Degree Programmes Helderberg College is affiliated to Andrews University and Southern Adventist University in the USA, and their degrees are internationally recognised. Both Universities are recognised as fully accredited by the Unites States Office of Education. See the relevant section in the yearbook on Admission Information for a definition of matriculation, if necessary. Students with lower grades may be considered, but only on condition that they register for courses as determined by the Department of Arts, Education and Sciences that will assist them to cope with college level studies. These will be over and above the minimum 190 required credits.
Admission is by selection based on academic merit.
Academic merit is determined according to an admission rating system known as the M-score such as that in use at most South African universities. This rating is calculated from the symbols awarded to the student in the matriculation examination. Bachelor of Business Administration Students must be in possession of a Senior Certificate with matriculation exemption, granting the student entrance to university degree studies and with at least a D symbol in English or Afrikaans higher grade. Matriculation mathematics equivalence is at least M-level mathematics. All new students will be required to write a mathematics placement examination.