Rankings of business schools in South Africa

Location of South Africa

Rankings of business schools in South Africa are largely based on international business schools rankings, no current publication attempts to rank South African business schools in a definitive way.

PMR.africa

PMR.africa conducts an annual survey of marketing managers/directors and line managers on MBA graduates and students in the workplace representing accredited business schools. The rankings are based on the perceptions of the respondents.^[1]

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

2011

SA Rank	Business school	Mean average 2011^[2]
1 University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
2	University of Stellenbosch Business School	8.18
3	Wits Business School – University of the Witwatersrand	8.10
4	Milpark Business School	8.05
5	Graduate School of Business - University of KwaZulu-Natal	7.99
6	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School	7.95
7	7.85
8	Henley Business School South Africa	7.82
9	Rhodes Business School - Rhodes University	7.76
10	Potchefstroom Business School- North-West University	7.74
11	Graduate School of Business Leadership - University of South Africa	7.65
12	Management College of Southern Africa	7.60
13	School of Management – University of the Free State	7.52
14	Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership - University of Limpopo	7.49
15	School of Engineering, Technology & Business - South African College of Business and Technology	7.39

2012

SA Rank	Business school	Mean average 2012^[3]
1	University of Kwazulu Natal Business School	8.00
2	Wits Business School (WBS) – University of the Witwatersrand	7.90
3	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science	7.85
4	University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business	7.83
5	Milpark Business School	7.75
6	Rhodes Business School - Rhodes University	7.70
7	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School	7.63
8	Graduate School of Business - University of KwaZulu-Natal	7.50
9	Potchefstroom Business School- North-West University	7.45
10	Graduate School of Business Leadership- University of South Africa	7.45
11	Management College of Southern Africa	7.30
12	Regent Business School	7.20
13	School of Management – University of the Free State	7.10
14	Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership - University of Limpopo	7.03
15	Tshwane University of Technology Business School	6.90

PMR.africa - Other specialist degrees	Mean Score
University of Johannesburg - MCom Business Management	7.90

Financial Times

MBA

SA Rank	Business school	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
1	UCT Graduate School of Business^[4]	89	71	71	89	60	54	74	59	52

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
1	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science^[5]	-	-	-	-	67	60	70	80

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
1	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science^[6]	49	51	41	38	-	42
2	University of Stellenbosch Business School^[7]	-	60	63	-	-	57
3	UCT Graduate School of Business^[8]	-	-	-	49	59	65
4	University of the Witwatersrand^[9]	59	62	62	-	-	-

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
1	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science^[10]	38	38	49	50	49	47
2	University of the Witwatersrand^[11]	48	-	-	53	56	55
3	University of Stellenbosch Business School ^[12]	46	50	55	-	-	62