Occupational Certificate
Software Development
School of Technology
Graduate able to read a company's codebase and ship features, with AI-assisted development built in.
With 220 Credits NQF Level 5 certification
Beginner2 years
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Occupational Certificate
AI & ML Engineer
School of Technology
Build software that uses large language models, agents and automation.
With 209 Credits NQF Level 5 certification (accreditation pending)
Beginner1.5–2 years
Occupational Certificate
Data Science
School of Technology
Work with data end to end: collect it, analyse it, model it and present what it means.
With 185 Credits NQF Level 5 certification
Beginner1.5 years
Occupational Certificate
Cybersecurity Analyst
School of Technology
Protect systems and networks, and respond when something goes wrong.
With 173 Credits NQF Level 5 certification
Beginner1.5 years
Occupational Certificate
Cloud & DevOps Engineering
School of Technology
Run and automate the cloud infrastructure that software lives on.
With 149 Credits NQF Level 4 certification
Beginner12 months
Higher Occupational Certificate
Business Development & Enterprise Growth
School of Business & Marketing
Find, win and grow business for a company.
With 230 Credits NQF Level 5 certification
Beginner2 years
National Occupational Certificate
Entrepreneurship & Business Management
School of Business & Marketing
Start, run and grow a business: planning, money, operations and people.
With 120 Credits NQF Level 4 certification
Beginner12 months
Higher Occupational Certificate
Marketing & Advertising
School of Business & Marketing
Plan, create and run advertising campaigns across channels.
With 120 Credits NQF Level 5 certification (accreditation pending)
Beginner12 months
National Occupational Certificate
Graphic Design & Media
School of Business & Marketing
Design for brands across print, digital and motion, and graduate with a portfolio.
With 160 Credits NQF Level 4 certification (accreditation pending)
Beginner12–15 months
Bootcamp
Fullstack AI Engineer
School of Technology
Build agentic web applications using LLMs, LangChain and n8n.
With NQF Level 4 certificate
Beginner7 months
Bootcamp
Cloud & DevOps Engineering
School of Technology
Build applications, then deploy and automate them on AWS with Linux, Docker, Terraform and CI/CD.
With Certificate of completion + 2 AWS certifications
Beginner7 months
Bootcamp
Fullstack Web Development
School of Technology
Build websites and web applications that solve real problems.
With NQF Level 4 certificate
Beginner6 months
Bootcamp
Data Science
School of Technology
Python, machine learning, data analysis and SQL.
With NQF Level 4 certificate + Microsoft DP-900
Beginner7 months
Bootcamp
Cybersecurity
School of Technology
Cybersecurity fundamentals and practice, built around the Security+ exam.
With Certificate of completion + CompTIA Security+
Beginner7 months
Bootcamp
Digital Marketing
School of Business & Marketing
SEO, paid media, social, email and analytics. Every module ends with a real piece of portfolio work.
With Certificate of completion + Google certificate
Beginner9 weeks, part-time
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