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12 Reasons to become an Africa Centre Matie*

The Africa Centre for Inclusive Health Management is dedicated to education, research and community engagement in health leadership and transformation. The programmes are rooted in management and the world of work. Over two decades, the centre has evolved to address the complexities of health ecosystems, integrating critical management theory and African knowledge systems into its approach.

With that background, is the Africa Centre the place for your postgraduate studies? Here are 12 pointers:

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The Africa Centre for Inclusive Health Management is part of Stellenbosch University, a premier and highly regarded institution of higher education in South Africa, Africa and beyond.
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It is located in the Economic and Management Sciences Faculty, the largest faculty at Stellenbosh University.
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The academic programmes are focused on the management of health and are therefore management science qualifications (not medical or health sciences).
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The Africa Centre was established in 2000 and accepted its first postgraduate diploma students in 2001, therefore it is well-established and has been tried and tested.
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Almost 5 000 PgDip students have been enrolled to date, with an 80% pass rate. Almost 70% of the students have been female.
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The centre offers affordable yet highly competitive postgraduate diploma and MPhil academic programmes that are internationally recognised.
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The multidisciplinary academic programmes are structured to suit and offer professional health and other practitioner students the flexibility they need to balance work, family and personal responsibilities.
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The curriculum is robust and comprehensive, and constantly revised and updated to remain relevant, applicable and reflective of societal needs.
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The teaching staff members comprise established, solid, experienced and diverse international practitioners, researchers and academics drawn from Stellenbosch University and beyond.
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The teaching and learning pedagogy is informed by adult education principles and ethos, given the students are experienced and skilled practitioners who bring richness and diversity to the class.
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The Africa Centre has a big footprint on the African continent and to date the students and alumni have been from 25 African countries and 30 in the rest of the world.
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The centre will soon offer short courses that complement its PgDip, MPhil and PhD academic programmes.

*Matie = from the Afrikaans word “maat”, meaning friend/buddy

Visit the Africa Centre’s website for detailed info about the programmes and processes, plus lots of interesting blogs on the news page.

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