Rankings of business schools in South Africa

## Contents

* 1 Financial Times
* 1.1 MBA
* 1.2 Executive MBA
* 1.3 Executive Education Customised
* 1.4 Executive Education Open
* 2 FM Ranking the MBAs 2017 company
* 3 PMR.africa
* 3.1 2017
* 4 References
* 5 See also

## Financial Times

### MBA

SA Rank | Business school | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016  | 2020

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1  | UCT Graduate School of Business[1] | 89 | 71 | 71 | 89 | 60 | 54 | 74 | 59 | 52 | 76  | 94

Note: This is the only ranked South African business school in this category.

### Executive MBA

SA Rank | Business school | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019  | 2020

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1  | UCT Graduate School of Business[2] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47  | 56
2  | University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science[3] | - | - | - | - | 67 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 87 | 74 | 87 | 67 | 82  | \-

Note: These are the only ranked South African business schools in this category.

### Executive Education Customised

SA Rank | Business school | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  | 2019  | 2020

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1  | UCT Graduate School of Business[4] | - | - | - | 49 | 59 | 65 | - | 64 | 56 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 51 | 56
2  | University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science[5] | 49 | 51 | 41 | 38 | - | 42 | - | 53 | 53 | 45 | 41 | 51 | 45 | 60
3  | University of the Witwatersrand[6] | 59 | 62 | 62 | - | - | - | - | 78 | 73 | 68 | - | - | - | \-
4  | University of Stellenbosch Business School[7] | - | 60 | 63 | - | - | 57 | - | 68 | 73 | 80 | 84 | 89 | - | \-

Note: These are the only ranked South African business schools in this category.

### Executive Education Open

SA Rank | Business school | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  | 2019  | 2020

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1  | University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science[8] | 38 | 38 | 49 | 50 | 49 | 47 | - | 45 | 48 | 46 | 52 | 45 | 38 | 32
2  | University of Stellenbosch Business School[9] | 46 | 50 | 55 | - | - | 62 | - | 60 | 57 | 62 | 61 | 62 | - | \-
3  | University of the Witwatersrand[10] | 48 | - | - | 53 | 56 | 55 | - | 67 | 70 | 68 | - | - | - | \-

Note: These are the only ranked South African business schools in this category.

## FM Ranking the MBAs 2017 company

Every year Financial Mail surveys the graduates of South Africa's business schools and the companies, parastatals and government departments that employ them and sponsor their studies. The FM survey assesses graduate and employer perceptions of which of the schools provides the best experience, most strategic thinkers, most relevant learning, earning power, bang for bucks, and a host of other criteria important to getting ahead.

Read the FM's 2017 report here.

## PMR.africa

PMR.africa conducts annual national survey on Accredited Business Schools offering MBA degrees in South Africa.[citation needed]

The respondents (employers) rate the MBA graduates and students in the workplace representing accredited Business Schools across 19 attributes/criteria (on a scale of 0.00 – 10.00; where 0.00 = poor, 5.00 = average and 10.00 = outstanding), namely:

19 attributes are measured:

* Academic knowledge
* Application of knowledge in the workplace
* Communication skills/abilities
* Emotional intelligence
* Entrepreneurial skills/capacity/abilities
* Environmental awareness
* Ethical business conduct
* Financial management
* Human resource management
* Implementation of corporate governance
* Information management
* Innovation
* Insight into sound sustainable development
* International perspective
* Leadership skills/abilities
* Marketing management
* Operational management
* Quantitative abilities/skills
* Strategic management

### 2017

SA Rank | Business school | Mean Average of 2016

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1  | University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB)  | 8.22

3  | Henley Business School, Africa  | 8.00
4  | The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)  | 8.00
5  | Regent Business School, Johannesburg  | 7.90
6  | Graduate School of Business & Leadership – University of KwaZulu-Natal  | 7.80
7  | University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (GSB)  | 7.80
8  | Rhodes Business School  | 7.72
9  | NWU School of Business & Governance  | 7.65
10  | Wits Business School – University of the Witwatersrand  | 7.30
11  | Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) - University of South Africa (UNISA)  | 7.16
12  | Tshwane University of Technology Business School  | 7.12
13  | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School  | 7.00
14  | School of Management – University of the Free State  | 6.64
15  | Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership – University of Limpopo  | 6.39
PMR.africa - Distance learning only | Mean Score

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MANCOSA Graduate School of Business | 7.86
Regenesys Business School | 7.80
PMR.africa - Other specialist degrees | Mean Score

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University of Johannesburg - MCom Business Management | 7.83

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## References

1. ↑ "Business school rankings and MBA rankings from the Financial Times". http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-cape-town.
2. ↑ "Business school rankings and MBA rankings from the Financial Times". http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-cape-town.
3. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs GIBS Retrieved 26 May 2010
4. ↑ "Business school rankings and MBA rankings from the Financial Times". http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-cape-town.
5. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs GIBS Retrieved 26 May 2010
6. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/wits-business-school Wits Retrieved 26 May 2010
7. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/usb-executive-development-ltd USB Retrieved 26 May 2010
8. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs Retrieved 26 May 2010
9. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/usb-executive-development-ltd.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft_id=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/usb-executive-development-ltd&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Rankings_of_business_schools_in_South_Africa">
10. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/wits-business-school Wits Retrieved 26 May 2010
11. ↑ http://www.pmrafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Business-Schools2.pdf [bare URL PDF]

## See also

* Rankings of universities in South Africa
* College and university rankings

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