University Of Stellenbosch Postgraduate Diploma in Futures Studies

Postgraduate Diploma in Futures Studies

USB’s internationally accredited Postgraduate Diploma in Futures Studies will equip decision makers and strategic planners with essential skills to make strategic long-term decisions so that they can deal with rapid and complex changes both locally and internationally. This programme can also provide access to USB’s MPhil in Futures Studies. Both USB’s Postgraduate Diploma and MPhil in Futures Studies are the only programmes of their kind in Africa.

Postgraduate Diploma in Futures Studies

USB’s one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Futures Studies is designed to expose you to:

• The nature of global change, its rapid pace and its ever-increasing complexity
• An understanding of the forces and trends that shape the future
• Managing organisational strategies so as to create a desired future.

As the only programme of its kind presented in Africa, and one of only a few in the world, it equips candidates with high-level competencies to react meaningfully to growing complexity in the organisational environment while taking into account the unique developmental challenges facing Africa and South Africa. These challenges typically include health deficits, education deficits, global participation and human security.

The programme is presented on NQF Level 8 and it has 120 credits worth of modules. This programme is internationally accredited by AACSB and EQUIS. In South Africa, this qualification is accredited by the South African Council on Higher Education. The language of tuition is English.