University of Johannesburg Diploma / Extended Diploma in Operations Management
University of Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

Diploma / Extended Diploma in Operations Management

Johannesburg, South Africa

Diploma

3 up to

4 years

English

Full time

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 Diploma / Extended Diploma in Operations Management at University of Johannesburg develops applied, cognitive competencies in acquiring, interpreting, and applying management information and decision support. You'll learn to manage operational resources, understand supply chain objectives across contexts, and reflect on managerial decisions to improve operational functions. UJ offers First Year and Senior Student Experiences, sports, health services, community support.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles in operations and supply chain: operations manager, supply chain analyst, logistics coordinator, production supervisor, procurement officer, process improvement specialist, warehouse manager. Skills include resource management, decision support, logistics, inventory control, and continuous improvement.

To develop the student’s applied and cognitive competencies in the acquisition, interpretation, understanding, and application of management information and decision support.

The student should be able to:

  • manage operational resources within the operations management field,
  • demonstrate a detailed understanding of the different supply chain objectives needed in different operational circumstances
  • reflect on managerial decisions and applications to assess the effect thereof in the holistic context of specialized operational management functions in industry, in order to contextualize their learning to their business environment, and to appreciate improvements and interventions they can affect in their working environments.

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!