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Description
The Bachelor of Regional and Rural Development Honours is a postgraduate specialisation degree that aims at consolidating and deepening the knowledge and skills of students in the main cognate area of learning and capacitate them to conduct research of an applied nature. It builds upon the outcomes of the Bachelor‘s degree in the same subject fields / cognate area of learning.
Admission Requirements
Applicants may be admitted to this programme if they have a Bachelor of Regional and Rural Development (NQF Level 7) degree from NUST.
Applicants with an equivalent, relevant qualification at NQF Level 7, worth at least 360 credits, from recognised tertiary education institutions, may be accepted or may be required to enrol for selected undergraduate courses if the Department deems it necessary to address critical gaps in the core competencies of regional and rural development. These courses may be taken concurrently with the Bachelor of Regional and Rural Development Honours programme.
Applicants with a Polytechnic of Namibia National Diploma in Land Use Planning may be considered for admission, provided they had completed undergraduate courses in the core competencies of regional and rural development. They may be exempted from the above-mentioned undergraduate courses if they have at least three years of applicable working experience and show competence in the field, based on a portfolio of relevant work undertaken at an acceptable standard.
Applicants may be required to attend a pre-selection interview and/or test at the discretion of the Departmental Selection Committee
