Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Faculty of Business and Management Sciences
The is the largest faculty within CPUT. We are proud of our achievements over the years and continue to strive to provide academic excellence; operating at the cutting edge of our disciplines; creating and disseminating knowledge through high level research. Our students are taught by academics who are both actively engaged in industry, ensuring high programmatic relevance; and who are pushing forward the boundaries of discipline-specific knowledge.
Our faculty works hard to create a caring and supportive culture and an affirming environment which values and celebrates diversity through respecting and celebrating individual differences.
The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences prides itself in its mandate to prepare skilled graduates to participate successfully in the economic and business sectors of South Africa and beyond. It is comprised of 15 academic departments and 2 academic units that offer a broad selection of business qualifications, from Paralegal, Hospitality, Tourism and Sport, through a host of Management qualifications specific to industry sectors like Retail, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Real Estate, to a number of qualifications within the Accounting field.
The faculty is also supported by three strategic units that aim to advance the academic programmes and promote the faculty projects, initiatives and research:
- Unit for Academic Advancement, Planning and Quality Assurance
- Unit for Research and Information Advancement
- Unit for Strategic Initiatives and Projects
The Cape Town Hotel School and Restaurant also form part of the Business and Management Sciences Faculty.
VISION
To be a leading provider of business education in Africa and beyond. To achieve our vision, the Faculty will:
- Advance the innovation in business education and practices through excellence in teaching, research and community engagement.
- Develop a culture based on the high academic expectations of our students in partnership with Fundani; we will prepare them for success in business and society in general.
- Elevate the quality of our programmes to educate the citizens of the country and beyond.
- Build mutual business and scholarly relationships with key external constituents.
- Increase and sustain the Faculty resource base.
- Provide transformational leadership to staff and students.
- Ensure the reputation of the Faculty is excellent.
MISSION
THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES is committed to be an innovative and people-centred Faculty that strives to create an enabling environment where scholarship, research, service excellence, teaching and learning are promoted to establish Cape Peninsula University of Technology as a world-class university.
CHANGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The faculty has geared itself to meet contemporary educational challenges by implementing innovative ways of designing and delivering its brand new suite of postgraduate qualifications, (commencing with the Postgraduate Diploma) in response to the call by the fourth industrial revolution for innovative management expertise relevant to a rapidly transforming local and global knowledge economy. These programmes are delivered in the form of flexible teaching and learning methodologies which include and accommodate the needs of working adult learners, to balance work and study commitments through lifelong learning.
The broad range of nationally-accredited undergraduate qualifications equips students with requisite managerial skills within their chosen fields of study. In addition, these programmes are designed to articulate towards postgraduate masters and doctoral degrees that equip students with advanced levels of knowledge and competencies in their fields of study, critical to engaging in the demands of a continuously evolving global knowledge economy.
Click on Changes in Higher Education Qualifications to follow the path to information relating to our new suite of qualifications on offer.
CPUT Faculty of Business and Management Sciences Diplomas and Degrees
Business and Management Sciences
ACCOUNTING
- NHC: Accountancy (Extended) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- NHC: Accountancy (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Accountancy)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - ND: Accounting (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
- BTech: Business Administration (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Business Information Systems (Research-Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Business Information Systems (Course-Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Business Administration In Entrepreneurship (Research-Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Business Administration (Course-Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Business Administration (Research-Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
- ND: Cost And Management Accounting (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- BTech: Cost And Management Accounting (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Cost And Management Accounting (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- Master: Management Accounting *New
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- Diploma: Entrepreneurship (Extended) *New
- Diploma: Entrepreneurship *New
- ND: Entrepreneurship (Extended) (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Entrepreneurship (Extended))
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - ND: Entrepreneurship (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Entrepreneurship)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - BTech: Management In Entrepreneurship (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Business Administration (Entrepreneurship) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- NHC: Financial Information Systems (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- ND: Financial Information Systems (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- BTech: Financial Information Systems (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
- Diploma: Hospitality And Hotel Management *New
- Diploma: Hospitality Management And Professional Cookery *New
- ND: Hospitality Management: Food And Beverage(Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- ND: Hospitality Management: Professional Cookery (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Hospitality & Professional Cookery)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - ND: Hospitality Management: Accommodation (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Hospitality & Hotel Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - AdvDip: Hospitality And Hotel Management *New
- AdvDip: Hospitality And Food And Beverage Management *New
- BTech: Hospitality Management (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Food And Beverage Management (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Diploma: Human Resource Management (Extended) *New
- Diploma: Human Resource Management *New
- ND: Human Resources Management (Extended) (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Human Resource Management (Extended))
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - ND: Human Resource Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Human Resource Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - AdvDip: Human Resource Development *New
- AdvDip: Human Resource Management *New
- BTech: Human Resource Development (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- BTech: Human Resource Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Advanced Diploma In Human Resource Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - MTech: Human Resource Management (Course-Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Human Resource Management (Research-Based) (Phasing Out – Replaced By Master Of Human Resource Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - Master: Master Of Human Resource Management *New
- DTech: Human Resource Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Doctor Of Human Resource Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - Doctor: Human Resource Management *New
INTERNAL AUDITING
- ND: Internal Auditing Strong>(Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- BTech: Internal Auditing (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Internal Auditing (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- Master: Master Of Internal Auditing *New
- DTech: Internal Auditing (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- Doctor: Doctor Of Commerce In Internal Auditing *New
MANAGEMENT
- Diploma: Management (Extended Curriculum) *New
- Diploma: Managment *New
- ND: Management (Extended) (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Management (Extended))
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - ND: Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - AdvDip: Management *New
- BTech: Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Advanced Diploma In Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register
MARKETING
- Diploma: Marketing (Extended Curriculum) *New
- Diploma: Marketing *New
- ND: Marketing (Extended) (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Marketing (Extended))
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - ND: Marketing (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Marketing)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - AdvDip: Marketing *New
- BTech: Marketing (Phasing Out – Replaced By Advanced Diploma In Marketing)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - MTech: Marketing (Course Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Marketing (Research-Based) (Phasing Out – Replaced By Master Of Marketing)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - Master: Master Of Marketing *New
- DTech: Marketing (Phasing Out – Replaced By Doctor Of Commerce In Marketing)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - Doctor: Marketing
BUSINESS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
- Diploma: Business And Information Administration (Extended) *New
- Diploma: Business And Information Administration *New
- ND: Office Management And Technology (Extended) (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Business And Information Management (Extended))
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - ND: Office Management And Technology (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Business And Information Administration)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - AdvDip: Business And Information Administration *New
- BTech: Office Management And Technology (Phasing Out – Replaced By Advanced Diploma In Business And Information Administration)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - MTech: Office Management And Technology (Phasing Out – Replaced By Master Of Business And Information Administration)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - Master: Master Of Business And Information Administration *New
- DTech: Office Management And Technology (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- AdvDip: Project Management *New
- BTech: Project Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Advanced Diploma In Project Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - MTech: Business Administration In Project Management (Course-Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
- Diploma: Public Administration & Governance (Foundation – Extended Curriculum) *New
- Diploma: Public Administration *New
- ND: Public Management (Extended) (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Public Administration (Foundation – Extended))
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - ND: Public Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Public Administration)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - AdvDip: Public Administration *New
- BTech: Public Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Advanced Diploma In Public Administration)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - MTech: Public Management (Course-Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Public Management (Research-Based) (Phasing Out – Replaced By Master Of Public Administration)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - Master: Master Of Public Administration *New
- DTech: Public Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Doctor Of Public Administration)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - Doctor: Public Administration *New
RETAIL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- Diploma: Retail Business Management *New
- ND: Retail Business Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Retail Business Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - AdvDip: Retail Business Management *New
- BTech: Retail Business Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Advanced Diploma In Retail Business Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - MTech: Retail Business Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Master Of Retail Business Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - Master: Master Of Retail Business Management *New
SPORT MANAGEMENT
- ND: Sport Management (Extended) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- ND: Sport Management (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- BTech: Sport Management (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Sport Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Master In Sports Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - Master: Master Of Sport Management *New
TAXATION
- BTech: Taxation (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
- Diploma: Tourism Management *New
- Diploma: Tourism Management (Extended) *New
- Diploma: Event Management *New
- Diploma: Event Management (Extended) *New
- ND: Tourism Management (Extended) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- ND: Event Management (Extended) (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Events Management (Extended))
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - ND: Event Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Event Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - ND: Tourism Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Tourism Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - AdvDip: Event Management *New
- AdvDip: Tourism Management *New
- BTech: Tourism Management In Event Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Advanced Diploma In Event Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - BTech: Tourism Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Advanced Diploma In Tourism Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register - MTech: Tourism Management (Course Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- MTech: Tourism And Hospitality Management (Research-Based) (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
- DTech: Tourism And Hospitality Management (Phasing Out – Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register)
PRINTING, PLASTICS, PACKAGING
- Diploma: Printing Management *New
- ND: Printing Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Printing Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register
REAL ESTATE
- Diploma: Real Estate *New
- ND: Real Estate (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Real Estate)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
- Diploma: Operations Management *New
- ND: Operations Management (Phasing Out – Replaced By Diploma In Operations Management)
Only Students Who Have Previously Studied This Qualification Will Be Allowed To Register
APPLIED LAW
- Bachelor: Bachelor Of Paralegal Studies *New
CPUT Faculty of Business and Management Sciences Departments and contacts
The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences is divided into 15 academic departments and 2 academic units – each with their own unique field of study.
- Business and Information Administration (formerly Office Management and Technology)
- Cape Town Hotel school (Hospitality Management)
- Cost and Management Accounting
- Entrepreneurship and Business Management
- Financial Accounting and Taxation
- Graduate Centre for Management
- Human Resources
- Financial Information Systems & Internal Auditing
- Management and Project Management
- Marketing
- Operations Management
- Public Administration & Governance
- Retail Business Management
- Sport Management
- Tourism and Events Management
- Unit for Applied Economics (including Real Estate Studies)
- Unit for Applied Law (Including Paralegal Studies)
The faculty is also supported by 3 strategic units that aim to advance the academic programme and promote the faculty projects, initiatives and research:
- Unit for Academic Advancement, Planning and Quality Assurance
- Unit for Research and Information Advancement
- Unit for Strategic Initiatives and Projects
The Cape Town Hotel School Restaurant also forms part of the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences.
Contact CPUT Faculty of Business and Management Sciences
| Call centre | [email protected] | Tel: +27 21 959 6767 | |
| Applications, admissions and registration enquiries |
[email protected] | Tel: +27 21 959 6393 Tel: +27 21 959 6270 Tel: +27 21 959 6072 Tel: +27 21 460 3393 Tel: +27 21 460 3373 Tel: +27 21 460 8353 |
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| Athlone Campus | Klipfontein Road Heideveld |
Tel: +27 21 684 1200 | |
| Bellville Campus | PO Box 1906 Bellville 7535 |
Symphony Way (off Robert Sobukwe Road) Bellville |
Tel: +27 21 959 6911 |
| District Six Campus | PO Box 652 Cape Town 8000 |
Hanover and Tennant Street Zonnebloem |
Tel: +27 21 460 3911 |
| Granger Bay Campus | PO Box 652 Cape Town 8000 |
Beach Road Mouille Point |
Tel: +27 21 440 5700 |
| Mowbray Campus | PO Box 652 Cape Town 8000 |
Highbury Road Mowbray |
Tel: +27 21 680 1500 |
| Wellington Campus | Private Bag X8 Wellington 7654 |
Jan van Riebeeck Street Wellington |
Tel: +27 21 864 5200 |
| Groote Schuur Hospital (Service point) |
Groote Schuur Drive Cape Town |
Tel: +27 21 442 6160 | |
| Roeland Street Building | Roeland Street Cape Town |
Tel: +27 21 469 1000 | |
| Media City Building | 1 Heerengracht Street Cape Town |
Tel: +27 21 440 2232 | |
| Tygerberg Hospital (Service point) |
Francie van Zijl Street Parow |
Tel: +27 21 959 5571 |