Matric College
A Career Office partner. Distance learning you can study from home.
Start a course at Matric College. Study from home and gain accredited business, financial or office administration skills with no Matric required.
In their own words, from matric.co.za
About Matric College
Matric College offers adult education in South Africa for people who want to finish their matric, or find another route into the education they need.
It believes education should be open to everyone, whatever their age, background or experience, and it was set up to show people who did not finish school that there is still a way to a certificate.
Students study online in an app that works on a phone, tablet or computer, and reach their tutors through the app, or by email and phone. Besides Adult Matric, Matric Upgrade and Matric Rewrite, it offers accredited courses, ICB courses and courses you can study without matric.
- Adult Matric, Upgrade and Rewrite
- Study in an app
- Tutors in the app
- Courses without matric
Based on the About page on matric.co.za (opens in a new tab).
What you can study
23 courses at Matric College, grouped by the kind of qualification. Each opens on matric.co.za. Course list checked on 15 October 2026; confirm entry requirements and fees with the college.
- Matric 2
- ICB National Certificates 3
- NATED N4 National Certificates 5
- Occupational Certificates 1
- Short courses and skills certificates 12
Matric 2
- Online Adult Matric (Amended Senior Certificate)Entry: 21 or older, with Grade 9 or equivalent (such as ABET Level 4) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Upgrade Matric: Amended Senior CertificateEntry: An incomplete matric result or final matric results; 21 years old when writing the first exams (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
ICB National Certificates 3
- Bookkeeping: ICB National CertificateEntry: Grade 10 or equivalent certificate (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Office Administration: ICB National CertificateEntry: Matric certificate or matric equivalent certificate (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Small Business Financial Management: ICB National CertificateEntry: Grade 11, or the ICB Bookkeeping National Certificate as a bridging course (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
NATED N4 National Certificates 5
- Business Management: NATED N4 National CertificateEntry: Matric certificate (National Senior Certificate or Senior Certificate) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Financial Management: NATED N4 National CertificateEntry: Matric certificate (National Senior Certificate or Amended Senior Certificate) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Human Resource Management: NATED N4 National CertificateEntry: Matric certificate (National Senior Certificate or Amended Senior Certificate) or matric equivalent certificate (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Management Assistant: NATED N4 National CertificateEntry: Matric certificate (National Senior Certificate or Amended Senior Certificate) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Marketing Management: NATED N4 National CertificateEntry: Matric certificate (Amended Senior Certificate or National Senior Certificate) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
Occupational Certificates 1
Short courses and skills certificates 12
- Call Centre Management Certificate CourseEntry: None (16 or older; read and write English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Child Day Care Certificate CourseEntry: None (16 or older; read, write and understand English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Customer Relations Management Certificate CourseEntry: None (16 or older; read and write English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Digital Skills for the Modern Office Online CourseEntry: None (open access: 16 or older; read, write and understand English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Events Management Certificate CourseEntry: None (16 or older; read, write and understand English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Facial Skincare and Therapy Techniques Certificate CourseEntry: None (16 or older; read, write and understand English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Make-Up Application: Certificate CourseEntry: None (16 or older; read, write and understand English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Office Administration and Operations Online CourseEntry: None (open access: 16 or older; read, write and understand English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Professional Beauty Therapy Certificate CourseEntry: None (16 or older; read, write and understand English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Professional Nail Technician Certificate CourseEntry: None (16 or older; read and write English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Receptionist Certificate CourseEntry: None (16 or older; read and write English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)
- Small Business Management Certificate CourseEntry: None (16 or older; read and write English) (opens on matric.co.za in a new tab)