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Postgraduate Diploma in Library and Information Studies at University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Programme overview

The PGDipLIS is a one-year postgraduate programme that serves as a basic professional qualification for a career in libraries, resource centres or information services, preparing students to be professional managers of information.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Department: Knowledge and Information Stewardship  |  Duration: 1 year full-time (120 NQF credits); part-time candidates must complete within two academic years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Students cover the whole field of library and information studies through five year-long courses of 24 credits each: Research Methods and User Studies; Information Resources; Resource Planning and Use; Resource Description and Communication; and Knowledge Organisation and Management.

Career pathways

Libraries, resource centres and information services; professional information management.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

An appropriate 360-credit Bachelor's degree or an appropriate Advanced Diploma (HEQSF level 7).

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za

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