Gordon Institute of Business Science
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Other name | GIBS Business School |
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Type | Business school |
Established | 2000 |
Dean | Professor Morris Mthombeni |
Students | 2400 |
Location | , South Africa 26°07′46″S 28°02′47″E / 26.1294°S 28.0464°E |
Campus | Urban |
Colours | Dark blue |
Affiliations | University of Pretoria |
Website | www |
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The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) affiliated with the University of Pretoria, is a business school situated in Illovo, Johannesburg, South Africa. The institution has received accreditation from the Council on Higher Education (CHE) in South Africa and the Association of MBAs (AMBA) internationally.[1]
GIBS offers programs including the Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA), and Doctor of Business Administration (DBA/PHD).[2] In 2012, the GIBS DBA became the first South African doctoral program in business to receive international accreditation from AMBA.[3] GIBS also offers various executive programs: short courses, executive-level program like the Global Executive Development and General Management Program, and company-specific programs. Extended programs are longer certificate programs and include the Social Entrepreneurship Programs, Leading Women Programs, and Nexus Leadership Programs.
History and campus
[edit]GIBS was established in January 2000 following a contribution by Sir Donald Gordon, the founder of Liberty Life and Liberty International, and a major investment by the University of Pretoria following discussions that started in 1998.[4][5] The business school follows on the university's Graduate School of Management's long tradition of MBA tuition. Founded in 1949,[6] the GSM MBA was the first MBA program to be launched outside of North America.[7] The GSM, as of January 2008, was formally replaced by the Gordon Institute of Business Science.[8]
GIBS is situated in a greenfield campus on Illovo Boulevard, a mixed-use commercial node between the suburbs of Rosebank and Sandton in Johannesburg,[9] with a satellite inner city campus on Pritchard Street.[10] Accommodation is provided on the Illovo campus by the on-campus Illovo Hotel. The Illovo campus is served by the Rosebank Gautrain station, with a nearby Gautrain bus stop and the inner city campus by the Johannesburg Park Station.
- Sir Donald Gordon
Sir Donald Gordon (24 June 1930 – 21 November 2019) was a South African businessman and philanthropist. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg[11] before doing his articles to be a Chartered Accountant at the firm Kessel Feinstein (now Grant Thornton).[11] He founded the Liberty Life Association of Africa in 1957,[12] out of which he formed Transatlantic Insurance Holdings plc, now Liberty International (a property portfolio of £6.2 billion (2009)) and Liberty Holdings Limited (total assets of R449 billion (2011)).[12] He was a co-founder of the British company Abbey Life. In June 2005, he was awarded a British knighthood in recognition of his services to the arts and business.[12]
Rankings
[edit]Financial Times World Ranking | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Executive MBA[13] | - | - | - | - | 67 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 87 | 74 | 87 | 67 | 82 | - | ||
Executive Education Customised[14] | 49 | 51 | 31 | 38 | - | 42 | - | 53 | 53 | 45 | 41 | 51 | 45 | 60 | - | |
Executive Education Open[13] | 38 | 38 | 49 | 50 | 49 | 47 | - | 42 | 48 | 46 | 52 | 45 | 38 | 32 | - |
Academics
[edit]In 2021, the school had 35 permanent faculty members, 29 adjunct faculty members, 11 international faculty members, 8 extraordinary professors, and 1 honorary professor (80% of faculty members hold a doctorate[13]). Past and present faculty members include Gill Marcus (ninth Governor of the South African Reserve Bank) and Nick Binedell.
Company-specific programs clients include Standard Bank, Anglo American PLC, ABSA, SABMiller, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the South African National Treasury. The company-specific programs have been delivered in 22 countries and include certificates in senior management development, wealth management, middle management development as well as its foundation management development.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs Archived 2020-05-18 at the Wayback Machine GIBS Retrieved October 1, 2011
- ^ "These are the best business schools in South Africa – and how much they cost".
- ^ GIBS DBA degree gets full international accreditation Retrieved 21 August 2012 Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.gibs.co.za Gordon Institute of Business Science Retrieved 15 September 2009
- ^ The Gordon Institute of Business Science Archived 2009-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Retrieved 20 March 2010 Archived 9 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "MBA.co.za - University of Pretoria Graduate School of Management". Archived from the original on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
- ^ "Index Gordon Institute of Business Science, Pretoria". Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2009-09-15. Gordon Institute of Business Science, Pretoria. Retrieved 15 September 2009
- ^ "About the Ilovo Boulevard Retrieved March 29, 2009". Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
- ^ Inner City Campus Retrieved May 13, 2011 Archived January 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Financial Inspiration Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Donald Gordon: CV Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c rankings.ft.com https://web.archive.org/web/20200518001136/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
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