Postgraduate Diploma in Agriculture at Cape Peninsula University of Technology

This Postgraduate Diploma in Agriculture is designed to provide learners with advanced scientific analytical, reasoning and conceptual skills required to actively engage with the socio-institutional, technological and economic components in an effective way to contribute significantly to the growth and development of the agricultural value chain. The qualification comprises of a compulsory core and a choice among five possible specialisation streams: 1) Postharvest and Agroprocessing Management; 2) Field Crop Production; 3) Viticulture; 4) Livestock Production; and 5) Beverage Technology Offering type listed: FULL-TIME WELLINGTON; PART-TIME WELLINGTON.

Faculty: Faculty of Applied Sciences  |  Department: Agriculture  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Subjects listed on the programme page include Applied Agric Value Chain Development (a); Applied Integrated Research Project (a); Ecophysiology; Applied Agric Value Chain Development (b); Applied Integrated Research Project (b); Ecologically Responsive Agriculture.

Career pathways

Learners completing their studies in this programme will typically be suitable to find or create employment in the managerial and policy making positions of government departments, agricultural value chain enterprises, private consultancies, agricultural research and extension programmes and projects, education programmes and in the establishment of their own businesses.

Official programme page