1. PHD PROGRAMME
IN
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
(Course code: 07267063)
1. OBJECTIVES OF THE QUALIFICATION
The primary objective of this course is to provide the student specialising in
entrepreneurship a route to a doctorate degree in entrepreneurship.
The objective of the degree is to develop capacity in respect of entrepreneurship as an
academic discipline in South Africa.
2. WHO SHOULD ENROLL FOR THIS DEGREE
The course is primarily aimed at consultants, academics, and service providers in the
entrepreneurial and small business enabling environment.
3. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- A masters degree plus
- The following modules for the M Phil Entrepreneurship
ENP 821 Introduction to entrepreneurship
ENP 822 Entrepreneurship Theory
ENP 823 Creativity and Innovation
ENP 824 Small Business Enabling Environment
NME 804 Research Methodology
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4. COURSE CONTENT
4.1 Fundamental (Major) Course:
Select any two topics from the following:
ENP 951 Entrepreneurial characteristics
ENP 952 Entrepreneurial Process
ENP 953 Entrepreneurial Motivation
ENP 954 Window of opportunity
ENP 956 Business Plan
4.2 Fundamental (Major) Course:
Select any two topics from the following:
ENP 951 Entrepreneurial characteristics
ENP 952 Entrepreneurial Process
ENP 953 Entrepreneurial Motivation
ENP 954 Window of opportunity
ENP 956 Business Plan
ENP 957 Ethical Entrepreneurship

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ENP 958 Barriers to Entrepreneurship
ENP 959 Venture capital for new ventures
ENP 960 Creativity and Innovation
ENP 962 New venture growth
ENP 963 New venture failure
4.3 Supportive courses (select any two):
ENP 694 Small Business Management
ENP 695 Small Business Counselling and Mentoring
ENP 966 Franchising
ENP 981 Family Business
ENP 967 Female Entrepreneurs
ENP 968 Business Buy-out
ENP 969 Home based business
ENP 971 Networking
ENP 972 Role models in entrepreneurship
ENP 973 SMME enabling environment
ENP 974 Entrepreneurship in economic development
ENP 975 Strategic management for SMME’s
ENP 976 Growth strategies
ENP 978 Informal sector
ENP 979 Entrepreneurship (Corporate entrepreneurship)
ENP 981 Corporate venturing
ENP 982 Legal aspects for new ventures
ENP 983 Forms of business
ENP 984 International entrepreneurship
4.4 Thesis
ENP 980 Thesis: Entrepreneurship (Full empirical research)
5. COURSE DURATION PRESENTATION
The course and thesis must be completed within four years. The minimum time will not
be less than 2 years of study. The major and supportive courses will be done by a
combination of limited contact with an appointed tutor for each topic and distance
education. Students must have access to the Internet for research and self-study.
The PhD programme consists of a number of phases, which you will have to go through
and meet the minimum requirements before progressing to the next phase.
PHASE 1: Completion of the preliminary courses of the MPhil Degree (January to June of
every calendar year)
One of the admission requirements is that you have to attend and pass the following courses
from the MPhil in Entrepreneurship:
ENP 821 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
ENP 822 Entrepreneurship Theory
ENP 823 Creativity and Innovation
ENP 824 Small Business Enabling Environment
NME 804 Research Methodology
NB: For Phase 1 you enrol for Economic Management Sciences Post Graduate Special. You
only enrol for PhD and continue with Phase 2 once you have met the minimum
requirements.

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PHASE 2: Preparation of research proposal for empirical research on a topic
(Timeframe: 1-6 months)
A written research proposal must be prepared. A doctoral thesis requires exceptional work,
which means it must be a new contribution to the literature in entrepreneurship. The use of
descriptive and inferential techniques is required for this study.
The research proposal will be done under the guidance of a study leader who will be appointed
by the programme leader. The proposal and research methodology must be presented to a
panel of academics. You will be expected to defend the proposal.
PHASE 3: The selection and completion of two major courses and two supportive
courses (Timeframe: 6-12 months)
Once your research proposal has been approved/accepted, you must select the two major and
two supplementary courses in conjunction with your study leader.
These courses should preferably be closely related to the title and content of your thesis. You
will be appointed a lecturer for each course who will act as a study leader for the content and
specific evaluation of progress.
You will prepare essays on these subjects, which you must present at a colloquium at the end
of a semester. After the presentation, you will be examined on the topics by a panel of internal
and external examiners. This phase is also used to a great extent to complete the literature
study and the thesis.
PHASE 4: Commence with your empirical research and finalisation of your thesis (6-12
months)
The literature study must be completed and the research design must be developed in
conjunction with your study leader. Personnel of the Department of Statistics and Information
Technology will assist with data capturing, processing, and statistical analysis.
The thesis is only submitted for examination when the study leader is satisfied that it is of such
a standard and that it will pass examination.
Two external and one internal examiner must award a pass mark for the thesis. This normally
happens within six weeks from submission. With submission on or before 31 May, you will
qualify you for the September graduation and submission on 31 October you will qualify for the
following graduation in March/April.
6. COST OF THE COURSE
For information about fees, please contact:
The Client Service Centre of the University of Pretoria,
Tel: +27(0)12 420 3111,
E-mail: csc@up.ac.za.
7. APPLICATION DATES
Applications must reach us on/or before 30 September 2009. Students will be
selected and informed of the outcome on/or before 30 October 2009.
8. STARTING DATE
The programme starts in January of every year.

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9. FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, THE REGISTRATION
PROCESS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES, CONTACT:
Mrs Emily Mokhehle
Faculty Administration
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
University of Pretoria
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-3643
E-mail: emily.mokhehle@up.ac.za
10. FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT ANY OTHER ISSUES, CONTACT:
Ms Retha Strydom
Department of Business Management
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
University of Pretoria
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-3398
E-mail: retha.strydom@up.ac.za