In line with its commitment to internationalisation, CPUT has for many years been running a successful international exchange programme for staff and students.
During this term the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences will send 10 deserving students to CPUT partner universities in Europe.
The students hail from the Retail Business Management, Operations Management, Management and Project Management, Event Management and Entrepreneurship departments.
Each department selected two students who will be placed in the following universities:
- Carinthia University of Applied Sciences in Austria,
- Muenster University of Applied Sciences in Germany,
- Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Netherlands,
- Ravensburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany and,
- Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences in Germany
The faculty receives approximately 50 exchange students per year who study towards an undergraduate qualification for a semester in some its various departments.
“In return we send between eight to 12 students and two to four staff members per year to our partner universities,” says Nizaam Peck, Co-ordinator of the faculty’s Exchange Programme.
The CPUT students participate in three-month and six-month academic exchange programmes that count towards their current studies, while the staff members guest lecture for two weeks and focus on collaboration with the partner universities.
Two deserving students are selected by their respective departments in order to participate in the programme.
Successful students are notified early of their acceptance into the programme and are encouraged to raise extra funds and save for possible sight-seeing in Europe during their stay.
The faculty sponsors the students’ flights, arranges for their accommodation and provides a basic subsistence allowance for the duration of the exchange.
“The students are handpicked to be CPUT brand ambassadors on an academic programme that has great opportunities to see and network with the world,” says Peck.
“Once the students return to CPUT it is amazing to see how their outlook on life has changed and how switched on they are for opportunities out there.”
While at the host universities, many students use the opportunity to cultivate the ground for further studies and future jobs.
