The Postgraduate diploma in Heritage Management is intended for professionals and non-professionals who are interested in heritage and museum development issues and wish to acquire the knowledge and skills to effectively manage and use the cultural heritage to ensure its conservation and integration in the development process of society. The programme is meant to meet the growing demand from English speaking professionals and non-professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa who are interested in the management of heritage and museum collections. The term heritage is used interchangeably with the terms cultural heritage or natural heritage. It refers to the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the future generations. Heritage also includes the natural heritage, that is, a nation’s fauna and flora, natural resources, and landscape.