Advanced Certificate in Project Management

The Advanced Certificate in Project Management has been developed to meet specific national skills gaps that exist in South Africa’s’ unique and diverse labour market. Distance education provides an ideal opportunity to people in both the public and private sectors to upgrade their knowledge and level of professionalism without having to attend full-time (face-to-face) tuition.

The Advanced Certificate in Project Management is a one-year learning Programme that enables the student to plan, establish, implement and manage simple to fairly complex projects. Strong “drivers” for advanced project management training and development include the need to provide for a comprehensive set of competencies that will enable the student to manage, co-ordinate or support simple to complex projects in any sector. The aim of this Programme is to respond by providing students with a range of relevant theoretical and practical project management and administrative skills that will increase opportunities for their successful contribution towards national developmental goals.

This Programme is, subject to the minimum admission requirement, directed primarily at people with prior project management knowledge, qualifications and work experience, and who would like to expand their project management competencies in any sector of the economy. It will be of benefit to individuals who intend to broaden their project management skills and who understand that a range of additional project management skills form an integral part of any successful and responsive work environment.

Minimum – 1 year of study

Maximum – 3 years of study

Learners could pursue a career as a:

• Project Manager
• Project Management Specialist / Consultant
• Business Manager
• Supervisor with in-house project management responsibilities
• Project Management Consultant
• Project Management Facilitator

Upon successful completion of your Programme, you will receive a certificate depicting Advanced Certificate in Project Management and an academic transcript. These documents will be issued at the graduation ceremony, provided that your account is in order.

NB: Certificates cannot be issued to the students before a graduation ceremony.

The minimum requirements for Advanced Certificate in Project Management are:

• A Higher Certificate or NQF level 5 qualification in Project Management or a cognate field.
• An academic transcript, indicating the symbols or percentage indicating whether the qualification was completed.
• The Lyceum Faculty of Commerce may require additional selection criteria where necessary.
• An international qualification of appropriate equivalence as determined by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). For all international qualifications, a SAQA Evaluation Certificate and detailed syllabus.

International students whose first language is not English may be required to provide proof of English proficiency; otherwise, students will be required to take an English Proficiency test before admission.