St Augustine College of South Africa

General information

We are big enough to make a difference and small enough to care about all our students.

St Augustine College aspires to be a leading African institution of higher learning in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition promoting ethical leadership, dignity of the human person, and the common good.

At present, we offer the following undergraduate degrees:

+ BA in Liberal Arts
+ BCom
+ BTh

Our postgraduate degrees include:

+ BA(Hons) in Peace Studies
+ BTh(Hons)

+ MPhil in Applied Ethics with specialisations in Business Ethics as well as Social and Political Ethics
+ MPhil in Culture and Education with specialisation in Educational Leadership
+ MPhil in Philosophy
+ MPhil in Theology with specialisations in (1) Fundamental and Systematic Theology, (2) Christian Spirituality, and (3) Pastoral Theology

+ Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy
+ Doctor of Philosophy in Theology

In addition, we offer a 2-year distance-learning programme for the Higher Certificate in Biblical Studies.

Special features which make St Augustine's different include:

- Our vision of higher education is rooted in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.

- We aim at promoting ethical leadership, dignity of the human person, and the common good.

- We pride ourselves on being a member of the global network of the Catholic universities, many of which are the best universities in the world: SAC belongs to the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) as well as the Association of Catholic Universities and Institutes of Africa and Madagascar (ACUIAM)

- St Augustine is accredited by the CHE and the Department of Education.

- Even though we are a private institution, our fees are comparable to those at state universities; what is more, thanks to the generosity of our donors across the globe scholarships for students coming from disadvantaged backgrounds are available.

- Due to our high educational standards and personalised tuition we have a very high pass rate (over 80%) when compared with other South African universities.

- The College library currently has 40,000 books and grows monthly with new acquisitions of books and journals in the various fields of study. We also have a unique collection of books brought to South Africa by Bishop Grimley - the so-called Grimley Library - which is one of the oldest libraries in South Africa containing many valuable books dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.

- We are committed to small lecture classes and giving our students individual attention.