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Project ManagementPostgraduate Diploma

Learn how to confidently manage projectsin a competitive business environment

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The world, and the way in which we live and work, can change in an instant. It can turn the familiar into something frightening; it can also create enormous opportunities.

What are the skills we need to navigate our way through the uncertainty, trust deficits and rapid change? How do we rebuild economies and rethink our businesses?

According to the World Economic Forum, adaptability is one of the key competencies we need right now. When we are adaptable, we can use new learning to challenge our thinking and change our behaviour; we can reinvent ourselves and our environments.

USB’s internationally accredited Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management is particularly suited to help you future-proof your career in a rapidly changing world. The programme incorporates advanced management skills and strategic project management skills, allowing you to fill senior-level positions in any organisation.

Project management is universally accepted as a scarce skill. Proficient project managers are in high demand. It is therefore completely understandable that Fortune Magazine identified Project Management as the number one career choice.

USB’s areas of expertise include business management, development finance, futures studies, management coaching, leadership development, project management and financial planning. All of USB’s programmes benefit from these areas of expertise in one way or another. It also creates ample opportunities for continued growth.

If you want your learning to be transformative and your leadership journey to bring both personal and professional growth, USB’s PGDip in Project Management will serve you well.

Now is not the time to stop learning.

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World Economic Forum. (2020). 4 ways COVID-19 could change how we educate future generations. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/4-ways-covid-19-education-future-generations/

Acquire skills to future-proof your career in an uncertain world

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“From a business school perspective, social

development in South Africa happens through empowering

students to understand their role as responsible leaders

when they go back into society.”

Thank you for your interest in the University of Stellenbosch Business School. You have come to the right place to discover and develop your leadership potential.

We are one of the few “Triple Crown” business schools in the world. These are schools with all three of the major international accreditations, namely AACSB (from the USA-based Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), EQUIS (from the Brussels-based European Foundation for Management Development) and AMBA (from the UK-based Association of MBAs). You therefore know in advance that the standards of our academic programmes, infrastructure, and learner support are benchmarked against the best.

We would also like to share the following about USB:

• We are deeply committed to Africa. At the same time, we educate you to function in a global business world.

• We will introduce you to the latest theories in a particular field while also providing you with opportunities for practical application in your business.

• We will walk the road to sharpen your critical thinking abilities while also igniting your passion for better business skills.

• We will widen your strategic vision while also equipping you with operational skills in fields like responsible leadership, finance, strategy and marketing.

• We will carefully assist you to select one of our programmes, and then engage with you to leave us as a changed person.

USB is a values-driven school. We embed our values – which are excellence, value creation, equity, accountability, respect and compassion – in everything we do.

We are part of Stellenbosch University – the top research university in Africa – and steer our research agenda to inform business and the content of our curricula. Via our Small Business Academy and annual Lion’s Den we create value for budding entrepreneurs to improve their businesses and create jobs in their communities.

Ultimately, USB wants to be recognised as a source of value for a better world.

Prof Piet Naudé USB Director

Message from the Director of USB

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Managers are facing increasingly complex challenges, having to contend with rapid changes stemming from the constant obsolescence of their products and with the need to quickly respond to their markets and opportunities. Project management is concerned with delivering a specified, discontinuous deliverable by a specific team representing the various specialist skills required, against planned performance, time and cost targets, and is therefore eminently suited to contend with the above reality. The reality is that project management is a scarce competency. Hence, it is listed as a scarce skill in South Africa. Our programme focuses on capacitating project managers with solutions that make business sense.

USB’s internationally accredited Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management goes beyond project management know-how. It incorporates advanced management skills and strategic project management skills, enabling graduates of this programme to fill senior-level positions in organisations that require such expertise to perform optimally and compete globally.

Competent project managers who understand business are needed in all industry sectors, all over the world. This programme will help to get you there. It can also give you access to an MBA.

MC Botha Programme Manager

Message fromthe Programme Head

“Learn how to confidently manage projects in a competitive business

environment.”

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KEEP ON LEARNING

The World Economic Forum says adaptability is one of the key competencies we need in an uncertain and rapidly changing world. When we are adaptable, we can use new learning to challenge our thinking and change our behaviour. USB’s programmes are particularly suited to help you unlock the skills you need to navigate this new world, reinvent your business and rebuild the economy.

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LEARN FROM WORLD-CLASS LECTURERS

The quality of the lecturers on USB’s core courses has been rated as excellent by 89% of USB’s alumni in a 2019 Financial Mail survey.

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STUDY AT A SCHOOL WITH 3 INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS

USB was the first school from an African university to receive all three international accreditations: AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA. The school is well ranked in South Africa and Africa, and also globally.

2GROW AS A RESPONSIBLE LEADER

USB’s mission is to develop responsible leaders who can lead on different levels (me, we, work, world) to bring about positive change. This is ingrained into USB’s programmes – in particular the MBA.

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BENEFIT FROM USB’S BUSINESS CONNECTIONS

Our close cooperation with industry ensures an academic offering aligned with the needs of the world of work. Collaboration also leads to commissioned research, access to employers’ recruitment platforms, and increased societal impact through initiatives such as USB’s Small Business Academy, Lion’s Den and Consulting Club. We have local and global business leaders on our Advisory Board.

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reasons to study at USB

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GAIN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

USB is part of Stellenbosch University, an international institution of distinction and the top research university in Africa. USB has partnerships with business schools on all the continents and has a presence in various African regions. Joint research, faculty members serving on international boards, international memberships, jointly presented conferences and the exchange of faculty members and students contribute to USB’s global perspective of business knowledge.

6TAP INTO OUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE

USB has become known for its African-focused, but globally relevant, expertise in areas such as sustainable development, futures research, development finance, ethics and corporate governance, responsible leadership development, management coaching and emerging-country economics.

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USE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

Our students come from different industry backgrounds, cultures and geographies. This diversity enables them to learn from one another and to work with different perspectives. Our alumni regularly cite collaborative learning as a highlight of their learning journey.

8REMAIN RELEVANT THROUGH THE BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE WE SHARE

USB creates business knowledge through its research centres, academic conferences, research fellowships, the research undertaken by its faculty members and students, and various academic and industry partnerships. We share our research on various platforms – like our journals, USB Management Review and speaker events.

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JOIN A SCHOOL WITH STRONG SOCIAL IMPACT

At USB social impact is about creating hope for people and advancing change for a flourishing world. This emanates from our teaching, learning and research as we strive to be responsible leaders who work with others to enhance quality of life, create a spirit of generosity, and work for a fair and just society.

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Postgraduate Diplomain Project Management

Gain access to an MBA2 years

Study while you work:2 on-campus blocks + blended learning classes in between

Acquire an internationally

accredited qualification

Acquire a scarce skillManage projectswith confidence

I believe the following quote by the USA-based Project Management Institute summarises USB’s learning approach in the PGDip PM:

“We are looking for project managers with skills beyond project management. The more context that project managers have, the more value they have to that company. If project management applicants can expand the description [of their project management work] into a business context that will serve them extremely well.” MC Botha, Programme Manager: Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management

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Overview of the programme

Managers are facing increasingly complex challenges, having to contend with rapid changes stemming from constant obsolescence of their products, and the need to respond quickly to changing markets and new opportunities. This situation will be exacerbated in the post-Covid-19 period with most of these challenges being of a discontinuous nature and increasingly requiring functional inputs across the organisation, across various organisations or even across various countries. Strategic initiatives aimed at ensuring business reliance or business process re-engineering will require a comprehension of the implementation benefits that can be derived from structured project management methodologies.

How does one acquire such project management skills? USB’s internationally accredited Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management focuses on the business management of projects. This will allow you to confidently manage and contextualise projects in a competitive business. It is the only qualification of its kind delivered by a business school in South Africa.

The programme content is covered from a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspective that will assist students to understand and manage the complex, multidimensional challenges faced by top-level project managers. A natural progression after completing the PGDip PM will be to consider our MBA with the Project Management focal area. This qualification capacitates managers to deal with project strategy on portfolio and sponsorship level.

The programme requires high-level engagement with theoretical frameworks and international literature, and reflection on national and international project management practices. Students are required to research and analyse the areas covered in the programme, and to formulate recommendations that indicate critical intellectual engagement and independent thinking.

This PGDip reflects on both the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide, 6th edition) as well as Prince 2® Methodology.

USB is associated with Project Management South Africa (PMSA), which recognises this qualification towards the designation of either Professional Project Manager or Senior Project Manager. The comprehensive last assignment on the PGDip is regarded by PMSA as part of the portfolio of evidence that is required for consideration of a designation.

The programme will widen access to advanced learning in business, commerce, management and project management for students who do not have formal qualifications above Bachelor’s degrees. Passed at a certain level, it can provide access to an MBA. It will also enable graduates to gain Continuing Professional Development points to satisfy the requirements of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).

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Overview of the programme

120 credits

8 NQF level

Learn-while-you-earn format:Blended learning programme (6 blocks of 1 week each over 2 years) where the first and last modules are attended on campus. The modules in between are delivered online via any internet-linked device. The on-campus blocks are presented at the USB campus in the Tyger Valley business district in northern Cape Town. This allows students to study while they work, with minimum time away from work.

International accreditation:EQUIS

Delivery format:Class contact and blended learning sessions (modules), syndicate groups, independent self-study of standard texts and references (study guides, books, journal articles), independent self-study of specially prepared materials (case studies, multi-media, etc.).

Information sessions:USB hosts information sessions – usually in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Windhoek. This is where you can obtain first-hand information on USB’s programmes and meet faculty members, alumni and support staff. See www.usb.ac.za/events for dates, venues and booking details. Or send e-mail to projectmanagement@usb.ac.za or call +27 (0)21 918 4246.

Faculty:Besides its full-time and part-time academic staff, many of whom have distinguished themselves as organisational leaders, USB welcomes international academics and experts to lecture on its postgraduate programmes. This gives you exposure to academic learning and real-world experience from across the globe. See USB’s faculty at www.usb.ac.za/usb-people/.

Language of tuition:English

Assessment:A mix of interactive lectures, course material and case studies. Handbooks, guidelines, articles, journal articles and a matrix or checklists will serve as reference material for future project design and delivery.

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Project managementhas become a scarce competency

in South Africaand in the greater Africa.

What will you gainfrom this qualification?

Manage projects with confidence in a competitive business environment

This programme equips project managers with strategic project management competence, enabling them to position their organisations to compete successfully in a complex and competitive business environment. It creates upper management skills to understand the integration of functional competencies in a project domain and to integrate projects with the strategic management of organisations. The programme therefore incorporates advanced management competencies and strategic project management skills, allowing graduates to fill senior-level positions in any organisation.

Stay in demand with a scarce skills set

Project management has been listed as a scarce skill on the South African National Scarce Skills List. Also, the need for skilled project managers at middle and higher levels has become a national skills and development priority identified by both the business and public sectors.

Take on managerial positions in any industry

This qualification equips executive managers with specialist project management competencies to use in various contexts anywhere in the world – from SMMEs and NGOs to large organisations and multinational global players. The content of this programme is internationally benchmarked. Yet, it is particularly relevant to African managers and leaders as it takes into account the diversity, traditions and multicultural environments of South Africa and the greater African continent.

Contribute to the empowerment of the workforce

The qualification enhances the achievement of the country’s black economic empowerment and employment equity objectives by building the executive management competence of managers from previously disadvantaged communities.

Gain access to an MBA

The programme is presented on NQF level 8, which corresponds with the entry-level requirements for an MBA in South Africa.

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Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this programme, you should have the managerial ability to:

• Generate and manage the dimensions of project management in an integrated manner in order to build a continuous and sustainable organisational capacity

• Distinguish and interpret the relationship between organisation strategy and project management, and differentiate between various categories of projects

• Appraise the importance of stakeholder engagement and formalised communication planning prior to and during the execution of the project

• Identify and properly record project risks and develop mechanisms to analyse and prioritise project risks

• Apply complex scheduling methodologies based on the strategic nature of the project

• Develop contracting models reflecting the output from procurement planning being a highly-detailed or broadly- framed procurement plan based on a make-or-buy analysis

• Apply dimensions of financial and cost management in the strategic assessment of a project portfolio

• Integrate project management ethics and the importance of sustainability in organisational interpretation of project requirements

• Develop a project portfolio based on the comprehension and application of value realisation.

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• Project managers from the whole spectrum of middle, senior and executive management levels in all economic sectors and in all types of private and public enterprises

• Managers who have the potential to be promoted to higher management positions

• Those who need an NQF level 8 qualification to apply for an MBA

This is a modular programme. Students attend the first and last of 6 study blocks of classes of 1 week each on the USB campus over 2 years. Four modular weeks are presented in a blended learning format. Learning is combined with structured self-study and electronic support to allow you to study while you work. It also enables students from elsewhere in South Africa or in other countries to attend.

The blended learning format allows you to join the class via any internet-linked smart phone, laptop or device. USB’s high-tech class rooms allow the lecturers to see, in real time, the faces of all the online students portrayed onto a screen. This virtual environment enables you to actively participate in discussions – whether you are logging in from an airport in Europe, a boardroom in Africa or your office at home. Blended learning means minimum time away from work. It also lowers the opportunity cost to do this programme at USB as it reduces travel costs to the campus. Also see usb.ac.za/blended-learning/.

Who should enrol?

Format:learn on campus and online

This programme combines project management skills with

upper management skills.

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Overview of modules

The eight core modules are compulsory:

Module 1: Project Leadership and EQ (20 credits)

Module 2: Managing Projects (20 credits)

Module 3: Project Communication Management (8 credits)

Module 4: Project Risk Management (12 credits)

Module 5: Project Procurement Management (8 credits)

Module 6: Project Scheduling (12 credits)

Module 7: Project Cost Management (20 credits)

Module 8: Fundamentals of Management (20 credits)

“I believe that the demand forproject management training and qualifications

will increase substantially post-Covid-19. Imperatives of capital investment and other projects in order to stimulate growth and economic recovery will require a national focus on project management proficiency, the latter in which USB is a primary role

player. Given the approval of USB’s MBA stream in Project Management, our project management

academic offerings are unique in the southern African market.”

MC Botha

Programme Manager: PGDip in Project Management

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Overview of modules

Project Leadership and EQ

This module covers the leadership perspective of project management with the behavioural aspects that influence project execution and success. After completion of the module, students will be able to:

• Develop a personal understanding of one’s authentic leadership profile and the impact thereof on others;

• Apply appropriate leadership styles, attributes and competencies to enable oneself to identify and develop one’s own optimal authentic leadership approach;

• Apply insights into team dynamics to build strong teams and stimulate team work;

• Provide effective change leadership to ensure project success;

• Proficiently work with emotional regulation and emotional intelligence as critical project leadership competencies;

• Manage and resolve conflicts effectively;

• Effectively build, influence and manage working relationships with others, especially within the project setting

Managing Projects

This module covers basic project management planning, implementation and monitoring processes. After completion of the module, students will be able to:

• Position a project’s goal and objectives relative to the organisation’s strategy;

• Identify, list and categorise project stakeholders and define appropriate management actions;

• Apply a comprehensive project scoping technique to determine and document the project statement of work and work breakdown structure;

• Develop a project baseline based on appropriate scheduling and the application of activity based costing principles;

• Compare a project’s performance against the stated baseline and propose remedial managerial interventions if required.

Project Communication Management

This module focuses on communication planning and management within a project context. After completion of the module, students will be able to:

• Identify and implement communication methodologies appropriate to project complexity;

• Identify and manage stakeholders within the project domain;

• Implement and maintain information distribution and performance reporting;

• Develop and maintain communication planning on a project.

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Project Risk Management

This module deals with risk in a project environment. After completion of the module, students will be able to:

• Describe the steps in managing quality on a project;

• Describe why quality requirements are an important source of project risk;

• Describe and apply the steps of a general project risk management process;

• Identify relevant sources of project risk;

• Identify and properly record project risks and develop mechanisms to analyse and prioritise project risk;

• Develop appropriate responses to project risks;

• Explain and manage how risks should be controlled.

Project Scheduling

Project schedule planning and management assist students to utilise and apply specific project software in order to schedule projects with repetitive tasks and outputs according to the balance line technique. After completion of the module, students will be able to:

• Schedule a project with repetitive tasks and outputs in terms of the balance line technique;

• Resolve the resource dependency of precedence scheduling through application of the Theory of Constraints;

• Optimise the duration of a project through balancing fixed and variable costs;

• Utilise and apply MS Project software on a basic level.

This PGDip can give youaccess to an MBA.

Overview of modules

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Project Procurement Management

This module introduces students to different types of contracts based on the division of the risks between the owner and a contractor. This will enable students to understand and compile a quality assurance plan for a project. After completion of the module, students will be able to:

• Develop a contracting model reflecting the output from procurement planning being a highly-detailed or broadly-framed procurement plan based on a make-or-buy analysis;

• Identify the different types of contracts based on the division of the risks between the owner and a contractor and select an appropriate contract type with an accompanying procurement method;

• Identify the fundamental risk issues within a contract as it relates to the transfer and management of such risks;

• Understand the factors and issues influencing the selection of contract type with specific emphasis on the rules driving contract selection;

• Understand and be able to develop a contract quality assurance plan for a project with specific emphasis on the planning, solicitation and selection of proposed bidders;

• Implement contract management or administration and closeout processes.

Project Cost Management

This module deals with project costing, budgets and reporting. After completion of this module, students will be able to:

• Understand the fundamental function of financial statements and the relationships between financial and cost management;

• Identify, distinguish between and plan for the variable and fixed costs on a project;

• Allocate the costs for the various inputs to the relevant functional inputting department, contributors or contractors;

• Understand and apply the fundamental thinking process or mechanism(s) involved in the formulation of an economic or business model for the project and how the model supports the strategy of the organisation from a cost perspective;

• Establish a project budget as appropriate for the various gates or decision-making of the gated risk management process;

• Interpret cost implications of Front End Loading and cash flow;

• Develop the project budget and apply hedging of cost to optimise cash flow;

• Analyse the present status of a project, make a diagnoses, determine the appropriate steps to rectify and make a prognosis of the eventual outcome of the project;

• Determine project contingency and apply risk modelling when Monte Carlo simulation of cost risk is utilised, conversion of the approved or sanctioned project budget into a project control base based on the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS);

• Interpret and manage early warning signals influencing deviations for the control base resulting from Variations from Plan, Scope Changes, Schedule Delays and Cost Trends.

Overview of modules

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Overview of modules

Fundamentals of Management

This module exposes students to the multiple perspectives and dimensions of a system with an idealised redesign approach to formulate ideal futures for the organisation. After completion of this module, students will be able to:

• Defend the role project management plays within the organisation;

• Assess the value of project management;

• Motivate the importance of the business case;

• Motivate the importance of benefit management within the organisation;

• Relate benefits to the sustainability of the organisation;

• Criticise the importance and role of sustainability;

• Determine the role of project management within the domain of sustainability;

• Assess the relationship between project success and sustainability;

• Critique the principles of sustainability;

• Integrate industry accepted ethical standards into project management and general management.

This PGDip incorporates advanced management skills and strategic

project management skills, enabling you to confidently fill

senior-level positions.

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Admission requirements

How to apply

• At least a relevant Bachelor’s or Honours degree

• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in a project management position in an organisation

• Mathematical skills equal to NQF Level 4 are highly recommended

Also see Recognition of Prior Learning elsewhere in this brochure. In line with the requirements of the Council on Higher Education, USB may admit up to 10% of its student body under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Candidates who wish to be admitted under the RPL policy will firstly have to submit all the documentation and tests as required for all prospective students. In addition, they need to have at least an NQF 4 qualification and ten years of working experience, of which at least five should have been in a managerial or related professional position.

Before you start

• You will be able to complete the form in steps without losing information.

• The online application form consists of various sections. In order to progress to the next section, all the information in the current section must be completed and accepted by the information management system.

• The application process is the same for South African and international students.

• International qualifications require a South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) evaluation certificate to evaluate your degree according to South African standards. Please contact SAQA at saqainfo@saqa.org.za in this regard.

• It is best to use Google Chrome as web browser when completing your application.

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The application process

Go to www.USB.ac.za/apply and complete the online Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management application form by completing each of the following sections:

Section 1: Personal details

Section 2: Address details

Section 3: Work and studies

Section 4: Documentation. Here you need to upload the following supporting documentation:

• Completed and signed application form

• Certified copies of all academic records and degree/diploma certificates

• Proof of application fee payment

• Detailed CV

• A copy of your ID (or passport for non-South African students)

• A marriage certificate (where the applicant’s new surname does not match that on the degree certificates)

Section 5: Application fee payment

• Which bank details to use: Bank: Standard Bank; Type of account: cheque account; Account name: US Business School; Account number: 073003069; Branch name: Stellenbosch; Branch code: 050610; Beneficiary name: Stellenbosch University; SWIFT code: SBZAZAJJ.

• Where to send proof of payment: Proof of payment of your application fee should be e-mailed to the cashier at payments@usb.ac.za.

Section 6: Status

What happens next?

Your application can only be assessed by the selection panel if it is accompanied by your completed online application form, all the supporting documents and proof of your application fee payment. The outcome of the selection process will be made known within 30 days or as soon as possible thereafter.

How to apply

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Timetable

Application deadlines

The timetable for this programme is published on USB’s website once the dates become available. See www.usb.ac.za/projectmanagement for details. Please note that USB reserves the right to change dates of the lecture schedule or subjects per term table. Students will be informed of any changes in good time.

• South African applicants: 15 December

• RPL applicants: 31 October

• Applicants from (visa-exempt) SADC countries: 31 October

• Applicants from the rest of the world: 31 October

Important

• Study permits for foreign students at USB: Obtaining a study permit (study visa) from the South African authorities takes up to 12 weeks from the date of being offered a place on a programme at USB – hence the early application deadline for foreign students.

• Multiple-entry visas: Students from non-SADC African countries and other countries with visa requirements who need to apply for study visas can obtain a letter from USB confirming the duration of registration at USB. This will help students to obtain multiple-entry study visas in case of modular studies.

Keep on learningThe World Economic Forum says

adaptability is one of the key competencies we need in a rapidly changing world. When we are adaptable, we can use new learning to challenge our thinking and change our

behaviour. USB’s programmes will help you unlock the skills you need to reinvent your

business and rebuild the economy.

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This PGDip is theonly qualification of its kind

delivered by a business schoolin South Africa.

The programme fees for 2021 are published on USB’s website once this information becomes available. See www.usb.ac.za/projectmanagement for details.

Important

• Payment of full programme fees: South African students can pay the full programme fees upon registration or they can pay 75% of the annual fees by the end of May and the balance of 25% by the end of September. International admitted students pay 50% of the annual fee as deposit. The remainder is due two weeks before commencement of the programme.

• Deposit: All students pay a deposit on acceptance of admission. South African students must pay a set deposit on admittance. International admitted students pay 50% of the annual fee as deposit. The deposit payable is non-refundable.

• Application fee: The application fee must accompany the application. The application fee is non-refundable.

• Fees for 2022: The fees for the second year of enrolment will be adjusted to make provision for annual price increases.

• Study materials: Study fees include books and study materials.

• Travel and accommodation: Students are responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements and costs.

• Fee changes: USB reserves the right to change the fees at any time.

Programme fees

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Recognition of prior learning

What if you do not have the necessary admission requirements?

USB provides wider access to its programmes through its Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process. In line with the requirements of the Council for Higher Education (CHE), USB may admit up to 10% of its student body under RPL. Candidates who wish to be admitted under the RPL policy will firstly have to submit all the documentation and tests as required for all prospective students. In addition, prospective students under the RPL policy have to adhere to the following:

• Have at least an NQF 4 qualification (all school and academic certificates are required).

• Have at least TEN years of working experience after obtaining a school leaving certificate, of which at least FIVE years should have been in a management or related professional position.

• Submit a comprehensive CV, indicating detailed areas of responsibility as well as information of activities outside the work environment.

• Provide USB with at least two references (typically current or former line heads) who can testify about the candidate’s managerial or related professional abilities. These references will be required to give a detailed personal reference about the candidate on forms provided by USB.

The RPL selection process entails the following:

• The programme head and another academic will conduct an in-depth interview with the candidate and make a recommendation about admission.

• USB’s Admissions Committee will consider the full application including the interview recommendation and the inputs received from the references for admission.

• A notice of admission is sent via USB’s Academic Planning Committee to the Board of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences for notification.

• Important: RPL candidates need to apply by 31 October each year to allow sufficient time for the assessment process.

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Additional informationfor international students

Study visa requirements for international students

All residential students who are non-South African citizens and are studying at USB require a study visa. Prospective students should contact their nearest South African Mission (South African Embassy, Consulate or High Commission), normally in their country of origin, to enquire about the requirements for study visas for South Africa. Applicants are required to present themselves in person so that biometric data may be captured. Students from West Africa can also contact USB’s representative for this region in Nigeria while students from East Africa can contact USB’s representative for this region in Kenya. (See contact details at the back of the brochure.) All international students can contact the USB International Office at international@usb.ac.za for assistance. All international students must hold a valid visa for their intended activity prior to entering South Africa.

Notes on obtaining a study visa

• Obtaining a study visa from the South African authorities takes approximately 12 to 16 weeks from the date of application. However, some missions may process applications sooner. Sufficient time should be allowed for study visa applications to be processed.

• Your study visa application should include a copy of the letter offering a place on USB’s study programme. This letter will be provided by USB’s Academic Administration once the application has been approved. A place on the programme must be confirmed before a study visa application can be considered by the South African Department of Home Affairs. Students should not proceed to Stellenbosch University or USB without a valid study visa.

• Although applicants are expected to determine exactly what they require to apply for a study visa, they can expect to have to provide the following, among others: a police clearance certificate, proof of medical insurance recognised in South Africa, a radiological report, proof of sufficient funds, and an admission letter from USB. Your nearest South African Mission will be able to advise in this regard. The onus falls on the student to make sure that he/she submits a complete application pack.

• All documents should be certified and translated into English before submission (in order not to delay the outcome of the application).

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Facilities, resources and services

USB Alumni Association

• ICT facilities: Interactive lecture rooms; free Wi-Fi access campus-wide; video communication, collaboration and e-learning platforms; break-away rooms and access to academic software packages and databases.

• Library: The Stellenbosch University Bellville Park Campus Library (USBL) provides access to printed and online local and international publications, books, journals and databases (including African Journal Archive, Scopus, Ebscohost, Gartner, Web of Science and Emerald). Our services include information requests for master’s research assignments and PhD theses, academic literature requests and inter-library loan services. See http://library.sun.ac.za.

• Career Leadership Office: This office will help you with career development, networking opportunities and job search support.

• Support services: Support to students is offered via touch points such as the Admissions Office, Academic Administration, International Affairs Office, Alumni Relations Office and USBL (library).

• Accommodation and restaurants: The Bellvista Lodge (www.usb.ac.za/bellvista) on the campus provides accommodation and a restaurant. Two other cafeterias offer meals and refreshments.

USB’s Alumni Association has strong roots and a wide reach. We are extremely proud of our more than 30 000 alumni who have excelled in managerial and leadership roles all over the world – many of them at the highest level. Various channels are used to create ongoing conversations between USB and its alumni, opportunities for continued learning and ways to give back to USB. Together, USB and its alumni create a powerful network that contribute to the common good of society. See www.usb.ac.za/alumni.

Learn how to manageprojects in a way that builds sustainable organisational

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Contact us

Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management enquiries Telephone: +27 (0)21 918 4246 | projectmanagement@usb.ac.za | www.usb.ac.za/projectmanagement Carl Cronjé Drive, Bellville 7530, Cape Town, South Africa

Information sessions Telephone: +27 (0)21 918 4246 | projectmanagement@usb.ac.za | www.usb.ac.za/events

USB Careers Office Telephone: +27 (0)21 918 4187 | usb.Careers@usb.ac.za

International Affairs Office Telephone: +27 (0)21 918 4196 | international@usb.ac.za

Campus accommodation Telephone: +27 (0)21 918 4444 | www.usb.ac.za/bellvista

USB Alumni Office Telephone: +27 (0)21 918 4212 | usbalumni@usb.ac.za

Office for West Africa, East Africa and Mauritius Prospective students from can contact USB’s representative for assistance with applications, transcripts and visas: Contact person: Marietjie van der Merwe Telephone: +230 52 91 85 84 E-mail: marie@globalnatives.com

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University of StellenboschBusiness School

Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management+27 (0)21 918 4246

projectmanagement@usb.ac.za | www.usb.ac.za/projectmanagementwww.usb.ac.za

Carl Cronjé Drive, Bellville, 7530, Cape Town, South Africa

Office for West Africa, East Africa and Mauritius

Prospective students can contact USB's representative for assistancewith applications, transcripts and visas:

Contact person: Marietjie van der MerweTelephone: +230 52 91 85 84

E-mail: marie@globalnatives.com

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