Postgraduates

Index

• Postgraduate Programme
• Postgraduate degrees offered
• Postgraduate courses
• Postgraduate Handbook
• Short Course
• PG Timetable - 2012
• Enquiries

WITS Mining - Postgraduate Programme
The School of Mining Engineering has, in conjunction with the South African mining industry, developed a comprehensive programme of postgraduate courses designed to cater for the needs of graduates. These include technical subjects for specialist skills in mining, mineral resource management and evaluation, and rock engineering, as well as management skills in evaluation techniques and fundamental mineral economic principles. Please download our Postgraduate Pamphlet for further information.

Postgraduate degrees offered
The School offers the following postgraduate qualifications:

GRADUATE DIPLOMA in ENGINEERING (G.D.E.) (Last intake July 2012 – no longer available from 2013)
The Graduate Diploma in Engineering (G.D.E.) involves passing six postgraduate courses taken from the selection offered by the School. A student may convert a G.D.E. to an M.Sc by completing a project report or, in the fields of mineral economics and rock mechanics, by completing a further six courses.

MASTER DEGREES

• Master of Science in Engineering -- MSc(Eng) by research only
• Master of Science in Engineering -- MSc(Eng) by advanced coursework and a project
• Master of Engineering -- M(Eng) by advanced coursework only (phased out)

DOCTORATE DEGREE (Ph.D)

• The Ph.D involves submission of a research thesis.

Postgraduate courses
The course contents and selection of courses in the annual timetable reflect the School's commitment to serve the mining industry's changing executive manpower needs. The courses are each presented as block release modules involving one or two weeks of full time lectures and a project. This format enables candidates resident at remote mines to participate in our postgraduate programme.

Postgraduate Handbook
We hope that you will find this handbook helpful. It contains information about the postgraduate degrees and diploma offered by the Faculty together with application and registration procedures and details of approved courses for postgraduate study. Click here to download the Postgraduate Handbook

Short Course
Students who do not have a background in mining but intend to pursue a postgraduate degree at the School of Mining would have to register and attend the Introduction to Mining Engineering course, which would occur from 23^rd July 2012 – 3^rd August 2012. Further information can be obtained from the following link here. You can also download the application form here or contact Lindy.Dabrowski@wits.ac.za for further information.

PG Timetable - 2012 

TBA:  To Be Advised -- No dates set as yet

Courses are subject to cancellation or date changes. Students are advised to confirm the dates at least 2 weeks beforehand.

Students must ensure that the School has your contact details and of any changes thereof during the year. Please check via "Technical Enquiries" (patricia.jaques@wits.ac.za or the relevant Schools in the University).

NB:  PREREQUISITES/IMPORTANT NOTES:

*MINN7055:  Prerequisite:  MINN7004  or equivalent

*MINN7006:  Prerequisite:  MINN7007 or equivalent

*MINN7041:  Prerequisite:  MINN7004 or equivalent

*MINN7043:  Prerequisites:  MINN7007, MINN7006 or equivalent.

  (NB :  MINN7043 Examination date to be arranged by appointment)

  (NB:   MINN7007, MINN7006, and MINN7043 must be done sequentially)

*MECN7054:  Prerequisite:  DMR (Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competence)

** MINN7061:  Course will be limited to 15 students

** MINN7004: Course will be limited to 30 students

***MECN7006:  This course will run ON MONDAY EVENINGS for a period of 13 WEEKS.

COURSES OFFERED BY THE SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING:

For further details on CHMT courses,
contact:  Margaret.blair@wits.ac.za or Vanessa.naidoo@wits.ac.za.

Enquiries

All correspondence and enquiries relating to postgraduate candidature programme should be addressed to:

Mrs Mona Shah

Email: (mona.shah@wits.ac.za)

Tel:   011- 717 7409

Fax:  011- 339 8295

Postgraduate Admin Officer

School of Mining Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment

University of the Witwatersrand

Private Bag 3

WITS

2050

#Last updated on 18 May 2012