Developing people
Developing people is core to FPDs mandate as a higher education institution. FPD provides a comprehensive curriculum of courses in management and professional skills development that are customised to the needs of students in sectors, such as: management, health and education. Educational products are presented through formal qualifications, postgraduate qualifications, short courses, in-house courses and conferences.
Our focus on developing people also includes programmes offered by our SHIPS Department designed to hone the skills of school-leavers, graduate students as well as postgraduate students, to enhance their employability through workplace experience opportunities by placing them with the public and private sector institutions.
The FPD SHIPS Department was established in 2012 to draw from the expertise developed by FPD through the PEPFAR Fellowship Programme in successfully transitioning students from academia to the workplace.
The FPD Business School has a wide selection of management and business courses comprising of formally registered qualifications, international short courses, short learning programmes and distance education. These management courses cater for all levels of students from entry-level managers to highly-experienced executive management.