What are the Unisa Risk Management Courses?

Unisa’s main risk management qualification is postgraduate: the Postgraduate Diploma in Risk Management (98210). There is no undergraduate degree or diploma called risk management. At undergraduate level, risk management is taught as modules inside other qualifications, and Unisa also has short courses.

Postgraduate Diploma in Risk Management (98210)

	Details
Level	NQF 8, 120 credits, maximum three years
Entry	An appropriate NQF 7 qualification with at least 60% for the major subjects; recognition of prior learning possible from age 23 with five years’ relevant experience
Modules	Operational Risk Management; Governance, Risk and Compliance Management; Risk Financing; Credit Risk Management; Market Risk Management
Leads to	Unisa lists the MPhil in Financial Management as a follow-on route

Unisa’s 2026 follow-on guide names the BCom in Financial Management (98306) as a qualification that leads into this postgraduate diploma.

Risk modules in undergraduate qualifications

• Diploma in Safety Management (90107): Enterprise Risk Management; Fundamentals of Operational and Financial Risk.
• BCom in Transport and Logistics (98313): Enterprise Risk Management.
• Higher Certificate in Banking (98225): Risk Management for Bankers.
• Advanced Diploma in Safety Management (90181): Advanced Risk Management.

Short courses

• Course in Fundamentals of Banking and Risk Management (72176): six months; needs a National Senior Certificate or equivalent.
• Short Course in Applied Risk Management (76929): one semester; needs a relevant NQF 6 qualification.

Short courses give a certificate of competence, not a degree or diploma. Check that a course is on Unisa’s current list before you apply.

Related: Unisa health and safety courses.

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