Alpvest Institute for Futuretech (Pty) Ltd

Alpvest Institute for FutureTech (AIFT) is a private higher education and training institution with its main campus at the African Palm Building, 9 Palm Boulevard, Umhlanga Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal. It grew out of PC Training and Business College, which began in 1990 under Jay Ramnundlall, and now positions itself around future technologies, entrepreneurship and sustainability. Its stated vision is to be a leader in learner-centred, future-focused education that includes research, employability and entrepreneurship.

Qualifications are offered in contact, blended and distance modes through contact campuses in Umhlanga, Johannesburg, Kempton Park, Pretoria and Cape Town. The range runs from short micro-credentials and skills programmes to higher certificates, occupational certificates and diplomas, National N diplomas (engineering, business, hospitality, public management and others) and, for 2027, a Bachelor of Science in Future Technology.

Academic work is organised in faculties, with prospectuses for the Faculty of Business Innovation and Management, the Faculty of Information, Communication and Future Technologies, the Faculty of Digital Arts and Educational Technology and the Faculty of Public Administration, Governance and Sustainability, alongside separate occupational-qualification, executive education and micro-credential prospectuses. Fields include artificial intelligence and robotics, cyber security and ICT auditing, cloud and IoT, software development, data science, accounting and taxation, project management, education and training, community development, culinary arts, first aid and emergency services, and tourism.

Teaching is supported by a Moodle learning management system integrated with enterprise ChatGPT, virtual libraries, computer labs and specialised spaces for programming, data analysis, cyber security and robotics. Student support covers academic guidance, career counselling and mental-health resources, and campuses run clubs, events and open days. No on-campus accommodation is provided; students rent privately.

International students need a study visa for programmes longer than three months, a SAQA evaluation of foreign qualifications that includes English, and proficiency in English, the language of instruction. Quality-assurance and sector bodies associated with its qualifications include Umalusi, the QCTO, the CHE and several SETAs.