Alpvest Institute for FutureTech (AIFT) is a private South African education provider headquartered at 9 Palm Boulevard, Umhlanga Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal, with additional campuses in Durban, Johannesburg (Braamfontein, Johannesburg CBD, Randburg), Kempton Park, Polokwane, Pretoria (Menlyn Park, Pretoria City ICT, Pretoria City Business, Pretoria TVET) and Cape Town. It traces its history to 1990, when it operated as PC Training and Business College, before rebranding as Alpvest Institute for FutureTech to focus on technology and future-skills education aligned with the 4th/5th Industrial Revolutions. The institution's website lists CATHSSETA, ETDP SETA, Services SETA, FASSET, Umalusi and QCTO as accrediting/quality-assurance bodies associated with its programmes, though the specific accreditation status of individual qualifications was not independently verified beyond these website claims. AIFT organizes its offerings into faculties covering Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Digital Arts, Engineering, Culinary Innovation, Business Innovation, and General Management and Entrepreneurship, delivered via full-time, blended, online and distance learning modes across certificate, higher certificate, diploma and degree levels.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Commerce in Artificial Intelligence
- Bachelor of Science in Information & Communication Technologies
- Advanced Certificate in Management (distance learning, Business Innovation faculty)
- Distance learning: Artificial Intelligence & Software Development
- Distance learning: Cloud Computing
- Distance learning: Data Science
- Distance learning: Design Thinking & Innovation
- Executive Education: AI for Business Skills Programme