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The Graduate School of Business and Leadership offers a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme on the Westville Campus.

Duration

The MBA is a two and a half year Programme.

Eligibility

To be considered for admission onto the MBA Programme, an applicant is required to meet all the following criteria:

Have a matriculation exemption or a mature age exemption.

Hold a bachelor degree or other three-year qualifi cation rated as its HEQF equivalent.

Be at least 25 years old on the 1st of January of the year of commencement of study.

Have a minimum of 5 years working experience, at least 3 years of which should be in a managerial/supervisory capacity.

Applicants meeting these criteria will be invited to sit an entrance test. The highest-ranking applicants will be offered places on the MBA Programme.

Programme structure

Semester 1 Semester 2

MBA 1 Business Management Economics for Management

Financial Accounting Human Resources & Industrial Relations

Human & Organisational Behaviour Management Information Systems

Marketing Management Operations Research

MBA 2 Supply Chain Management Management Accounting

Business Law Advanced Strategy

Corporate Finance Research Methodology

Mathematics & Statistics Elective 1

MBA 3 Research Dissertation

Elective 2

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Electives: Taxation

Product Development & Brand Management

Investment & Portfolio Management

Advanced Industrial Relations

IT Management & Strategy

Entrepreneurship

Programme teaching method

The MBA Programme is offered in two formats as a part-time evening class programme and a block release programme.

Both are held on the UKZN Westville Campus.

The MBA part-time evening class programme is held from Monday to Thursday at 18:00 to 20:30. Students may be required to attend additional lectures on Friday evenings or Saturday mornings. Participation in fi eld trips, excursions and attendance of additional presentations outside of the lecture theatre may be required.

The MBA block release is offered in block all day sessions from a Wednesday to a Saturday. Students will be required to attend 4 blocks per semester.

Assessment

Students are regularly assessed during the semester for each subject. Assessments can take the form of tests, assignments and presentations. Group work plays a large role in this Programme. Examinations are written at the end of each semester.

Application procedure

Apply online for MBA studies: http://mygsb.ukzn.ac.za/. Application forms must be printed, signed and handed to the School with the relevant documentation attached.

Closing date for applications

30 September for the fi rst semester of the ensuing year

30 April for the second semester of the current year

Contact us

Tel: +27 (0) 31 260 2784/1626

Web: gsbl.ukzn.ac.za

Email: gsbladmissions@ukzn.ac.za

Note: The Programmes/modules offered are subject to student enrolments.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)