Business

SA business school ranked in global top 50

Staff Writer

 ·15 May 2017

The Financial Times has released its Executive Education rankings for 2017, listing the best business schools and customised business courses across the globe.

The latest rankings include the best 85 customised programmes and the best 75 open-enrolment programmes worldwide.

Executive education refers to non-degree programmes which are either tailor-made for corporate customers (customised) or available to all working managers (open), the FT said.

“The rankings are based principally on measures of participants’ and clients’ satisfaction, as well as the schools’ growth in revenues, their international reach and faculty diversity,” the FT said.

In South Africa, the FT again placed University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (Gibs) in pole position.

For open-enrolment programmes, University of Pretoria, Gibs placed 52nd in 2017, down from 46th in 2016, and showing a ranking of 49th over a three-year average period.

USB Executive Development (USB-ED), the public company of University of Stellenbosch Business School, placed 61st, up from 62nd in 2016.

Read: The 10 best business schools in South Africa

For customised programmes, international business school, Duke Corporate Education, which has operations in South Africa, based in Johannesburg, ranked third – however, the group is headquartered in the US.

University of Pretoria, Gibs placed better in 2017 – 41st, from 45th in the previous year.

University of Cape Town GSB dropped to 70th, from 67th in 2016, while USB Executive Development declined to 84th.

Taking both rankings into consideration, the FT ranked the top 50 business schools, where UP’s GIBS ranked 41st overall – the only South African school to feature.

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