Engineering
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
The MSc in Development Planning is designed to enable students holding the Postgraduate Diploma in Planning to qualify as professional planners. The degree is accredited by the South African Council for Planners. The MScDP enables graduates to register as professional planners with SACPLAN once they have completed the degree and have acquired at least two years’ relevant work experience. The degree is designed to enable students holding the Postgraduate Diploma in Planning to qualify as professional planners.
Faculty: Engineering and the Built Environment | Department: Architecture and Planning | Duration: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
The degree includes four compulsory courses, an elective, and a research report, which accounts for 50% of the degree. Students with a Wits honours in urban and regional planning may substitute the course Philosophies, Theories and Methodologies of Development Planning with another elective relevant to the field. Students may choose their electives from a range of courses relevant to the field, su
The minimum admission requirements are: The Postgraduate Diploma in Planning (PG Dip) from Wits University with an average of at least 65% A SACPLAN accredited Bachelor of Science Honours in City/Town/Urban and Regional Planning (BSc Hons URP) from a South African university with an average of at least 65% in the final year of study. Applicants are required to submit their curriculum vitae and compulsory assignment. Compulsory Assignment Brief To assist us in the selection of candidates for the MScDP, we require applicants to prepare an essay of 1 200 to 1 500 words (one and a half to two pages if typed in a 10 point font, single spaced) on the topic below. The essay must be clearly structured with sub-headings, and must include an introduction and a conclusion. It is not our intention to test your competence in the field in which you intend studying. However, we do need to judge your in
ZAR 90,940 for the whole programme (2026). Average tuition fee per programme for 2026 as stated in the 2026 Fees Book, Chapter 2 (Average Tuition Fees); excludes additional charges (notes, computer, lab and other fees). Postgraduate international students pay local tuition plus the non-refundable Source
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
Engineering
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Engineering
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Engineering
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Engineering
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Engineering
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Engineering
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Engineering
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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