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Masters in risk management South Africa

Risk management is the business discipline that deals with anticipating, evaluating and addressing possible consequences of strategic actions within an organisation. Risk managers are financial experts that have the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to identify and evaluate risk factors, and to implement strategy plans to prevent or minimise losses. They are required to protect an organisation’s assets and incomes, employees, reputation and shareholders.

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Some business schools and colleges offer degrees, diplomas and certificates specifically in risk management. Others offer students the possibility to specialise in areas that suit their preferred career path by combining risk management with related disciplines including administrative studies, business continuity, security and risk management, risk management and organisational continuity, investment and financial risk, risk management for banking, and many more. Students acquire fundamental knowledge of predictive models and risk management systems, learn how the decision making process works, and train their quantitative skills and critical thinking, among others.

Typically, graduates in risk management are already young professionals working in small or large national companies, corporations, banks, audit firms, insurance companies, financial consultancy agencies or governmental agencies. Career prospects include titles such as financial business risk analyst, risk manager, director of corporate risk management, market risk quantitative analyst, etc.

Check out our list of Master’s degrees in Risk Management. Keep in mind you can also study an online Masters in Risk Management.

University of Pretoria

The University of Pretoria (UP) is one of Africa’s top universities and the largest contact university in South Africa. We produce socially impactful research to find solutions for the world’s most pressing issues.

Being one of the largest research universities in South Africa means that we work on finding solutions to problems faced by society. We attract students from around the world who want to work and study at our excellent facilities with our world-class researchers.

UP has nine Faculties that enrol undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).

The nine Faculties are:

  • Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Engineering, Build Environment and Information Technology
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
  • Faculty of Theology and Region
  • Faculty of Veterinary Science

World First and First in Africa 

UP researchers conduct innovative cutting-edge research that is responsive to national and global needs. UP is at the forefront of tertiary education and collaborates with world-class partners to ensure continued excellence in research, teaching and learning. The university makes use of state-of-the-art technologies in research, teaching and service delivery.

Some of the outstanding achievements of UP are given below:

  • A team at the Faculty of Health Sciences performed the world’s first middle-ear transplant using 3-D printed bones
  • A lioness gave birth to two cubs conceived via non-surgical artificial insemination, the first in the world. Thanks to a team of researchers from the Mammal Research Institute and Faculty of Veterinary Science
  • UP researchers were part of the international team that used a global network of antennas to make the first image of black hole.
  • UP is the first university in Africa to collaborate with initiatives for science , innovation , Territories , and economy and the Montpellier University of Excellence (I-SITE MUSE)
  • UP has the first client service robot known to be in use in any university in Africa.
  • UP has the first Library MakerSpace in South Africa, a creative laboratory where people with ideas can get together with people who have the technical ability to make those ideas become a reality.

Teaching and Learning

We have a high quality of teaching and learning in the classroom, online and in communities. We have support in place for our students to graduate on time as well-rounded, responsible citizens who are fully prepared for the world beyond university. Our degrees are locally accredited and internationally recognised. We have agreements in place with the relevant legal accreditation bodies around the world, which means that, with UP behind your name, your qualification will always be recognised.

Innovation

We pride ourselves on encouraging innovation by ensuring that UP innovators’ inventions are well patent by the Technology Transfer Office (TTO). The TTO has been involved in the creation of more than ten start-up companies, which employ more than 200 people, the majority of whom are UP graduates.

Make Today Matter. Study at UP.

Programs

CategoryProgram levelLocationDelivery methodLanguage Start date 

Master’s degree
Art & Design
Art HistoryDelivery method Length Location 
MA History of Art On campus1 yearPretoria
Arts Management
MConSci Clothing Management On campus2 yearsPretoria
Fine Art
MA Fine Arts On campus1 yearPretoria
MA Visual Studies On campus1 yearPretoria
Interior Design
MConSci Interior Merchandise Management On campus2 yearsPretoria
Performing Arts
MDram Drama On campus1 yearPretoria
MMus Composition On campus1 yearPretoria
MMus Music Education On campus1 yearPretoria
MMus Music Technology On campus1 yearPretoria
MMus Music Therapy On campus1 yearPretoria
MMus Musicology On campus1 yearPretoria
MMus Performing Arts On campus1 yearPretoria
MS Drama Performance On campus1 yearPretoria
Business
MPA (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
MSocSci Employee Assistance Programs (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
MSW Employee Assistance Programs (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
Business Administration
MAdmin Municipal Administration On campus1 yearPretoria
MPhil Public Policy On campus1 yearPretoria
Entrepreneurship
MPhil Entrepreneurship (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
Finance
MCom Accounting Sciences On campus1 yearPretoria
MCom Auditing On campus1 yearPretoria
MCom Financial Management Sciences On campus1 yearPretoria
MCom Financial Management Sciences (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
MCom Taxation On campus1 yearPretoria
MCom Taxation (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
Mphil Accounting Sciences Fraud Risk Management (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
MPhil Internal Auditing (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
Mphil Taxation (Coursework) On campus2 yearsPretoria
MSc Financial Engineering On campus1 yearPretoria
Human Resources
MCom Human Resource Management (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
MPhil Labour Relations Management On campus1 yearPretoria
Management
MCom Business Management On campus1 yearPretoria
MPA Public Infrastructure Management (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
Marketing
MCom Marketing Management On campus1 yearPretoria
MCom Marketing Management (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
MPhil Marketing Management & Research (Coursework) On campus1 yearPretoria
Computer Science & IT
Information Technology
MA Information Design On campus1 yearPretoria
MCom Informatics On campus1 yearPretoria
Engineering & Technology
Biomedical Engineering
MSc Bioinformatics On campus1 yearPretoria
MSc Biotechnology On campus1 yearPretoria
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