MBA

Course details

The MBA qualification is regarded as the flagship of business training worldwide and at the School of Business & Governance we aim to provide just that, a qualification that is accredited and will provide the tools to succeed in the business environment.

The NWU is considered to be the best-managed university in South Africa. The School of Business & Governance has been delivering competent graduates to Southern Africa who, in turn, are making a proven contribution to social and economic growth in the region. The Potchefstroom Business School aims to provide professional postgraduate management and business training.

Why start a MBA at the School of Business & Governance?

• The MBA is recognised internationally as the most suitable qualification to prepare business people for successful careers within the senior cadres of their organisations.
• An MBA improves the management skills of participants and innovative study themes unlock new knowledge that guides developing leaders in a creative way to play a definite value-adding role within their organisations.
• The dynamic programme content is carefully compiled for individuals who not only expect value for their money, but insist on continued returns on the investment of their time and hard years of study.
• The value of an MBA lies within the performance of each individual. It is a degree for people who not only want to be able to write MBA 'behind their name', but also wish to turn their newly-acquired knowledge and skills into value and prosperity.
• The School of Business & Governance firmly believes that the achieved average results are a synergistic consequence of the knowledge and creativity of student and lecturer.

Accreditation

Following an extensive evaluation process, the NWU School of Business & Governance MBA has been accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

For us it means international credibility. For our students it's a guarantee that they receive business training of the highest international standards.

The NWU School of Business & Governance is also a member of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS) and the South African Business Schools Association (SABSA).

Fully HEQC accredited; NQF-level 9 MBA and receiver of a PMR Excellence Award in 2005, 2012 and 2013 (NWU PBS was rated in the top 4 of the Accredited Business Schools in South Africa offering MBA/MBL Degrees category). Quality driven with a system of peer-reviews and international moderators from most of the leading economies involved. The fully international accredited MBA programme of the NWU School of Business & Governance is a comprehensive qualification comprising a wide range of key activities in the world of business. Our philosophy of practical business solutions equips our students to apply their acquired knowledge without delay in the workplace. It is for this very reason that our students report that positive ramifications emerge in their work environment amid their MBA studies.

Being an influential and quality-audited business school in the MBA-marketplace in South Africa, the NWU School of Business & Governance has made strategic changes and additions to its MBA programme to expand its value to market. The re-curricularisation of the MBA programme, together with our skills-oriented study schools, serve as a impetus to our faculty for sustained excellence in business learning and associated networking through the system of syndicate group learning methodologies. Alongside this process a greater emphasis on quality and less focus on quantity have emerged, implying that a refined selection process will ensure that we maintain this vision of quality. Notwithstanding all the above assets we were able to maintain our low-cost milieu, thus offering our MBA at a price that will ensure comparative competitiveness - a kind of pareto optimum!