Are Unisa’s Accounting Courses Accredited?

Earlier this year, the University of South Africa (Unisa) was the subject of numerous media reports about the accreditation of its Accounting Sciences programmes.

Amid the alleged claims that the institution’s programmes were not fully accredited, Unisa assured its students, both past and present, that their accounting programmes are accredited by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

However, on a visit to the institution, SAICA identified several areas of improvement and Unisa then submitted plans address the matters outlined in the SAICA report.

Unisa stated that the institution worked hard to address the areas of improvement which were raised by SAICA in their report last year and that SAICA conducted its follow-up visit on 12 October 2022.

In a statement, Unisa Vice-Chancellor Puleng LenkaBula, announced that the institution recently received confirmation from SAICA that programme offerings of the university’s College of Accounting Sciences have been moved from a previous rating of three to continued full accreditation.

“This means that SAICA has continued its affirmation of Unisa’s Accounting Sciences qualifications as they meet the expected requirements,” said LenkaBula.

LenkaBula elaborated that Unisa and SAICA saw each other as partners who actively engaged on quality assurance processes to ensure that the university’s Accounting Sciences qualifications stand the test of time.