General Information
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Midrand Graduate Institute (MGI) is registered with the Department of Education and its programmes are accredited by the Council on Higher Education. In addition to offering its own registered and accredited programmes, MGI has, for many years, been an official UNISA tuition centre where students receive on-campus, face-to-face tuition towards UNISA programmes.
Our Student Affairs Unit is on campus to provide support and service to all our students.
MGI students gain practical experience through our guest speaker programmes, practical assignments, field trips, and various projects such as the Business Advice Centre and Law Clinic. Our sporting facilities include basketball, netball, football, a swimming pool, tennis, and volleyball.
We wish you all the best with your studies, and trust that you will have an unforgettable experience at MGI.
Brief history
Midrand Graduate Institute was first known as Midrand Campus. Established in 1989, the institution soon developed an outstanding reputation for its innovative and dynamic hands-on approach to teaching and learning, producing graduates who are competitive, skilled, and in demand in the working environment.
Building on the successes of Midrand Campus, later known as Midrand University, the institution soon attained higher status in the private higher education environment by developing into Midrand Graduate Institute (MGI) - one of the first private university-level, degree-conferring institutions in Southern Africa.
Besides offering its own degrees and diplomas, MGI has a long history of providing top quality tuition geared towards the qualifications of other institutions.
Vision
Our vision is to be the leading private higher education provider in Southern Africa, recognised both locally and internationally for our academic excellence, career-focused programmes and world-class service delivery on multiple campuses.
Mission
MGI has a strong teaching and learning culture that enhances the holistic development of its students. We enable students to become well-balanced and creative individuals who are responsible and productive citizens – our graduates are future leaders. We are committed to academic excellence, product and sales excellence, and financial and business excellence aimed at the realisation of our vision. These qualities include all these listed below.
Academic excellence
High academic standards with suitable entrance requirements. A productive learning culture with top pass and throughput rates. Teaching strategies based on international best practice with a focus on small groups. Sound and relevant research aimed at improved curriculum development and enrichment of subject disciplines. Qualified and experienced staff with continuous staff development practices. Delivering graduates who are leaders in their fields, driving economic growth and contributing actively to the progress of the advancing world.
Product and sales excellence
Financial and business excellence
Strategic drivers
There are three key strategic drivers for our teaching, learning and administrative services, namely relevance, quality, and innovation.
Relevance MGI is responsive to any changing requirements in industry and student needs. Our courses are relevant for local circumstances, while simultaneously providing our students with the necessary skills and competencies to enable them to be competitive in the international arena.
Quality We are devoted to quality education aimed at the enhancement of student learning. We strive for academic excellence by focusing on the quality of our course content, our teaching and learning activities, as well as our administrative services.
Innovation To survive in the continuously changing and challenging world in which we live, we have to be innovative. Our education is intellectually stimulating, allowing students to develop creativeness and innovativeness. We strive for constant innovation with regard to everything we do at MGI.
Values
MGI is registered with the Department of Education, under the Higher Education Act No. 101 of 1997, as a private higher education institution.
One of the requirements of this registration is that all of the programmes offered by MGI must be accredited by the Council on Higher Education’s Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC). The purpose of this accreditation is, first and foremost, to protect students against poor quality programmes as well as to maintain the credibility of qualifications. The accreditation model of the HEQC entails a rigorous programme accreditation process.
A further requirement for registration is that all MGI’s programme offerings have to be registered on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
MGI is proud of the fact that all of its programme offerings are accredited and registered.
Quality assurance
In keeping with MGI’s policy of ensuring that the institution’s qualifications are of a high standard and quality, and that they compare favourably with similar qualifications offered elsewhere, leading academics from other South African higher education institutions moderate all of MGI’s final examinations. Not only are MGI’s final year examinations moderated in this way, but all programmes benefit from such quality control measures. This enables MGI to receive constant feedback from academics at other institutions as to the standard and content of the programmes. In addition to maintaining quality standards, MGI programmes are exposed to the broader academic environment, thus entrenching the institution’s reputation as a reliable higher education institution.
When students graduate from MGI and enter postgraduate fields at other institutions, they do so in the knowledge that MGI programmes are known and accepted by these institutions.
Educational links
MGI is well known for its tradition of established partnerships with other universities and higher education institutions both locally and abroad. These partnerships are rooted in a common commitment to provide high-quality, broad, and relevant education. They add strength and diversity to MGI’s programmes and provide many opportunities for students.
MGI’s association with UNISA
Midrand Graduate Institute has been offering tuition towards UNISA degrees since 1989. A range of modules is offered across the board in various faculties, ensuring that UNISA students add value to their degrees with lectures and interaction with fellow students.
Academic programmes
All of MGI’s full- and part-time academic programmes are selected, designed, and developed to meet the demands of prospective employers and to accommodate further studies.
Programmes enable graduates either to enter the workplace immediately after qualification, or to further their studies at other local and international universities, colleges, and schools of their choice.
Research
MGI recognises research as an essential component of any institution of higher learning. Therefore, participation in research and research-related activities is actively encouraged.
The research conducted at MGI is not only directed towards the systematic and scientific quest for new knowledge, but also entails staff development, the development of course material, as well as action and contract research. MGI’s researchers participate in national and international conferences, symposia, and consortia. Research findings are published in scientific journals, the mainstream media, and subject-related journals.
Language policy
MGI’s language of tuition is English. The institution’s policy of inclusiveness allows access to students whose mother tongue is not English. MGI endeavours to assist students by offering specialised English language skills programmes, support, and training.
In collaboration with the ACE Foundation, MGI offers English courses to enhance English proficiency as well as to prepare students who are speakers of foreign languages to study their programmes in English.
Rules and regulations
A comprehensive set of rules and regulations booklets, outlining general student rules, as well as faculty-specific rules, is available from the Student Advisory Unit. Current editions of these booklets are issued to new and returning students at the beginning of each academic year, and are also freely available to prospective students.
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At MGI, we believe in building a healthy learning environment by offering individual academic attention for students to reach their full potential and an exciting range of social, cultural, and recreational activities.
