Career Excel Academy (Pty) Ltd

Career Excel Academy (CEA) is a private higher education institution in Midrand, Gauteng, that specialises in built environment education. It has more than 25 years of experience in adult education and is provisionally registered as a private higher education institution in South Africa.

Its programmes cover the property life cycle, from land acquisition to demolition, in four disciplines: Construction Quantity Surveying, Construction Project Management, Facilities Management and Property Development (including Immovable Asset Management). Qualifications on offer are the NQF Level 5 Higher Certificates in Construction Quantity Surveying (SAQA ID 117792, 120 credits), Facilities Management (SAQA ID 123786, 120 credits) and Construction Project Management (SAQA ID 126237, 120 credits), one-year courses in Property Development and Commercial Real Estate, five-, three- and one-day short courses, four-week Weekender programmes, and self-paced certified online and CPD-validated courses.

CEA uses a multimedia open-learning model aimed mainly at working adults and school leavers. Delivery is blended: an online student portal with digital handbooks, study guides, video resources and lecturer support, combined with in-person block weeks or classes. Intakes are small, with 30 students per intake on the Higher Certificates. Course materials include handbooks also used by mainstream universities.

Programmes are endorsed or validated by industry bodies: the South African Facilities Management Association (SAFMA) for the Facilities Management certificate, the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) for Construction Project Management, the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) for Quantity Surveying, ECSA for CPD credits, and the South African Asset Management Association (SAAMA) for the Immovable Asset Management short course. Departments are Quantity Surveying, Facilities and Asset Management, Construction Project Management and Property Development.

The main campus is at the CMA Office and Conference Centre in Halfway House, Midrand, with an office in Highveld Techno Park, Centurion. Students from across South Africa study through the online platform. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Credit Accumulation and Transfer (CAT) give experienced practitioners access to advanced entry or module exemptions, with up to 50% credit transfer.