St Augustine offers a full range of degrees in the humanities: from Bachelor and Honours through Master to Doctoral degrees. Fields of study include Education, Applied Ethics, Peace Studies, Theology and Philosophy. In addition, the Private Tertiary Institution offers a 2-year mixed mode programme for the Higher Certificate in Biblical Studies. As St Augustine seeks to serve also those who want to study for their own enrichment or the development of their skills, a number of short, non-degree courses, workshops and public lectures for lifelong learning are available at the Private Tertiary Institution. Initially, St Augustine functioned in terms of a Memorandum of Incorporation that accords with the Companies Act of South Africa, the provisions of the Code of Canon Law and the 1990 Apostolic Constitution of St Pope John Paul II, Ex Corde Ecclesiae. In August 2008, the SACBC decreed the canonical recognition of St Augustine as a Catholic ‘university’ and granted the institution its governing Statutes. In the same year, St Augustine was recognised by the Congregation for Catholic Education, in the Vatican, as a Catholic ‘university’ In July 1999, teaching of its first students commenced in rented property on the site of the old Union Observatory in Johannesburg. At the end of 2001, following a generous generous donation of the Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart in Germany and with the support of the SACBC, St Augustine purchased the Holy Family Centre at 53 Ley Road in Victory Park, Johannesburg, and moved to its current campus at the end of January 2002. St Augustine’s founding President was Prof Dr Sr Edith RAIDT, a Schoenstatt religious sister and renowned expert in the history of the Afrikaans language. Professor RAIDT (1999 – 2008) was succeeded by Dr Fr Michael van HEERDEN (2008 – 2013), a Catholic priest, and, Dr Sr Madge KARECKI (2013-2014), an American religious sister and expert in missiology. After an interim period in which Prof Nicholas ROWE (2014 – 2015) acted as President, the current president, Professor Garth ABRAHAM, a South African international law scholar. Since its foundation, St Augustine’s degree offerings have increased significantly. Original accreditation for doctoral, masters, and political leadership programmes was received In July 2004. In 2006 the BEd (Hons) was added; in April 2008, the Bachelor of Commerce (PPE) and Bachelor of Theology degrees were accredited; in May 2009, the Bachelor of Arts degree was accredited. The first undergraduate Bachelor degrees were conferred at the 2012 graduation. Also in 2012, Honours degrees in Theology and Peace Studies were offered. Most recently, an Honours degree in Philosophy (2015) and a Higher Certificate in Biblical Studies were accredited.

School Director: Garth ABRAHAM

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