Engineering
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
The Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainability Transitions is an honours-level, eight-module qualification offered in hybrid format on the Stellenbosch campus. It is aimed at working professionals, activists, practitioners and recent graduates, and is the entry point to the Centre's MPhil and PhD in Sustainable Development.
Faculty: Economic and Management Sciences | Department: Centre for Sustainability Transitions | Duration: One year (can be completed over one or two years) | Intake: Applications for 2027 open 1 Apr 2026; close 30 Sep 2026 (South African) and 31 Aug 2026 (international) | Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
120 credits: two compulsory modules (Sustainability Transitions and Transformations; Leadership for Sustainability Transitions and Transformations) and six electives such as Biodiversity and Climate Change, Complexity Literacy and Systems Worldviews, Water and Food Nexus, Governance and Institutional Change, Financing Just Energy Transitions, and Just and Sustainable Urbanisms. Modules run five weeks with online sessions and a five-day block contact period.
Any bachelor's or BTech degree or relevant four-year diploma (NQF level 7) with a 65% pass mark in a major such as Public and Development Management, Town and Regional Planning, Housing, Architecture, Engineering (civil, structural, mechanical, electrical), Land Surveying, Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies, Ecology, Forestry, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Agricultural Economics, Transport Economics, Sociology, Social Sciences, Psychology, or another major approved by the Programme Committee; relevant work experience is also considered. RPL route: any NQF level 6 tertiary qualification plus five years' relevant work experience. Selection scores academic performance (above 65%), work or social development experience, and motivation letter and CV. CV, departmental form, school-leaving results, motivation letter and ID or passport are submitted.
The application fee is R100 for South African citizens, permanent residents and refugee, asylum seeker and diplomatic status holders, and R400 for international applicants. Stellenbosch Business School applicants pay R1050 for the MBA and R850 for other SBS programmes. Some applicants are exempt; application fees are non-refundable.
Engineering
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Engineering
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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