Accreditation, affiliations and networks 

Founded in 2000, GIBS is an internationally accredited business school based in Johannesburg, South Africa’s economic hub.

In addition to two world-class, internationally accredited MBA programmes, including the newly launched full-time Entrepreneurship MBA, GIBS offers a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA); a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA); a certificate Programme for Management Development (PMD); a number of executive development courses, including the premier Global Executive Development Programme (GEDP); and in-house company specific programmes designed to meet the client’s needs. Over and above the traditional business school offering, the Centre for Leadership and Dialogue is a series of programmes aimed at bringing together the emerging and current leadership of South Africa to create a shared vision necessary for the building of a successful nation.

GIBS is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the Council of Higher Education (CHE) and a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Management Education  (PRME). The business school is also a member of the South African Business Schools Association (SABSA), the African Association of Business Schools (AABS) and the Academy of Business in Society (EABIS).

GIBS has been consistently rated as one of the top five business schools in South Africa by the Financial Mail. GIBS is ranked 49th overall, up from 50th place in 2010, in the Financial Times’ annual ranking of open executive education – the only African business school to place in the top 50 in this category.