Life Orientation)
- Mathematics 60%
- English Home Language 50% OR Afrikaans Home Language 50% OR Afrikaans First Additional Language 70% OR English First Additional Language 70%
- Mathematics 60%
- English Home Language 50% OR Afrikaans Home Language 50% OR Afrikaans First Additional Language 70% OR English First Additional Language 70%
Minimum admission requirements – International curricula
IEB-ISC
IEB-ISC write NBTs AQL and MAT IEB-ISC aggregate of at least 65% (excluding Active Citizenry)
- Mathematics 60%
- English Home Language 50% OR Afrikaans Home Language 50% OR Afrikaans First Additional Language 70% OR English First Additional Language 70%
German Abitur
University Exemption with 65% average
English or Afrikaans, First or
Second Language, 4 (Nam 6)
Maths 6 (Nam 8) Strict selection guidelines will apply
International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB Diploma)
University Exemption with 65% average
English First Language 4 on HL or as a Second Language 4 on HL or on SL
Maths 5 on SL OR Maths 4 on HL Strict selection guidelines will apply
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel AS-level , IGCSE/O-level
University Exemption with
65% average
English First Language C on AS-Level/GCSE/O-Level or as a Second Language C on AS-Level or A on GCSE/O-Level
Maths C on AS-Level Strict selection guidelines will apply
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel A-level , IGCSE/O-level
University Exemption with
65% average
English First Language E on A-Level or C on GCSE/O-Level
Maths E on A-Level Strict selection guidelines will apply
IEB-ISC write NBTs AQL and MAT IEB-ISC aggregate of at least 65% (excluding Active Citizenry)
- Mathematics 60%
- English Home Language 50% OR Afrikaans Home Language 50% OR Afrikaans First Additional Language 70% OR English First Additional Language 70%
German Abitur
University Exemption with 65% average
English or Afrikaans, First or
Second Language, 4 (Nam 6)
Maths 6 (Nam 8) Strict selection guidelines will apply
International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB Diploma)
University Exemption with 65% average
English First Language 4 on HL or as a Second Language 4 on HL or on SL
Maths 5 on SL OR Maths 4 on HL Strict selection guidelines will apply
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel AS-level , IGCSE/O-level
University Exemption with
65% average
English First Language C on AS-Level/GCSE/O-Level or as a Second Language C on AS-Level or A on GCSE/O-Level
Maths C on AS-Level Strict selection guidelines will apply
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel A-level , IGCSE/O-level
University Exemption with
65% average
English First Language E on A-Level or C on GCSE/O-Level
Maths E on A-Level Strict selection guidelines will apply
Programme structure
Full-time
Last updated
01 April 2026
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