University of Johannesburg
Master of Business Administration
Johannesburg, South Africa
DURATION
21 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
ZAR 40,802 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* fees for the complete programme amount to between R40802,00 and R101910,00. Fees may vary depending on the composition of a particular qualification
Introduction
Our Master of Business Administration (MBA) prepares leaders for a technology-driven global business world. With a strategic focus on digital transformation, innovation, and experiential learning, our MBA prepares you to lead Africa into a 4IR future.
The JBS MBA Difference
When we designed our new MBA for the digitally transformed world, we were deliberate in our approach. We wanted to create the definitive learning experience necessary for you to make yourself relevant and marketable, now and into the future.
Our MBA, therefore, positions you for success by fine-tuning your critical thinking skills across various disciplines and helping you to harness the vast opportunities that digital innovation affords. Learning to leverage the possibilities that technology unlocks is critical to ensuring business growth, and this is prioritized both in the subjects we offer and in our approach to teaching and learning.
Admissions
Curriculum
Themes
At JBS, our focus is simple: we want to open a digital world of opportunities for all our MBA students, equipping you with everything you need to become a business leader in the digital economy. Our MBA is attuned to this and will give you all the essential skills you require. The core themes in the JBS MBA include:
- How digital technologies are enabling opportunities in business
- Advanced e-commerce platforms for entrepreneurship
- Ethical Leadership in the digital economy
- Competitive strategy: winning in the digital marketplace
- Operations and supply chain management for the digital age
- Advanced digital marketing
- Accounting and financial management
- Critical thinking for business
- People management in the new world of work
- Digital Technologies including Cloud computing and mobile
- Consulting skills, quantitative methods, and data analytics
- Economics and International Business
In addition to these core themes, you will also have the opportunity to choose from electives on offer each year – these are drawn from topics such as:
- Virtual reality in a business world
- Disruptive technologies in areas such as tourism, agriculture, and medicine
- Advanced cybersecurity for business
- People management for empowerment and collaboration
- Consumer intelligence
- Entrepreneurship and business start-ups
- Developing authentic leadership
- Advanced AI, and robotics for business
- Big Data and data analytics
- Blockchain applications for business
Teaching Approach
Your learning experience at JBS will be intense and demanding and will involve an engaging combination of debate, dialogue, experiential learning, simulations, and local and international case study analysis. At all times, the content, structure, and medium of your studies will be relevant, practical, and geared to the technological advances that drive business.
Course Structure
The JBS MBA takes 24 months to complete, including both module work and the Capstone Consulting Project. There are two streams available, namely, Saturday and early-bird lectures. Both streams have two lectures a week of three hours each.
‘Weekender’ lectures – Two lectures on the same day (Saturday) from 08:00 to 15:00
‘Early-bird’ lectures – Two mornings a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) 06:30 to 09:30, with breakfast included
Program Outcome
Our emphasis is on practical, useable learning and skills development that you will be able to apply to your business or organization in direct and immediate ways. We are focused on ensuring your success by helping you become:
- A critical systems thinker who embraces complexity
- An authentic leader with social and digital intelligence
- A forward-thinking futurist who is in touch with global business developments
Program Tuition Fee
Rankings
Shanghai Ranking
- World Rankings: 601-700 in the world / 5th in South Africa and 6th in Africa
- Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS):
Hospitality & Tourism Management: 18th in the world, 1st in South Africa and Africa
Sociology: Top 150 in the world, 1st and only one ranked in South Africa and Africa
Public Administration: Top 150 in the world, 1st and only one ranked in South Africa and Africa
Education: Top 300 in the world, 1st in South Africa and Africa
Earth Sciences: Top 300 in the world, 2nd in South Africa and Africa
Geography: Top 300 in the world, 2nd in South Africa and Africa
Chemical Engineering: Top 400 in the world, joint 1st in South Africa and Africa
Political Sciences: Top 400 in the world, 3rd in South Africa and Africa
Physics: Top 400 in the world, 3rd in South Africa and Africa
Management: Top 500 in the world, 1st in South Africa and Africa
Ecology: Top 500 in the world
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)
- World Rankings: 434 in the world, in the Top 1.4% / 3rd in South Africa and Africa
- Subject Rankings:
English Language & Literature: Top 250 in the world, joint 3rd in South Africa and Africa
Chemical Engineering: Top 350 in the world, joint 3rd in South Africa, and joint 4th in Africa
Education & Training: Top 350 in the world, 5th in South Africa and Africa
Economics & Econometrics: Top 400 in the world, joint 4th in South Africa, and joint 5th in
Africa Agriculture & Forestry: Top 400 in the world, 6th in South Africa
Physics & Astronomy: Top 450 in the world, joint 2nd in South Africa, and joint 3rd in Africa
Environmental Sciences: Top 450 in the world, 6th in South Africa and Africa
Chemistry: Top 500 in the world, joint 3rd in South Africa, and joint 6th in Africa
Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering: Top 500 in the world, 5th in South Africa
Medicine: Top 650 in the world
- QS Graduate Employability Rankings:
Top 500 in the world, joint 4th in South Africa
Times Higher Education (THE)
- World Rankings: 601-800 in the world / Joint 7th in South Africa
- Subject Rankings:
Law: Top 201+ in the world, joint 4th in South Africa and Africa
Education: Top 300 in the world, joint 3rd in South Africa and Africa
Psychology: Top 400 in the world, joint 2nd in South Africa and Africa
Arts & Humanities: Top 400 in the world, joint 3rd in South Africa and Africa
Social Sciences: Top 400 in the world, 4th in South Africa and Africa
Life Sciences: Top 500 in the world, joint 4th in South Africa, and joint 5th in Africa
Business & Economics: Top 600 in the world, joint 4th in South Africa, and joint 6th in Africa
Engineering & Technology: Top 600 in the world, joint 4th in South Africa
Clinical & Health: Top 600 in the world
Computer Science: Top 800 in the world, joint 4th in South Africa
Physical Sciences: Top 800 in the world
- THE Young University Rankings: 173 among young universities, 4th in South Africa
- THE Emerging Economies University Rankings: 116 among universities in emerging economies, 7th in South Africa
US News & World Report’s Best Global Universities Rankings (BGUR)
- World Rankings: 378 in the world / 5th in South Africa and Africa
- Subject Rankings:
Geosciences: 222 in the world, 2nd in South Africa and Africa
Chemistry: 280 in the world, 1st in South Africa and Africa
Social Sciences & Public Health: 287 in the world, 5th in South Africa and Africa
Physics: 289 in the world, 3rd in South Africa and Africa
Engineering: 392 in the world, 2nd in South Africa, and 4th in Africa
Plant & Animal Science: 424 in the world
Environment/Ecology: 463 in the world