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Milpark Education
Location
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TypePrivate Higher Education Institution
Founded1997[1]
Number of students3000+
Key productsTertiary education, business skills
Websitewww.milpark.ac.za

Milpark Education is a South African private educational institution offering business education, established in 1997. It offers both distance learning and contact learning options, although its qualifications are offered primarily via distance learning. Its qualifications are accredited by the Council on Higher Education.

The school has campuses in Melville, Johannesburg and Claremont, Cape Town, as well as a support office in Westville in Durban.

Candidates attending Milpark Education include employed individuals, entrepreneurs and school leavers completing tertiary education.

Courses

Milpark Education offers both contact and distance learning Higher Education (HE) and Further Education and Training (FET) qualifications as well as career-focused short programmes. Short Courses [2] are standardised or can be customised and occur over a three- to five-day period. Courses include Bookkeeping / Accounting, Project Management, Administration Management and Computer Skills.

Qualifications

Milpark qualifications are offered via various schools: Business School, Investment and Banking, Financial Planning and Insurance, Commerce and Milpark College. Milpark offers an MBA in General Management, as well as a BBA in this field. It also offers a Bachelor of Commerce[3] with several majors for specialisation. Graduates from Milpark Education receive qualifications that begin at NQF level 5 and extend to 6 and 7, and culminate in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) at NQF level 9. Its qualifications are accredited by the Council on Higher Education.

The following qualifications are available (listed according to School):

Business School

School of Commerce

School of Investment and Banking

School of Financial Planning and Insurance

College: Vocational and FET Programmes[4]

BEE status

Milpark is currently a Level Three Contributor, which is its broad-based BEE status.[5]

Ranking

References

  1. ^ "Company Details - About Milpark Business School". Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. ((cite web)): Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ http://www.milpark.ac.za/short-courses
  3. ^ http://www.milpark.ac.za/qualifications/management-and-leadership/bcom-general
  4. ^ http://www.milpark.ac.za/qualifications/fet-programmes
  5. ^ http://www.milpark.ac.za/admin/misc_section/silo/downloads/uploads/2013517_105632_BEEcertificate.pdf[permanent dead link]