ADAPT, EVOLVE, THRIVE

Join the preeminent business school linking African experience and global relevance.

Enhance your professional knowledge and become a business leader of the future by understanding and identifying creative solutions to critical challenges in complex environments. Gain a unique perspective and expertise to drive positive societal change in South Africa and beyond.

Benefits of studying an MBA at the UCT GSB include:

  • Enhanced personal leadership competencies
  • Expanded professional networks and relationships 
  • Unique and effective managerial knowledge and tools for efficient management
  • Value creation for entrepreneurial enterprises
  • An opportunity to diversify skills and self-reinvent  
  • International exposure  
  • An increase in earning potential 
  • Accelerated career advancement   
  • Skills acquired for greater social impact

The MBA is offered both as a full-time programme over one year or in a modular format over two years. 

* Application & Course fees are provisional for 2023, and are subject to annual UCT council approval

** Limited Scholarship opportunities are available for applicants admitted to the programme

UCT GSB MBA Overview

Find out more about the annual term dates for both the UCT GSB modular MBA format.

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The modular MBA programme is suited to students who are seeking international insights in an African and South African context and are looking to study part-time over a two year period.

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Learn more about which attributes and qualifications are required for the UCT GSB MBA.

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A step-by-step guide on how to apply for the MBA.

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Course designs are updated and adapted annually, therefore the topics listed for each course are a guideline of what students can expect will be covered on each course.

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The UCT GSB is committed to broadening access to postgraduate education through funding and scholarship opportunities. Explore funding options available to MBA candidates.

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STUDY IN AN EMERGING MARKET

Study in Cape Town, South Africa’s most beautiful city, at a globally ranked business school with a world-class reputation.

At the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business we are passionate about learning and are dedicated to social responsiveness and to addressing the key developmental challenges facing this country and other emerging markets. 

Upcoming Events

 

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Info Session

 Thursday, 17 October 2024
 17:30 (GMT+2)

Join Dr Catherine Duggan, UCT GSB Director (Dean) for an information session webinar about the UCT GSB’s Master of Business Administration (MBA). This webinar creates an opportunity for prospective applicants to learn more about the school, the programme and the admissions process

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Ideas Exchange

 
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Learning & Development

Cassim Motala: Game Changer

As a student at the UCT Graduate School of Business, Cassim Motala (MBA, Class of 2004) helped to shape not just the structure and delivery but the ethos of the School’s MBA programme. As an alumnus, he continues to push for the programme to be as progressive and relevant as ever

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Posted on 5 June 2024 by Alumni Relations Dept
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Learning & Development

How an Inclusive MBA in Cape Town inspired Tsitsi Hatendi-Mtika (MBA 2014) to Change the Finance Industry

Tsitsi Hatendi-Matika chose the MBA at the UCT GSB to help her broaden her career horizons in finance. Now it’s helping her change the industry for the better.

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Posted on 25 March 2024 by Alumni Relations Dept
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Annual Reviews

What the UCT GSB Better World Ranking reveals about the changing role of the MBA

The UCT Graduate School of Business is firmly guided by its values, which recently resulted in a Top 40 position in the prestigious Corporate Knights Better World MBA ranking – making it a world leader in principled and impactful education

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Posted on 10 November 2023 by UCT GSB Press Office
Shadi Lekgoathi
Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Don’t let finances get in the way of your MBA dream

Attending business school can be an expensive and time-consuming undertaking, so you need to make sure it’s aligned with your purpose and your purse. Two recent UCT GSB graduates tell us how scholarship funding helped them.

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Posted on 27 July 2022 by UCT GSB Press Office
Career Leadership Centre
Learning & Development

How students can take charge of their own development through the Career Leadership Centre

UCT GSB students are empowered to navigate their own career advancement with first-class career development tools and direct contact with influential industry players and corporates keen to recruit from their ranks

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Posted on 27 July 2022 by UCT GSB Press Office
Rankings 2022
Learning & Development

UCT Graduate School of Business ranked in the top 50 globally by the FT

Latest ranking of customised programmes from the Financial Times shows the University Cape Town Graduate School of Business is leading in Africa.

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Posted on 15 June 2022 by UCT GSB Press Office
George Koshy
Learning & Development

In search of purpose

With people quitting their jobs in greater numbers than ever, professional executive, team and board coach George Koshy shares from his own journey of ‘purpose finding’– and how he is empowering individuals, teams and organisations to find their purpose.

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Posted on 9 June 2022 by UCT GSB Press Office
Three top tips for acing the GMAT test
Learning & Development

Three top tips for acing the GMAT test

There is no shortage of advice on how to prepare for the GMAT exam – the often daunting test that opens the door to the most prestigious MBA programmes around the world – but taking advice from someone who’s cracked it themselves is a good place to start.

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Posted on 11 April 2022 by Shivani Ghai
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Learning & Development

UCT GSB MBA ranks top in Africa on sustainability performance

UCT GSB MBA ranks top in Africa on sustainability performance

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Posted on 11 November 2021 by UCT GSB Press Office
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Learning & Development

Combining passion with purpose to improve science education for all

Bathabile Mpofu is passionate about empowering young people to become scientists, and with her business, Nkazimulo Applied Sciences, she aims to demonstrate to high school learners the beauty of science in an exciting, hands-on way.

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Posted on 30 July 2021 by UCT GSB Press Office
Folu Okunade  - solution to Africa’s challenges
Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Tractors may not be sexy but they offer a real solution to Africa’s challenges

As COO at Hello Tractor, a novel mobile platform that connects farmers to tractors as well as agricultural equipment, expertise and financial services, MBA alumnus Folu Okunade is working to connect under resourced farmers in emerging economies to the information age.

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Posted on 6 May 2021 by UCT GSB Press Office
Mouna Akefli - Closing the digital divide and embr
Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Taking the road less travelled is a choice we make

MBA alumna Mouna Akefli is not one to conform. Passionate about building a more diverse, inclusive and connected continent, she is determined to shake things up and her role as marketing manager for Ericsson in West Africa and Morocco is giving her new opportunities to do so.

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Posted on 6 May 2021 by UCT GSB Press Office
EVAN - MEDIA
Learning & Development

Gearing oneself for a post-pandemic world

Do we ever stop needing to constantly reinvent ourselves? Evan Kagan, who completed his MBA at the UCT GSB in 2010, doesn't think so. But by trusting ourselves, working with our passions, learning and connecting with others, and following the latest industry trends, he believes we can all gear ourselves for the post-pandemic world.

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Posted on 8 April 2021 by UCT GSB Press Office