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University of Johannesburg BA in Public Management and Governance

University of Johannesburg

BA in Public Management and Governance

Johannesburg, South Africa

BA

1 up to

3 years

English

Full time, Part time

31 Oct 2025*

Feb 2026

ZAR 23,050 / per year **

On-Campus

* by noon

** fees for the complete programme amount to between R23050,00 and R51851,00. Fees may vary depending on the composition of a particular qualification

Key Summary

    About : The BA in Public Management and Governance focuses on the principles and practices of effective governance. This program aims to equip students with skills in public administration, policy analysis, and decision-making tools. It addresses contemporary challenges in the public sector and fosters critical thinking essential for effective management practices.
    Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue roles in various sectors, including government agencies, non-profit organizations, and international institutions. Potential career paths include public administrator, policy advisor, and program manager. The program prepares students to navigate complexities in governance and implement sustainable solutions in public management.

Introduction

The purpose of the BA in Public Management and Governance is to provide qualifying students with substantive, theoretical, and intellectual knowledge, cognitive and research skills such as critical reasoning, data mining, and processing, problem-solving, interpretation, analytical and evaluative skills; communication skills and a normative basis in line with internationally accepted dimensions of “good governance”. It is also a purpose of this qualification to equip students to operate in an environment where the traditional boundaries between the public sector and the community or third sector are rapidly disappearing. These bodies of knowledge and skills base are aimed at equipping students to operate close to decision-makers and support them by making available and processing information to enable them to function in the highly complex and dynamic public arena where state, market, and society interact in the shaping of society.

Reasons for studying at UJ

  • UJ offers not only a special program called the First Year Experience to help orientate students throughout the first year but we also offer a Senior Student Experience that gears students toward the workplace!
  • Grab the opportunity to participate in a variety of sports and train alongside Olympians and Paralympians on state-of-the-art pitches, tracks, and fields, or just keep fit by joining one of the gyms on each of our 4 campuses.
  • Be part of a young, vibrant, and agile university that reflects and adapts easily to our country’s aspirations, while maintaining global relevance through numerous international partnerships.
  • 178 Internationally respected and accepted qualifications.
  • Join a university that cares enough to have raised over R300 million since the start of 2016 in order to support the Missing Middle Campaign. UJ also ensures that more than 6 000 needy students have two healthy meals per day.
  • Study in the vibrant City of Gold – the economic hub of South Africa. Join a vibrant, cosmopolitan, progressive group of students and academics on their way to re-imagining the future!
  • UJ offers an amazing on-campus experience whether you live in one of UJ’s residences, belong to a day house, or whether you just want to socialize at the Student Centres on all campuses.
  • We ensure the health, safety, and security of all our students through our own on-campus health services and UJ Protection Services.
  • Did you know that during the first five years of UJ’s existence it doubled its targeted research output and to this day, continues to break records!

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