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Exemption arrangements per college

College of Accounting Sciences

Applications for credits / exemptions for the following modules offered by the College of Accounting Sciences will be accepted, provided that the indicated period is not exceeded:

Department / subject area

Number of years
Auditing 5 years
Financial Accounting 5 years
Management Accounting 5 years
Taxation 3 years

Please note:

  • In cases where a student did not complete the required pre-requisites for modules for which exemption was applied, the college will assess the application. This will, however, be on condition that any credit may be provisionally granted, but not loaded on the academic record until the student has passed the pre-requisites.
  • This arrangement applies to
    • Unisa students registering for a new qualification, requesting credit / exemption transfer
    • Students transferrring from other universities requesting credit / exemption transfer
  • This arrangement does not apply if Unisa transferred the student to a new qualification due to the phasing out of an old qualification. In such cases, the relevant credits may be transferred to the new qualification.

College of Economic and Management Sciences

Applications for credits / exemptions for the following modules offered by the College of Economic and Management Sciences will be accepted, provided that the indicated period is not exceeded:

Department / subject area

Number of years
Business Management 10 years
Decision Sciences 10 years
Economics 10 years
Entrepreneurship, Supply Chain, Transport, Tourism & Logistics 10 years
Finance, Risk Management & Banking 10 years
Human Resources Management 10 years
Industrial & Organisational Psychology 10 years
Marketing & Retail Management 10 years
Operations Management 10 years
Public Administration & Management 10 years

Please note: In cases where a student did not complete the required pre-requisites for modules for which exemption was applied, the college will assess the application. This will, however, be on condition that any credit may be provisionally granted, but not loaded on the academic record until the student has passed the pre-requisites.

College of Law

Applications for credits and exemptions relating to the Diploma: Legal Assistance passed at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT).

Students who completed the Diploma: Legal Assistance at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) may be exempted from the following LLB modules:

  • Introduction to Law (ILW1501)
  • Introduction to research methodology for law and criminal justice (IRM1501)
  • Law of Persons (PVL1501)
  • Entrepreneurial Law (MRL2601)
  • Law of Succession (PVL2602)

Exemption applications for modules offered in the following subject areas by the College of Law will not be approved if the period indicated is exceeded. Such applications must be submitted through the  Recognition of Prior Learning Office for evaluation.

In cases where the timeframe has not lapsed, exemptions may only be considered if:

  • The module passed at the previous institution is offered at the same or higher NQF level as the corresponding Unisa module.
  • There is substantial overlap between the content of the module passed at other institution and the corresponding module at Unisa.
  • The student has not failed the module at Unisa.
  • Exemptions rules as published under Unisa Rules for students are met. 

Credits/exemptions may not be granted for the signature module (SJD1501).

The Diploma: Legal Assistance exits at NQF level 6. Applications for credits and exemptions for Unisa modules offered at NQF level 7 and 8 may not be granted.

Applications for credits and exemptions may be considered if the module(s) passed at TUT is offered either at the same or at a higher NQF level as the corresponding Unisa module.

The College of Law cannot grant exemptions for modules that contain outdated information.

Exemption applications for modules offered in the following subject areas by the College will NOT be approved if the period has lapsed. Such applications need to be referred to RPL.

School of Law

Department / subject area

Number of years
Criminal and Procedural Law 10 years
Jutisprudence 10 years
Mercantile Law 10 years
Private Law 10 years
Public, Constitutional and International Law 10 years

School of Criminal Justice

Department / subject area

Number of years
Corrections Management 8 years
Criminology 8 years
Police Practice 8 years
Security Science 8 years

Last modified: 2023/07/29