Rankings of business schools in South Africa

FM Ranking the MBAs 2017

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.

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

2016

SA Rank	Business school	Mean Average of 2016
1	University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB)	8.22
2	Milpark Business School	8.10
3	Henley Business School, Africa	8.00
4	The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)	8.00
5	Regenesys 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
MANCOSA Graduate School of Business	7.86
Regent Business School	7.80

PMR.africa - Other specialist degrees	Mean Score
University of Johannesburg - MCom Business Management	7.83

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Financial Times

MBA

SA Rank	Business school	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
1	UCT Graduate School of Business^[2]	89	71	71	89	60	54	74	59	52	76

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
1	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science^[3]	-	-	-	-	67	60	70	80	87	74	87

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

Executive Education Customised

SA Rank	Business school	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2014	2015	2016
1	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science^[4]	49	51	41	38	-	42	53	53	45
2	UCT Graduate School of Business^[5]	-	-	-	49	59	65	64	56	67
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

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	2014	2015	2016
1	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science^[8]	38	38	49	50	49	47	45	48	46
2	University of Stellenbosch Business School ^[9]	46	50	55	-	-	62	60	57	62
3	University of the Witwatersrand^[10]	48	-	-	53	56	55	67	70	68