PGDip PDM Property Development and Management at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

Postgraduate Diploma in Property Development and Management (PGDip PDM). The Postgraduate Diploma is directed towards applicants with a three year bachelors degree, usually in a non-real estate discipline. Applicants with a BSc in Real Estate can also apply to study for the Postgraduate Diploma.

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

Introductory Quantitative Methods for Property Studies; Applied Macroeconomics (Intermediate); Real Estate Law; Real Estate Law II; Introductory Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Market Analysis; Commercial Real Estate Investments; Real Estate Valuation; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Brokerage; Real Estate and Asset Management; Management and Leadership in the Property Sector.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in the Built Environment, Engineering, Business, Law and other Social Sciences, and equivalent fields; A B-Tech qualification with a minimum of three years work experience; A National Diploma, a Bachelor in Humanities and a 65% pass in at least two real estate short courses by Wits Enterprise. Differently qualified applicants with a Bachelors degree or equivalent will be shortlisted for an entrance test. A person who in any other manner has satisfied the Senate that s/he is so qualified. International students: Students whose prior degrees were not awarded by a South African university must submit a South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) evaluation certificate (Note: this process can take up to three months to finalise).

ZAR 104,760 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

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