There are a number of factors that matriculants need to take into account when it comes to choosing the right university.
According to Monash South Africa, ten things that are important to consider when choosing a campus for your tertiary studies include the following:
- The quality of lecturers, class size and learning support – personal attention can greatly affect the quality and depth of your learning
- If the campus has global links or networks that offer opportunities to learn from a global viewpoint and become an active global citizen
- If the campus offers an entrepreneurial viewpoint and teaches you to be adaptable and entrepreneurially-minded in your future career
- If the university offers inter-disciplinary degrees and programmes that give rounded or flexible academic learning programmes
- If the social experience on campus offers you the opportunity to engage with a variety of different individuals and nationalities, to enhance your cultural learning
- If the campus has good graduate prospects which will grant you the opportunity to participate in internships and learnerships that expose you to the working world?
- If the campus has interactive community engagement programmes that encourage volunteering and enhance leadership, project management and time management skills while making a difference in the local community?
- What support services are available? Do they include counselling, academic and learning support, skills development as well as support for students with special needs?
- Beyond the academic programme, whether or not the institute will assist you to gain the appropriate knowledge and work readiness skills that can be applied in a variety of organisational settings including the corporate, government and non-profit sectors
- Whether students are provided with the tools to understand the issues affecting contemporary business challenges. Your degree should allow you to comprehend, critically evaluate and interpret the workings of global business and doing business in Africa.
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