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in Business Administration. The GSB MBA is the only programme in Africa ranked in the Financial Times’ Top 100 Global MBAs, and has received acclaim for the international scope of its curriculum, which nonetheless retains a distinctive orienta­tion to the business context of Africa.
In the latest QS Global 200 Business Schools Report, which rates schools from around the world based on MBA employers’ and recruiters’ views, UCT GSB was ranked top.
According to the school’s director, Professor Walter Baets, the GSB’s mission is to differenti­ate itself as an institution with strong and dis­tinctive capabilities in emerging market busi­ness education and applied research.
“Our aim is to ensure that all our pro­grammes are relevant in the context of new global business, new leadership development, and in emerging economy business,” says Baets.
“Africa is able to develop its own models of business school that will be more relevant to the local context without sacrificing interna­tionalism. We don’t need Harvard in Africa; we need something better suited to the complex challenges on the continent.”
GSB marketing manager Cherry Burchell says that the ratings show that the GSB is the best business school in the country and on the continent, especially when coupled with the school’s NRF ratings and EQUIS accreditation from the European Foundation for Manage­ment Development.
The other programmes to be presented are the modular Executive MBA, the modular Mcom Development Finance, the modular Postgraduate Diploma in Business Adminis­tration, and the modular Associate in Manage­ment (AIM).
Of particular interest to emerging leaders without previous tertiary education who want to further their careers, the AIM programme allows people with only working experience to access a world-class business school education. Graduates earn a certificate from the Faculty of Commerce at UCT, which allows admission to other tertiary programmes.