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Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice at University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Programme overview

The Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice is a generalist management development programme at postgraduate, post-work-experience level, offered in a customised/open format aligned with the Graduate School of Business. It builds theoretical foundations for managing organisational viability and sustainable growth through action learning grounded in the student's workplace, with themes of values-based leadership and emerging-market management.

Faculty: Faculty of Commerce  |  Department: Graduate School of Business  |  Duration: 12-18 months part-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Four compulsory courses worth 120 credits at NQF level 8: Values Based Leadership (35), Business Acumen (35), Emerging Markets and the Managerial Context (35) and an Action Learning Report (15). An Executive Education version has the same four courses. Distinction needs a weighted average of 75% with at least 65% in each course.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice: applicants must be at least 25 years old with at least three years' relevant work experience, hold an NQF level 7 qualification, submit a CV, two referee reports and three essays (AI may not be used for the essays), and have access to an organisation for action research assignments. Recognition of Prior Learning route: at least an NQF 4 qualification, at least five years of junior or middle management experience with a documented track record, and a portfolio of evidence assessed by an RPL assessor.

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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