INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Botho University

COURSE DETAILS - AT A GLANCE
Qualifications and Duration:
Certificate - 1 semester
Honours Certificate - 2 semesters
Honours Diploma - 3 semesters
Advanced Diploma - 4 semesters
Professional Diploma - 6 semesters
Professional Diploma (Honours) - 7 semesters
BSc (Honours) - 1 year top-up
Mode of Study:
Full-time or part-time
Assessment:
Computer based exams, written exams,
assignments, projects and practical work.
Curriculum Mapped to:
International certifications: CIW, CompTIA, IBM,
ICDL, Microsoft (MCP / MCDBA / MCSE), Red Hat,
Sun.
NIIT Botswana was founded in the year
1997. NIIT has three well established
training centres in Gaborone,
Francistown and Maun accommodating
over 3,000 full-time and part-time
students.
INTERNATIONAL REACH
NIIT International was founded in 1981
by professionals in India driven by
the mission of “Bringing people and
computers together”. NIIT is now the
No. 1 training company in Asia, offering
programs of study for students seeking
careers in Information Technology. NIIT
has over 3,800 centres in more than
29 countries worldwide, with over 3.5
million alumni around the globe. Over
10,000 students have been trained in
Botswana since 1997 under the career
and corporate education programs.
FACILITIES AND CAMPUSES
All NIIT’s campus’s has fully networked
classrooms and practice rooms.
NIIT’s new state of the art campus,
Botho Education Park, is situated
next to the prestigious Game City in
Gaborone. The modern campus has
fully networked classrooms and practice
department, taking care of student
department which assists students in
developing their CV and in placing them
in internships; a well equipped library;
and extensive sports facilities.
MEETING MARKET NEEDS
NIIT courses suit the needs of the market
across a wide range of information
technology applications.
ACCREDITATIONS
in Botswana to be institutionally
accredited by the Tertiary Education
Council (TEC). NIIT is also accredited
by the Botswana Training Authority
(BOTA).
WORLDWIDE ALLIANCES
NIIT has alliances with a number of
universities worldwide, including The
Open University. OU is ranked among
the top 5 universities in the UK for
teaching quality, along with Cambridge,
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