DREAM OF THE FUTURE
DREAM OF THE FUTURE: COMPREHENSIVE RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS OFFER
Akademia aims to establish a comprehensive residential campus by 2028. This campus will also cater for 5,000 full-time undergraduate students and nearly 1,500 postgraduate students. Four men’s and four women’s residences will accommodate 1,500 students on campus. The development will be located in Pretoria, eight kilometres from Solomon Mahlangu Drive on the Boschkop Road in the east of Pretoria. The new campus offers Akademia the opportunity to make available a complete and extensive academic programme offering across all its faculties that will meet the comprehensive demand of prospective students. These include office blocks, lecture halls, laboratories, an auditorium, dedicated research halls, a cafeteria, restaurants, coffee shops, a student centre, library, residences, staff accommodation and world-class sports facilities for rugby, cricket, netball, tennis, athletics, hockey, swimming, including indoor sports. This project is the largest development project in the history of Afrikaans language and cultural communities and represents a significant historical turning point to ensure the sustainability of higher education in Afrikaans. Dream together by becoming a future builder (toekomsbouer) and follow the progress of this great project at www.toekomsbouer.co.za.
EXPANSION TO THE WESTERN CAPE
Akademia aims to expand the full-time campus model to the Western Cape by 2026. The institution already has a presence in the Western Cape by means of the centres in George, Paarl and Somerset West. These centres are used by students that study via the after-hours distance model. The expansion to the Western Cape will strengthen and expand the existing network. The proposed campus will give students access to Akademia’s five dynamic faculties, as well as its vibrant student life. The new satellite campus will be in Esterville, in the Paarl area. Tony van der Merwe has already been appointed as the operations manager for the Western Cape and Prof. Gawie du Toit will be of service as the head of the Western Cape campus. With regard to student numbers, this campus will start with about 350-400 full-time campus students. It is further provided that almost nine programmes will be presented over Akademia’s existing faculties on the Paarl campus. Read more here.
AFTER-HOURS DISTANCE MODEL
The successful after-hours distance model is in full swing, and the student numbers are still growing each year. This model has been proven time and time again to be unique and particularly effective in the past decade, as seen, among other things, in the seamless continuation of academic activities during the initial Covid-19 restrictions. From 2021, students are offered an additional e-learning option to receive quality education from anywhere in the world.
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FACULTY GROWTH
Akademia already offers a wide range of programmes, and intends to expand further in the future:
ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
This faculty is currently Akademia’s largest faculty and already offers many programmes. Development is underway to offer a Postgraduate Diploma in Hybrid Project Management, BCom (Economics), BComHons (Financial Accounting), BCom (Forensic Accounting), and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA). The dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences is Dr Rachel Maritz.
HUMANITIES
Akademia’s first programme in this faculty, BSocSci (Politics, Philosophy and Economics), continues to succeed and has delivered its first graduates in 2022. A second programme in this faculty, BA (Communication and Journalism), has been offered since 2021, with BA (Language Studies) and BAHons (Media and Communication) offered from 2025. BA (General) will also be offered on the full-time campus model in Pretoria from 2026. BAHons (Philosophy) will also be offered on the after-hours distance model from 2026. Further developments are underway to expand the offer, including programmes such as MA (Communication/Media) and BA (Visual Arts). The dean of the Faculty of Humanities is Prof. Danie du Plessis.
HEALTH SCIENCES
Akademia is working tirelessly on the accreditation process to be allowed to offer BNur (Nursing).
A Bachelor of Optical Dispensing and a BOptom (Bachelor of Optometry) are also being developed.
ENGINEERING
Akademia is working tirelessly to submit the following proposed programmes to IRSA for approval, after which they will be submitted to the Council on Higher Education (CHE) for accreditation: BEng (Electrical and Electronic), BEng (Computer and Electronic) and BEng (Industrial Engineering).
NATURAL SCIENCES
The first programme in this faculty, BSc (Mathematical Sciences), has been welcoming students since 2021. BSc (Computer Sciences) has also been offered on the Pretoria campus since 2023. Further extensions in this faculty will take place with programmes in BScHons (Computer Sciences), BSc (Biological Sciences), BSc (Agricultural Sciences), BAgric (Agriculture), Higher Certificate in Animal Production and Higher Certificate in Crop Production. The acting dean of the Faculty of Science is Dr Piet Pretorius.
EDUCATION
This faculty’s first programme, the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching), has been offered through the after-hours distance model since 2021. The BEd (Foundation Phase Education) and BEd (Intermediate Phase Education) have been offered full-time on the Pretoria campus since 2022. The latest addition to the faculty is the Postgraduate Diploma in School Leadership and Management, which has been offered on the after-hours distance model since 2025. All the programmes are professional education programmes that enable registration with the South African Council for Educators upon completion. Further programme development is currently being planned and includes the following: BEdHons (Curriculum Studies) in 2026, MEd (Curriculum Studies), Postgraduate Diploma in Language Education and Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning Support in 2027 as well as a PhD (Education), BEdHons (Educational Psychology), MEd (School Leadership and Management), Postgraduate Diploma in Foundation Phase and MEd (Foundation Phase Education) in 2028. The dean of the Faculty of Education is Prof. Johnnie Hay.
LAW
Akademia’s BCom (Economics and Law) programme is already well-established, and the legal offer has been expanded since 2020 with the addition of an LLB programme on the after-hours distance model. Since 2023, LLB has also been offered on the full-time campus model. An LLM programme with a research focus is also envisaged for 2026. Development is currently underway to add BCom (Law), LLM (Medical Law) and LLM (Financial Law) to this offering in law. The dean of the Faculty of Law is Prof. Hermie Coetzee.
THEOLOGY
Akademia is working tirelessly to develop a four-year degree in BDiv (Theology) and a three-year degree in BTh (Theology).
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