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Rhodes University Business School (RBS)

Rhodes University Business School (RBS) is a South African business school that transform the lives of potential business students into professional.

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Rhodes University Business School (RBS) Programmes

  • Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis
  • MBA
  • Postgraduate Diplomas

Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis

Course Fee & Application Details

The course fee is R30 000. South African students must pay an initial payment (MIP) of 10% to secure their place on the course.  If you are an international student, based outside of South Africa, then payment is required in full prior to registration (approximately 2 000 USD).

Synchronous sessions will be held at 5 pm South African time on the days indicated on the timetable unless the lecturer advises otherwise.  Virtual meetings will typically be for an hour.  Assignment and test dates are indicated on the timetable in the Advanced Diploma Brochure. Tests will be conducted online.

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To qualify for admission students require a National Diploma (NQF6) or a Bachelors’s Degree (NQF7). 

Completion of the Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis enables access to the Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analysis (NQF8). 

MBA

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) offered by the Rhodes Business School is a course-work degree together with a dissertation of fifteen thousand (15 000) words.  The dissertation accounts for 30% of the total credits.

The degree is offered on a part-time, modular basis over two and a half years. In the first two years, candidates are required to attend two three-week teaching blocks in Grahamstown each year and to complete work-based assignments in the periods between the teaching blocks. The final six months is dedicated to the completion of the dissertation.

The Rhodes Business School’s essence is “Leadership for Sustainability” and hence leadership and sustainability principles underline all subjects in the MBA curriculum. Emphasis is placed on business continuity, as well as achieving a balance between economic, social and environmental sustainability (the Triple Bottom Line). The Business School has committed itself to abide by the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).

  • It is primarily a general MBA aiming to provide an integrated, conceptual and theoretical framework within which to understand generic areas of business and management. It is possible, however, to take up to four elective courses in Environmental Management
  • It assumes no prior depth of knowledge of business, economics and/or accounting. It is an academic conversion programme, where graduates with first degrees in a diversity of subjects can attain professional knowledge of business and management
  • It aims to enhance previous management-related work experience by helping students to evaluate their practical business experience from a more professional, academic and research perspective
  • Where appropriate, it uses a case study-based teaching methodology incorporating South African case studies where they are available.

Eligibility

Applicants should normally:

  • have an NQF8 or equivalent qualification. This is an honours degree (e.g.  BCom(Hons) or BSc (Hons)), a Postgraduate Diploma (e.g. Certificate in the Theory of Accounting or Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Management) or
  • a FOUR year bachelor’s degree (e.g. B Bus Sci or B Eng).
  • all applicants are required to sit the NMATtest https://www.nmat.org/ 
  • have a minimum of three year’s full-time relevant practical business and/or organisational experience.
  • be proficient in English
  • have obtained a pass in Mathematics in Senior Certificate examination or equivalent

You do not need a first degree in business, accounting or economics in order to apply. We welcome applications from graduates in any field (e.g. engineering, arts, science, law etc.)

If you are attracted by what the Rhodes MBA has to offer, but are unsure about your eligibility for our programme and whether it is the right course for you, please contact the Director of the Rhodes University Business School, for an informal discussion.

Postgraduate Diplomas

Rhodes Business School is offering a part-time, 12-month Post Graduate Diploma in Enterprise Management (PGDIP EM PT). The programme starts in January and ends in December.

The PGDIP EM PT is designed to meet the needs of graduates in full-time employment from a wide range of job functions who wish to:

Develop their entrepreneurship skills within their organisation;

  • Develop an intrapreneurial approach to business;
  • Enhance their general management ability; and
  • Deepen and update their business knowledge, understanding and practice.

The PGDIP EM PT is an Honours level equivalent, NQF Level 8 qualification.

We are confident that it will prove a great asset to companies who recognise its merits as an internal company development qualification that you can use on your scorecards.

The course fees for 2020 will be around R45 000 which will include all course works, readings, books and lectures. Note: you will need to bring your own laptop or tablet device for course notes and assingments.

The PGDIP EM PT serves as a precursor qualification for those wanting to pursue an MBA.

In addition, successful students will also gain three module credits towards their MBA at Rhodes. 

From 2016, the Department of Higher Education’s regulations require an NQF Level 8 qualification or an appropriate four-year degree or postgraduate qualification for any student wanting to enroll in an MBA programme (NQF Level 9) at any business education institution in South Africa.

PGDip (Enterprise Management) PT brochure

Rhodes University Business School (RBS) Contact

Physical Address:

Rhodes Business School
Room 306
Top Floor Rhodes University Theatre Building
Cnr. Somerset and Prince Alfred Streets
Grahamstown
South Africa

Postal Address:

Rhodes Business School
P.O. Box 94
Grahamstown
6140
South Africa
Telephone Number: Fax Number:
+27-046-603-8617 +27-046-603-8613

E-mail Addresses:
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