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Rhodes University Business School

To process your application we need:

A completed MBA Application Form for Rhodes Business School
A non-refundable R400 application fee regardless of whether or not you are a past Rhodes Student (payable directly to Rhodes University in cash, postal order or electronic banking). Our Bank details are as follows: First National Bank, Grahamstown, Branch Number: 210-717, Account Number: 62145503076, Ref: Student Number, Initials, Surname. For International Payments: Bank SWIFT Address: FIRNZAJJ.Kindly send us the Proof of Payment.
Two passport sized photographs
All applicants are required to sit the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or a South African equivalent (NBT) Visit http://nbt.ac.za for more information. If you take the NBT test, you are only required to sit the Academic and Quantitative Literacy (AQL) test (not the Mathematics test). Furthermore, those applicants for whom English is a foreign language are required to sit an appropriate English language test. If you need to submit your application and have not yet written the test, send in your application with a covering letter notifying us of the date of your NBT test, and let us have the results as soon as you have them.
Four essays that respond to questions found on page 4 of the Application Form
Your CV
Personal recommendations from two referees (including one from your current or most recent employer and, where realistic, one from the last academic institution you attended). You should contact both referees yourself and ask them yourself to complete a Reference Form and return it directly to the Rhodes Business School.
A certified copy of your ID book (or passport in the case of an international student)
A certified copy of your degree (or professional qualification) certificate
Please fax a copy of your deposit slip to: RU Fees Office, Fax Number: +27 (0) 46 622 2770

Fees:

The course fee for the entire MBA programme in today’s money is approximately R130 000, which is payable as follows:

Part-time Students: R52 000 in 2016, R52 000 (plus inflation) in 2017 and R26 000 (plus inflation) in 2018.

Accelerated programme Students: R104 000 in 2016 and R26 000 (plus inflation) in 2017.

This covers tuition, course material, textbooks and examination fees. In addition to this, you will have to bear the cost of transport to and from Grahamstown, your accommodation for the duration of the teaching blocks as well as subsistence for the time you are in Grahamstown.

The Minimum Initial Payment (MIP) for this course is R26 000 payable by 12 December 2015, the balance of R26 000 is due by 1 May 2016 if you are a part-time student. Accelerated programme students are required to pay R52 000 by 12 December 2015 andthe balance of R52 000 is due by 1 May 2016. Please fax your deposit slip with student number as reference, to 046 603 8613. International students outside of the Rand Monetary area are required to pay the entire year’s fee upfront, although you qualify for a 3% discount. A monthly debit order can be arranged with the University – please make use of the debit order intruction form on the University Fees office web site: Rhodes University’s Fees payment

For further information, please contact us Tel: 046 603 8617 or email mba@ru.ac.za

Please note that the fees for 2016 and 2017 will be adjusted by the prevailing rate of inflation (cpi).

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).

The MBA is designed to equip practising and potential managers to assist in the creation, development and leadership of successful organisations in a competitive business environment. To this end, the Rhodes MBA has been designed around what managers need to know in order to ensure that they are able to contribute to the achievement of superior business results in the organisations for which they work. In addition, the Rhodes MBA curriculum has been benchmarked against the curricula of other leading Business Schools. It is also important to note that the Rhodes MBA is fully accredited by the Council on Higher Education. To focus on equipping its graduates with the knowledge and skills to pursue managerial and organisational excellence, the Rhodes MBA programme is based on the following principles:

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.

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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).
candidates are also required to write an admissions test, preferably the GMAT, but we also accept the NBT.
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.)

Selection Procedure

Candidates who, on the basis of their application appear to meet our criteria, may be invited for an interview in Grahamstown, East London or Port Elizabeth. In addition to enabling us to assess whether you would be suitable for the programme, we are aware that the interview should be a two-way process to ensure that you, the applicant, feel happy with what the Rhodes Business School MBA offers, with no doubts or ambiguities.

Welcome to the South African business school that takes sustainability issues seriously. Thank you for visiting our website. We trust that you will find interest in what we do in the business education arena, as well as in how we do it.

Sustainability embodies two main ideas. Firstly there is the idea of “business continuity” and organizational longevity, and secondly, there is the idea of “sustainable development”. Both ideas are tied up with the concern of “meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs”.

Our essence is “Leadership for Sustainability”. Our vision is to “Transform business for a sustainable world” and our mission is to “Educate and influence responsible business practice, responsibly”. We believe that business has the greatest potential to change the world for the well-being of current and future generations.

Our aim is to produce integrated and holistic thinkers, who are able to:

• Critically understand equitable, ethical, economic and ecological imperatives for a world that is consuming resources faster than it can replenish them

• Responsibly lead and manage organizations that understand and act upon the needs, interests and expectations of stakeholders

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• Make the business and moral case for sustainability

• Enhance the pursuit of responsible management practices and functions

We commit to engage around the above philosophies and practices of leadership and management through:

• Innovative, intimate and integrated teaching and learning

• Ongoing, informed and progressive research

• Critical thought

• Active engagement with stakeholders

• Operating sustainably

In all its programme offerings, MBA, PDEM, executive and short courses, Rhodes Business School emphasises the balance which needs to be placed on the social, environmental, economic and ethical performance of organizations which is essential to their sustainable impact and performance. As a result of the concerns with climate change, for example, there is a risk that public policies and social movements will speed up the demands for companies and other organizations to operate in a more sustainable way.

All organizations need to understand these imperatives, as well as to be empowered to respond practically and appropriately. The Rhodes Business School offerings aim to do this.

‌The Rhodes Business School MBA programme is accredited by the Association of MBA’s (AMBA).

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