What sets the JBS MBA apart?
We reimagine the future. You reimagine your career. When we designed our new MBA for the digitally transformed world, we were deliberate in our approach. We wanted to create a 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, 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 prioritised both in the subjects we offer and in our approach to teaching and learning. We place special and sustained emphasis on the human aspect of business. You will have opportunities to learn from, and engage, with highly respected local and international faculty and business practitioners, which will open up opportunities for you across the continent and the world.
Our Master in 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 digital transformation in Africa.
You can focus on General Management or Digital Healthcare Management.
The Capstone Consulting Project
At the end of your JBS MBA, you will bring together all that you have learnt in the Capstone Consulting Project. This is not a traditional research thesis. Instead, it is a challenging consultancy project where you will explore opportunities for solving real-world problems in a chosen business and devise a innovative solution. You will be guided by a supervisor, who will help ensure your project’s success.
Our International Study Tour elective
At the end of your JBS MBA, you will bring together all that you have learnt in the Capstone Consulting Project. This is not a traditional research thesis. Instead, it is a challenging consultancy project where you will explore opportunities for solving real-world problems in a chosen business and devise a innovative solution. You will be guided by a supervisor, who will help ensure your project’s success.
New MBA Learning Pathway: Digital Healthcare Management
We recently introduced a new learning pathway in our MBA, namely, Digital Healthcare Management. The new learning pathway is designed to equip students with the skills needed to lead digital healthcare initiatives in South Africa’s public health care sector.
JBS MBA students interested in this learning path will need to enrol for the compulsory module and select three modules of 10 credits each in Healthcare Management.
Bursaries will be offered subject to availability and funding and merit.
To qualify for the JBS MBA, you need to have:
- A four-year undergraduate degree, or A three-year undergraduate degree, and a NQF Level 8 postgraduate degree or diploma
- A minimum of four years work experience, including at least two years experience in management
- An NQF Level 4 matriculation pass in mathematics OR equivalent ( preferred but not essential)
- Proficiency in English
- Successfully completed the admissions portfolio
- Study permit for South Africa if you are an international applicant
The following documents are required to finalize your application:
- Complete Application Portfolio Form( Click here to download)
- Current CV
- NQF 8 or highest Academic Record
- Certified Matric Certificate or Equivalent ( not applicable to former UJ students)
- Certified Copy of ID or Passport ( not applicable to former UJ students
- SAQA certificate of your highest qualification ( International students)
- Employment letter entailing role(s) and duration. ( Important. Without this, your application will be deemed as outstanding documents still)
- The total fee for the MBA is R215,000 ( plus an additional fee for UJ IT). It will be billed over the course of the two years of study.
- The cost of travel and accommodation for the optional International Study Tour is not included in the MBA fees.
- Optional: International Study Tour: $2500 – $5500.
