Admission and re-admission requirements

Qualification admission requirements

Please note:

• Your admission to Unisa is dependent on you meeting the specific admission requirements for your chosen qualification.
• Unisa reserves the right to withdraw any offer for admission to the 2026 academic year should it be found that you do not meet the statutory, college and/or minimum admission requirements for the qualification to which you have been admitted. In such a case, the university will refund any registration fees paid towards the said qualification.

An appropriate four-year professional teaching degree, with a minimum of 60% for the NQF Level 7 modules in the qualification, with Mathematics or Mathematics Education completed up to 2nd level (NQF level 6)
or
an appropriate Bachelor's degree and a recognised professional teaching qualification
with a minimum average of 60%, with Mathematics or Mathematics Education completed up to 2nd level (NQF level 6)
or
a four-year professional teaching qualification(s) as well as an Advanced Diploma in a cognate sub-field of Education, with a minimum average of 60%, with Mathematics or Mathematics Education completed up to 2nd level (NQF level 6).

Applicants who would like to apply for admission through recognition of prior learning (RPL) must be at least 23 years old; have completed Diploma at an NQF level 6; and have at least five years relevant teaching experience in the study field in which they would like to apply for admission to a qualification. For more information on RPL criteria visit: http://www.unisa.ac.za/rpl