List of business schools in South Africa

Location of South Africa
UCT GSB
USB main building entrance

This is a list of business schools in South Africa. For the purposes of this list business schools are defined as accredited, degree-granting, postsecondary institutions. Institutions are accredited in South Africa by the Council on Higher Education (CHE), whilst institutions also pursue international accreditation from AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB.

Founded in 1949 the University of Pretoria's now defunct Graduate School of Management was the first business school in South Africa and was the first MBA programme to be launched outside of North America,[1][2] whilst the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business and University of Stellenbosch Business School, founded in 1964, are the oldest business schools in continuous operation. Founded in 2005, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School is the newest business school in South Africa.[3]

Business schools

Business School Institution City Accreditation Year founded
CIDA City Campus Johannesburg CHE[4] 2000
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) University of Pretoria Johannesburg1 CHE, AMBA (MBA & DBA)[5][6] 20002
Graduate School of Business University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban CHE[7] 1974
Henley Management College, South Africa Henley Management College Johannesburg CHE, AMBA (MBA), EQUIS, AACSB[8] 1992
Management College of Southern Africa Durban CHE[9] 1995
Milpark Business School Johannesburg CHE[10] 1997
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth CHE[11] 2005
Graduate School of Business and Government Leadership North-West University Mafikeng CHE[12] 2000
Potchefstroom Business School North-West University Potchefstroom CHE[13] 1998
Regenesys Business School Johannesburg CHE[14] 1999
Regent Business School Johannesburg CHE[15]
Rhodes Business School (RBS) Rhodes University Grahamstown CHE, AMBA (MBA) (in process) [16] 2000
Southern Business School Johannesburg CHE[17] 1996
South African College of Business (SACOB) Cape Town Umalusi (in process),CHE (in process)[18] 2011
School of Business Leadership (SBL) University of South Africa Midrand CHE[19] 1965
Tshwane University of Technology Business School Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria CHE[20] 1999
Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership University of Limpopo Polokwane CHE[21] 1997
UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) University of Cape Town Cape Town CHE, EQUIS[22] 1964
University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) Stellenbosch University Cape Town CHE, AMBA (MBA), EQUIS.[23] AACSB.[24] 1964
University of the Free State Business School University of the Free State Bloemfontein CHE[25] 1999
Varsity College School of Business and Technology (VC SoBT) The Independent Institute of Education Multiple campuses CHE (conditional)[26] 1991
Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences University of Johannesburg (UJ) Johannesburg CHE[27] 1989
Wits Business School (WBS) University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg CHE, AMBA (MBA)[28] 1968

1 GIBS offers company specific programmes in London, United Kingdom[29]

2 Note as of January 2008 GIBS replaced the Graduate School of Management

Rankings

League tables of South African business schools are largely based on international business schools rankings, because there have not as yet been published any specifically South African rankings.

Business school alliances

See also

References

  1. http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional Retrieved 20 March 2010
  2. http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional
  3. http://mba.nmmu.ac.za/about-us/history History Retrieved 26 October 2011
  4. http://www.cida.co.za/ CIDA City Campus Retrieved 1 October 2011<
  5. http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs GIBS Retrieved 1 October 2011
  6. http://www.gibs.co.za/news-and-events/news-and-events_1/gibs-news/gibs-dba-degree-gets-full-international-accreditation.aspx GIBS DBA degree gets full international accreditation Retrieved 21 August 2012
  7. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=7&p=24#title University of Kwazulu-Nata Retrieved 1 October 2011
  8. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=8&p=24#title Henley Management College Retrieved 1 October 2011
  9. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=9&p=24#title Management College of Southern Africa Retrieved 1 October 2011
  10. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=10&p=24#title Milpark Business School Retrieved 1 October 2011
  11. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=11&p=24#title Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School Retrieved 1 October 2011
  12. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=12&p=24#title Potchefstroom Business School Retrieved 1 October 2011
  13. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=12&p=24#title Potchefstroom Business School Retrieved 1 October 2011
  14. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=101&p=24#title Regenesys Business School Retrieved 1 October 2011
  15. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=102&p=24#title Regent Business School Retrieved 1 October 2011
  16. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=103&p=24#title Rhodes MBA Retrieved 1 October 2011
  17. http://www.sbsonline.info/content/page/about-sbs/legal-context Southern Business School Retrieved 1 October 2011
  18. http://www.sacob.com/accreditations
  19. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=15&p=24#title University of South Africa Retrieved 1 October 201
  20. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=14&p=24#title Tshwane University of Technology Business School Retrieved 1 October 2011
  21. http://www.ul.ac.za/index.php?Entity=School%20Main%20Menu&school_id=11 Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership Retrieved 1 October 2011
  22. http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-cape-town GSB Retrieved 1 October 2011
  23. http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-stellenbosch-graduate-school-of-business USB Retrieved 1 October 2011
  24. http://www.usb.ac.za/AboutUs/AccreditationsAndRatings.aspx
  25. http://www.mba.co.za/infocentreaccreditation.aspx?s=48&c=13&p=24#title University of the Free State Business School Retrieved 1 October 2011
  26. http://www.varsitycollege.co.za/Default.aspx?tabid=57Varsity College Retrieved 1 October 2011
  27. http://www.pmrafrica.com/Business_School_Rankings_2010/Business_School_Rankings_2011.pdf Retrieve 13 January 2012
  28. http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/wits-business-school WBS Retrieved 1 October 2011
  29. http://www.gibs.co.za/gibs-london.aspx Gibs London Retrieved 26 October 2011