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MSc (Building) Construction Project Management at University of the Witwatersrand

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Programme overview

The MSc (Building) in the field of Construction Project Management is offered over 2 years of part-time study. The MSc (Building) in the field of Project Management in Construction is offered over two years of part-time study and is directed towards applicants with an honours degree in Real Estate, Property, Economics, Finance, Commerce, Accounting, Building Technology, Civil Engineering and Planning. Teaching and learning Teaching and learning strategies respond to the unique nature of the different courses and emerging trends, locally and internationally.

Faculty: Engineering and the Built Environment  |  Department: Construction Economics and Management  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

The Construction Project Management field includes courses such as: Construction Planning and Control Construction Economics and Finance Construction Contracts Law & Management Project Management Health, Safety and Welfare in Construction *Research Methodology Research Report *The Research Methodology is a pre-requisite for the Research Report. The award of the qualification of the MSc (Building)

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Entry requirements

BSc (Building) or BSc (Construction Management) BArch or BSc Town and Regional Planning) or BSc (Hons) (Urban and Regional Planning), or MArch(Prof) or BSc(Property Studies), or BSc (Quantity Surveying), or BSc (Eng) in the branch of Civil Engineering BSc(Hons) (Economics) or BCom(Hons) or BSc(Hons) (Finance) DQA applications based on the years of appropriate working experience in the built environment field.

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.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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