Postgraduates

Index

• Postgraduate Programme
• Postgraduate degrees offered
• Postgraduate courses
• Postgraduate Handbook
• Short Course
• PG Timetable - 2013
• 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 2nd September 2013 – 13th September 2013. 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 - 2013 

*** See important notes at the end of the timetable

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” (anzolette.saville@wits.ac.za or the relevant Schools in the University).

NB: Prerequisite/Important Notes:
*MINN7055: Prerequisite: MINN7004 or equivalent
*MINN7066: Prerequisite: MINN7007 or equivalent
*MINN7041: Prerequisite: MINN7004 or equivalent
*MINN7043: Prerequisites: MINN7007, MINN7006 or equivalent
(NB: MINN7043 Projects/Presentations to be arranged with Presenter)
(NB: MINN7007, MINN7006 and MINN7043 must be done sequentially)
*MECN7054: Prerequisite: DMR (Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competence)
**MINN7061: Course will be limited to __ students
**MINN7004: Course will be limited to __ students

***MINN7006/MINN7007 Students need to bring laptops

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

Enquiries

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

Anzie Saville
Email: anzolette.saville@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 7408
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

#18 Feb 2013