UCT Courses Commerce Postgraduate

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UCT Courses Commerce Postgraduate

UCT Courses Commerce Postgraduate

The Faculty of Commerce offers a variety of postgraduate options designed for students with a vocational/professional focus or for those who want to pursue the academic discipline of their undergraduate commerce degree.

Useful Resources for Commerce Postgraduate Applicants

For information on the postgraduate programs, including the curriculum and entrance requirements, please refer to the Commerce Postgraduate Handbook. Essential details on the postgraduate application procedure, deadlines for applications, and other information may be found in UCT’s Directions for Postgraduate Applicants.

  • Apply Online (the closing date for applications for coursework programs is 31 October, unless otherwise specified in the UCT Directions for Postgraduate Applicants)
  • Directions for Postgraduate Applicants
  • Commerce Postgraduate Handbook
  • Postgraduate degree funding
  • International and Postgraduate Students FAQs
  • International Academic Programmes Office (IAPO)
  • Postgraduate Hub
  • UCT Postgraduate Guide

Honours/Masters/Doctoral degrees

The Faculty offers a range of degrees for students wishing to study further in a particular commerce discipline. Some of the degrees are offered on a part-time basis whilst others require full-time study. Certain Masters degrees require coursework and/or internships in addition to the dissertation.

  • PhD Proposal Guidelines
  • Master’s Dissertation Information
  • Doctoral candidates

Professionally/vocationally directed postgraduate diplomas

For postgraduate diplomas and postgraduate diplomas in management, applicants must have undergraduate degrees in both commerce AND other faculties. For students interested in a career in accounting, information systems, actuarial science, or a range of management fields like sports management, marketing, business communication, and entrepreneurship, postgraduate diplomas are currently available.

certain of our postgraduate certificates are open to students with ANY undergraduate background, even though certain of our postgraduate courses require students to have a bachelor’s degree in commerce.

Postgraduate Programmes

The Department of Finance and Tax offers a range of postgraduate programs.

Programs in Finance

  • Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Finance
  • MCom in Finance (part-time)
    • MCom in Finance in the field of Applied Finance
    • MCom in Finance in the field of Corporate Finance and Valuations
    • MCom in Finance in the field of Financial Management
  • MCom in Finance in the field of Investment Management
  • Ph.D. In Finance

Programs in Taxation

  • Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Taxation
  • MCom/LLM specializing in International Taxation
  • Master of Commerce specializing in Taxation in the field of South African Tax
  • Ph.D. in Tax

AIFMRM (African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management) Programmes

  • MCom in Risk Management of Financial Markets
  • Master of Financial Engineering
UCT Commerce Postgraduate

The Faculty of Commerce offers the following postgraduate degrees and diplomas:

Postgraduate Diplomas in
Accounting
Actuarial Science
Development Policy and Practice
Management Information Systems
Management Practice
Public Sector Accounting (Not offered to first-time entrants in 2021)
Survey Data Analysis for Development

Postgraduate Diplomas in Management in
Business Communication
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Sports Management

Bachelor of Commerce Honours specializing in
Accounting
Actuarial Science
Economic Analysis of Financial Markets (previously Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management)
Economics
Finance
Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Quantitative Finance
Statistics
Taxation

Bachelor of Commerce Honours
In Organisational Psychology specializing in Change Management

Master’s Degrees by dissertation only
The Faculty of Commerce offers a Master of Business Science, a Master of Commerce, and a Master of Philosophy degree by dissertation only. These are offered by every department. The Faculty also offers the following:

Master of Commerce (by dissertation only) specializing in Information Systems
Master of Philosophy (by dissertation only) specializing in Inclusive Innovation

Master’s Degrees by coursework and minor dissertation
Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration specializing in Executive Management
Master of Commerce in Risk Management of Financial Markets
Master of Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Master of Commerce specializing in
Actuarial Science
Applied Economics
Economics
Economic Development
Economic Science
Finance in the field of Corporate Finance and Valuation
Finance in the field of Financial Management
Finance in the field of Investment Management
Financial Reporting, Analysis & Governance
Information Systems
Taxation in the field of International Tax
Taxation in the field of South African Taxation

Master of Philosophy specializing in
Financial Technology
Demography
Mathematical Finance
Program Evaluation

Master of Philosophy in
Development Finance
Development Policy and Practice
People Management

Doctor of Philosophy in
Actuarial Science
Business Administration
Demography
Development Policy & Practice
Economics
Finance
Information Systems
Management Studies
Marketing
Quantitative Finance
Organizational Psychology
Statistics
Taxation

Doctor of Philosophy specializing in
Business Administration (with coursework)
Economics (with coursework)
Information Systems (with coursework)
Doctor of Economic Sciences

Please note: for detailed information on these degrees and diplomas please consult the Commerce Faculty Handbook.

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