PGDip
The Faculty of Education has various
postgraduate qualifications aimed at
empowering graduates to drive the required
change in the field of education.
These qualifications are:
Postgraduate Diploma in Education
(PGDip)
NQF level: 8
Bachelors of Education Honours (BEd
Hons)
NQF level: 8
Masters in Education (MEd)
NQF level: 9
2019
Doctor of Philosophy in Education (PhD)
NQF level: 10
Please visit: www.ufs.ac.za/apply to apply
Fields of specialisation
 Curriculum Studies**
 Education Policy*
 Life & Counselling Skills**
 Mathematics Education**
 School Leadership and Management**
 Higher Education*
* Offered on BFN Campus
** Offered on BFN & Qwaqwa
Campuses
Duration:
• Two years part-time
Class times:
• Once or twice a month on Fridays and
Saturdays
Admission requirements:
• To be admitted to this diploma, a student must
be in possession of a relevant qualification on
NQF level 7.
• Minimum of 60% average in a preceding
degree or diploma
• Students have to be computer and internet
literate to be successful in this programme
• Subject to selection
PGDip – Contact details
Bloemfontein Campus
Ms Carike Swart
+27 51 401 9922
swartgc@ufs.ac.za
Qwaqwa Campus
Mrs Oyinlola Adebola or Dr Maria Tsakeni
+27 58 718 5344/5001
adebolaoo@ufs.ac.za or tsakenim@ufs.ac.za
 MEd PhD
MEd/MA
BEd Hons Fields of specialisation
Fields of specialisation  Community Psychology of Education
Fields of specialisation  Community Psychology of Education  Comparative Education and International
 Education Management & Governance**  Comparative Education and International Studies
 Curriculum Studies** Studies  Curriculum Studies
 Psychology of Education**  Curriculum Studies  Early Childhood Development and Learning
 Early Childhood Development & Learning*
 Early Childhood Development and Learning  Education Law
* Offered on BFN Campus
** Offered on BFN & Qwaqwa  Education Law  Education Management and Leadership
Campuses  Education Management and Leadership  Philosophy of Education
 Philosophy of Education  Policy Studies in Education
Duration:  Policy Studies in Education  Psychology of Education
• One year full-time  Psychology of Education  Subject Education in Languages
• Two years part-time  Subject Education in Languages  Subject Education in Mathematics
• HOWEVER; the full-time programme will run at the
 Subject Education in Mathematics  Subject Education in Natural Sciences
discretion of the faculty depending on the number of
 Subject Education in Natural Sciences  Subject Education in Science & Technology
applications
 Subject Education in Science & Technology  Subject Education in Social Sciences
Class times:  Subject Education in Social Sciences  Higher Education Studies
• Every Friday for full-time studies  Higher Education Studies
• Every second Friday for part-time studies Admission requirements
Admission requirements • To be admitted to this degree, a student must
Admission requirements: • To be admitted to this degree, a student must be in possession of a relevant qualification on
• To be admitted to this degree, a student must be in be in possession of a relevant qualification on NQF level 9
possession of a relevant qualification on NQF level
7.
NQF level 8 • Minimum of 65% average in preceding degree
• Minimum of 60% average in preceding degree or • Minimum of 60% average in preceding degree • All candidates will go through a selection
65% in a preceding diploma • All candidates will go through a selection process
• Students have to be computer and internet literate to process
be successful in this programme
Duration of study
• Subject to selection
Duration of study Minimum study period: 2 years
BEd Hons – Contact details Minimum study period: 1 year
Bloemfontein Campus PhD – Contact details
Ms Carike Swart MEd/MA – Contact details Bloemfontein Campus
+27 51 401 9922 Bloemfontein Campus Ms CS Duvenhage +27 51 401 3651
swartgc@ufs.ac.za Ms CS Duvenhage +27 51 401 3651 duvenhagecs@ufs.ac.za
duvenhagecs@ufs.ac.za Qwaqwa Campus
Qwaqwa Campus Mrs Oyinlola Adebola or Dr Maria Tsakeni
Mrs Oyinlola Adebola or Dr Maria Tsakeni Qwaqwa Campus +27 58 718 5344/5001
+27 58 718 5344/5001 Mrs Oyinlola Adebola or Dr Maria Tsakeni adebolaoo@ufs.ac.za or tsakenim@ufs.ac.za
adebolaoo@ufs.ac.za or tsakenim@ufs.ac.za +27 58 718 5344/5001
adebolaoo@ufs.ac.za or tsakenim@ufs.ac.za