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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.
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.
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.
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 [7] | 46 | 50 | 55 | - | - | 62 | - | 60 | 57 | 62 | 61 | 62 | - | - |
3 | University of the Witwatersrand [9] | 48 | - | - | 53 | 56 | 55 | - | 67 | 70 | 68 | - | - | - | - |
Note: These are the only ranked South African business schools in this category.
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 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:
SA Rank | Business school | Mean Average of 2016 |
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1 | University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) | 8.22 |
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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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