University of Johannesburg Master of Public Management and Governance
University of Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

Master of Public Management and Governance

Johannesburg, South Africa

Master degree

2 years

English

Full time, Part time

ZAR 40,802 / per year *

Distance Learning

* fees for the complete programme amount to between R40802,00 and R101910,00. Fees may vary depending on the composition of a particular qualification

Key Summary

About: The Master of Public Management and Governance at the University of Johannesburg equips students with specialized knowledge and research skills to address complex public-sector problems. It builds analytical and management competencies, leadership, self-reflexivity, and adaptability, with emphasis on policy evaluation, sustainability management, monitoring and evaluation, good governance, and local economic development. Graduates synthesize information, write high-level texts, apply scientific methods, and handle contradictions while strengthening workplace-relevant research skills aligned with international methodologies.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can enter public administration, policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation, sustainability management, local economic development, public-sector leadership, governance advisory, research and academia, NGO management, consultancy.

The purpose of the Master of Public Management and Governance is to equip students with specialized knowledge and insights to develop in-depth knowledge in a complex area of study through independent research, to demonstrate specialized leadership, self-reflexivity, and adaptability, to develop analytical and management competencies at the master’s level to perform advanced and professional tasks in the public sector, to gain abstract knowledge into either policy evaluation as a higher-order management function or sustainability management, to synthesize information autonomously in these specialized fields in order to become leaders who can handle contradictions and evaluate highly complex problems independently, to write high-level texts and to apply research methods and techniques to solve problems which need scientific solutions. Upon completion of this program, students should be able to reach the specific intended outcomes so as to strengthen intellectual knowledge, develop research skills in the subject area, develop workplace relevant research skills and provide a normative basis in line with internationally accepted dimensions of good research methodologies for this level of study. The modules will, inter alia, explore global and continental sustainability, good governance, and public management as catalysts for sustainable development, dealing with vulnerable communities and driving local economic development, and specialized knowledge of monitoring and evaluation through policy evaluation theories, models, systems and processes.

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!