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- ItemA hybrid simulation analysis of graduation success at Stellenbosch University(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2023-12) Slamang, Sha-abaan; Venter, Lieschen; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Logistics.ENGLISH SUMMARY: Stellenbosch University aims to be one of the leading research institutions on the African continent. High school matriculants (both locally and internationally) can apply to the university with the hope of graduating through one of its ten faculties. The selection of students for enrolment into a degree programme in the Economic Management Sciences Faculty is based on academic merit. For a student to progress to each academic year, they must obtain the minimum academic credits required to continue. The aim of this research is to design and implement a hybrid simulation model of student progression using agent-based and systems dynamics modelling. This model is applied to analyse graduation success in the Faculty. Following the validation of the hybridised student progression model, four intervention scenarios are tested for three degree programmes to increase the number of minimum time graduates. These intervention scenarios focus on a decrease on the influence of the perception of degree difficulty on graduate success, an increase in admission requirements, an increase in student engagement, and a combination approach where all three intervention scenarios are implemented. In the calibrated model for Mathematical Sciences students it results that they are better assisted through higher selection criteria while Management and Economic Sciences students are better assisted through higher engagement. Both the calibrated and uncalibrated models are analysed to control the bias of overfitting. In the non-calibrated model, all students appear to be better assisted through the decreased perception of degree difficulty. The model use is illustrated by means of this specific case study, but it is able to assist decision support in multiple contexts wherever graduation success is a metric of interest.