Overview

Key Features

The Finance (Honours) programme offered at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg teaches and conducts research in one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of business. The team comprises a good mix of highly experienced and well-published academics, and young up-and-coming talent drawn from our pool of top graduates. Finance is driven by a strong passion for ‘giving back’ and delivering high quality education in the financial field. Many of our academic staff have many years of experience consulting in the fields of business finance, investment and asset management. Such activity ensures that they remain in touch and up-to-date with the latest developments and thinking in the field.

The discipline also attracts some of the industry’s business leaders as visiting professors. These include top executives from the JSE Limited, the Reserve Bank and various blue-chip financial and banking institutions. This enriches the teaching delivered by the Finance discipline.

Finance has a strong research focus which has driven the publishing of many our postgraduate research projects. We are currently establishing research entities with specific interests in specialised fields of corporate finance and investment. These will strengthen the Finance discipline’s ability to consult with large institutions, financial markets companies, government and quasi-government institutions.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Research Paper in Business Sciences
Theory of Corporate Finance
Theory of Investment
Advanced Financial Risk Management
Advanced Financial Modelling in Excel
International Finance

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-10 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Johannesburg, South Africa

Disciplines

Finance View 21 other Bachelors in Finance in South Africa

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

A Bachelors degree or equivalent (NQF level 7)
Corporate Finance and Investment courses from a recognised university
Applicants are expected to have achieved at least 65% in the Investment and Corporate Finance major

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

46220 ZAR / year

≈ 46220 ZAR / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

46220 ZAR / year

≈ 46220 ZAR / year

Additional Details

R46,220 – R52,580

Living costs

Johannesburg

South Africa

8434 - 12036 ZAR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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