Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
If you want to become a high school teacher, you first need to obtain a degree from one of the other faculties and thereafter enrol for our one-year Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).
For the PGCE teaching modules and their requirements, see the Faculty of Education yearbook on the website www.su.ac.za.
The Faculty encourages you strongly to take at least two teaching modules.
Contact information
Programme overview
Duration
One year
Campus
Stellenbosch
More information
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Career opportunities
High school teacher in two subjects (Grades 8 to 12).
Occupations:
Teacher
Minimum admission requirements – NSC/ IEB
Two subjects as teaching modules are required for admission. Each teaching subject must meet the entry requirements of the specific teaching subject. All teaching modules are not available every year: a minimum number of students per teaching module is required.
- Entry requirement: a degree NQF level 7 with two teaching subjects.
- For the PGCE teaching modules and their requirements, see the Faculty of Education yearbook on the website www.su.ac.za.
- Entry requirement: a degree NQF level 7 with two teaching subjects.
- For the PGCE teaching modules and their requirements, see the Faculty of Education yearbook on the website www.su.ac.za.
Minimum admission requirements – International curricula
IEB-ISC
Postgraduate programme not applicable to undergraduate prospectus
German Abitur
Postgraduate programme not applicable to undergraduate prospectus
International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB Diploma)
Postgraduate programme not applicable to undergraduate prospectus
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel AS-level , IGCSE/O-level
Postgraduate programme not applicable to undergraduate prospectus
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel A-level , IGCSE/O-level
Postgraduate programme not applicable to undergraduate prospectus
Postgraduate programme not applicable to undergraduate prospectus
German Abitur
Postgraduate programme not applicable to undergraduate prospectus
International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB Diploma)
Postgraduate programme not applicable to undergraduate prospectus
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel AS-level , IGCSE/O-level
Postgraduate programme not applicable to undergraduate prospectus
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel A-level , IGCSE/O-level
Postgraduate programme not applicable to undergraduate prospectus
Programme structure
Full-time
Last updated
10 April 2026
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