Professionalise your service offering

Consumers and clients are increasingly insisting on high-quality financial advice from advisors with the required qualifications, professional status and membership of a professional body. Stellenbosch Business School’s Postgraduate Diploma Financial Planning (PGDip FinPlan) can provide you with the ideal starting point.

• Start your journey to become a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®: This PGDip FinPlan is a sought-after qualification that culminates in the internationally recognised CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® (CFP®) designation – the global benchmark for professional financial advice. With this PGDip behind your name, you become eligible to apply to the FPI to write its Professional Competency Examination (the entrance exam to become a CFP®).
• Study at an FPI-accredited education provider: Doing this PGDip at the Business School – an FPI-accredited education provider – comes with advantages like high-level engagement with students and excellent online resources.
• Gain access to an MBA: The PGDip is presented at NQF Level 8, the same level as an Honours degree. This means it can give you access to Stellenbosch Business School’s MBA.
• Study while you work: This one-year programme is offered in the convenient blended learning format, allowing you to study while you work. You can choose between on-campus sessions (with in-class experience) or blended learning (using an internet-linked laptop from anywhere in the world).