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Gordon Institute of Business Science
Other name
GIBS Business School
TypeBusiness school
Established2000
DeanProfessor Morris Mthombeni
Students555
Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng
,

South Africa

26°07′46″S 28°02′47″E / 26.1294°S 28.0464°E / -26.1294; 28.0464
CampusUrban
Colours  Dark blue
AffiliationsUniversity of Pretoria
Websitewww.gibs.co.za
Centres:
  • Centre for African Management and Markets
  • Centre for Business Ethics
  • Entrepreneurship Development Academy (EDA)
  • Centre for Leadership and Dialogue
  • Personal and Applied Learning

Initiatives

  • Responsible Finance Initiative
  • GIBS Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
  • GIBS Media Leadership Think Tank

Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS Business School) is a business school in South Africa and an affiliate of the University of Pretoria. It is located in the heart of Illovo, Johannesburg, close to the Sandton financial and commercial business hub. GIBS is accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and internationally by the Association of MBAs (AMBA).[1]

GIBS offers programmes 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 programme in business to receive international accreditation from AMBA.[3] GIBS also offers various executive programmes: short courses, executive-level programmes like the Global Executive Development and General Management Programmes, and company-specific programmes. Extended programmes are longer certificate programmes and include the Social Entrepreneurship Programmes, Leading Women Programmes, and Nexus Leadership Programmes.

History and campus

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 programme 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

Financial Times World Ranking 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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

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 programmes 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 programmes 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

  1. ^ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs Archived 2020-05-18 at the Wayback Machine GIBS Retrieved October 1, 2011
  2. ^ "These are the best business schools in South Africa – and how much they cost".
  3. ^ GIBS DBA degree gets full international accreditation Retrieved 21 August 2012 Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.gibs.co.za Gordon Institute of Business Science Retrieved 15 September 2009
  5. ^ The Gordon Institute of Business Science Archived 2009-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Retrieved 20 March 2010 Archived 9 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "MBA.co.za - University of Pretoria Graduate School of Management". Archived from the original on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  8. ^ "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
  9. ^ "About the Ilovo Boulevard Retrieved March 29, 2009". Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  10. ^ Inner City Campus Retrieved May 13, 2011 Archived January 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ a b Financial Inspiration Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ a b c Donald Gordon: CV Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ a b c rankings.ft.com http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs. Retrieved 26 February 2010. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)‹The template SemiBareRefNeedsTitle is being considered for deletion.› 
  14. ^ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs Archived 2020-05-18 at the Wayback Machine GIBS Retrieved 26 February 2010
  15. ^ "Who we work with; Retrieved 2 October 2011". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
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