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, GIBS also offers the Dialogue Circle, 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). The business school is also a member of the South African Business Schools Association (SABSA), the African Association of Business Schools (AABS) and the European 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. In May 2009, GIBS was again ranked as one of the top business schools globally by the prestigious UK Financial Times, the only African business school to be placed in the top 45 business schools worldwide for executive education programmes. This is the sixth year running that GIBS has achieved this accolade.

GIBS also established the African Business Network (ABN) in 2006 as a forum for organisations with extensive involvements and long-term interests in Africa, as well as the Asia Business Centre (ABC) founded in 2009 to promote the understanding of the Asian economy in South Africa.