PGDip Business Management and Administration
Discover your leadership, management and entrepreneurial skills
Discover what you will gain on your PGDip BMA journey
Learn essential management skills
Invest in your career path
Benefit from a strong entrepreneurial focus
Use the flexibility of blended learning to your advantage
Our PGDip BMA is designed around you
Our postgraduate diplomas give you the flexibility you need to study while you work. Your options include:
- Join the blended learning cohort (online or on-campus) or modular cohort (on campus)
- Study over 1 year or 2 years
- Choose 4 of the 7 foundation phase modules based on the specialisation you desire
- Change to another PGDip after Year 1 if you have the required foundation phase modules
- Do a second PGDip by only doing the specialisation modules (50% of the credits of a completed qualification may be transferred to another qualification)
Choose from two learning formats
Blended Learning classes
1-Year PGDip:
Block 1 & 2: Foundation modules (5-day blocks) + Specialisation modules (5 late-afternoon classes once a week)
Blocks 3 & 4: 20 late-afternoon classes (16:00–20:15), alternating weekly between foundation and specialisation modules
Format: Foundation modules online; Specialisation modules online & on-campus (subject to demand)
2-Year PGDip:
Year 1: Foundation modules (two 5-day blocks + 10 late-afternoon classes)
Year 2: Specialisation modules (20 late-afternoon classes)
Advantages: Study while you work with the flexibility of digital class attendance, which means minimum time away from work, and less travel and accommodation costs.
Modular classes
1-year PGDip: 4 full blocks of classes spread over the year, morning and afternoon classes.
2-year PGDip: 4 blocks of either morning or afternoon classes per year.
Advantages: Study while you work with in-class experience and focused studies without interruption from work. Working with your classmates in a face-to-face environment adds another dimension to collaborative (peer-to-peer) learning and network building.
PROGRAMME FEES
The programme fees will be published on our website once they become available.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Academic qualifications and other admission criteria
- A 3-year Bachelor’s degree or advanced diploma at NQF level 7, or higher
- A minimum of 2 years of relevant full-time work experience (preferably at a managerial level)
- You need to write an essay (see below)
- A comprehensive CV indicating your work experience.
- Mathematics at NNS (Grade 12) level or equivalent; proficiency in English.
- An aptitude assessment test may be required.
An essay of between 400 and 500 words on the topic outlined below is to be submitted in pdf format:
Stellenbosch Business School aspires to be a source of value for a better world. How are your career goals aligned with being a source of value for a better world, and how would this postgraduate programme assist you in achieving your short-term (2 to 3 years) and long-term (10 years) career goals?
See our website for details.
Apply for financial aid
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