We aim to deliver leaders who can shape the future of Africa
Wits Business School is the graduate school of business administration of the University of the Witwatersrand, one of the top tertiary institutes in Africa.
Is WBS for you?
Welcome
A message from Head of School
We are pleased to welcome you to Wits Business School, an institution distinguished by academic excellence, ethical leadership, and societal impact. By choosing Wits Business School, you join a proud legacy of alumni who have shaped business, government, and civil society in South Africa and around the world.
You arrive at a pivotal moment. Wits Business School has renewed and strengthened its programmes to respond directly to the pressing challenges facing the African continent. We challenge conventional thinking and equip leaders to engage thoughtfully and decisively with the complex realities confronting business and society.
As you embark on your studies, we encourage you to be intellectually curious, actively engaged, and courageous in your thinking. Take full advantage of the opportunity to learn from our distinguished faculty, your peers, and the broader Wits community. We are committed to supporting you as you develop the knowledge, capabilities, and values that will shape your leadership journey.
We wish you every success in the year ahead and look forward to the impact you will make as members of the Wits Business School community.
Prof Logan Rangasamy
Overview
About Wits Business School
Wits Business School is the graduate school of business administration of the University of the Witwatersrand, a renowned research institution based in Johannesburg, the financial heart of southern Africa. The School forms part of the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management.
Founded in 1968, WBS is one of the oldest and most respected business schools in Africa and continues to grow, evolve and innovate – repeatedly spearheading new areas of study to take the next generation of African business leaders into the future. Apart from our AMBA-accredited MBA, WBS offers the widest range of specialist Master of Management programmes in South Africa, and leads the field locally in new areas of research, including digital business, energy leadership and African philanthropy.
Our Executive Education division designs tailer-made, in-company management development programmes and a suite of open-enrolment short courses.
Situated in historical Parktown, Johannesburg, the WBS campus is an eclectic mix of old and new, reflecting both its history and heritage, as well as its growth and transformation. Wits University, home to four Nobel prize winners, celebrated its centenary in 2022. The enduring ‘Wits’ brand, recognised internationally, continues to symbolise academic rigour, research excellence and thought leadership on the African continent.
Our vision & mission
What we stand for
WBS will be a leading African Business School firmly embedded among the best business schools internationally.
Our mission is to graduate agile and ethical leaders who are a force for positive change locally and globally. We will achieve this through empowering education, relevant research and impactful public discourse. These will be informed by the principles of critical thinking, innovation and sustainability.
Our Values
Excellence
Quality and excellence are at the heart of everything we do and offer at WBS, be it research, customer service, rigorous academic programmes or community outreach initiatives. Excellence will ensure the school’s continued growth and sustainability, and ultimately the ability to fulfil our mission.
Our Values
Integrity
WBS places integrity above all else because success in fulfilling our mission and vision is meaningless if achieved unethically and without honesty and transparency. Integrity is expected from all staff and students in everything they do.
Our Values
Sustainability Driven
WBS strives to have a positive impact on the world around us to ensure that Africa thrives in the long-term. Rather than ‘quick fixes’ our focus is on the big picture, putting down meaningful roots for long-lasting growth.
Our Values
Responsiveness
Key to our success is to have our finger on the pulse of the changing needs of the market and the broader society we serve, without which we risk being stuck in the past, irrelevant and unable to fulfil our mission.
Our Values
Stakeholder-Centric
WBS exists to serve its students, its clients, its staff, its business partners, its community and its colleagues in academia. Without our stakeholders WBS has no purpose and cannot fulfil its mission.
Our Values
Collaboration
WBS cannot achieve its mission in isolation – it is only by sharing ideas, knowledge and resources with businesses, organisations, government entities and our global community of scholars and academics that we can have a lasting, positive impact.
Our team
Meet the people behind WBS
Faculty Members
Our Team
Our Advisory Board members
Our Exco
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careers
Interested in a career at WBS?
WBS is growing and we offer a range of career options for both academic and professional or support staff
University of the Witwatersrand
Ranked one of the top tertiary institutes in Africa
WBS is the graduate school of business administration of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), one of the top tertiary institutes in Africa, providing WBS access to arguably the finest ecosystem of knowledge and learning on the continent.
Wits has produced over 200 000 alumni. Among them are many illustrious artists, lawyers, politicians, business leaders, accountants and scientists who reflect the significant difference that our graduates make in the world today. It is the only university in Africa that has graduated four Nobel Prize winners: Brenner in 2002 for medicine, Mandela in 1993 for peace, Gordimer in 1991 for literature and Klug in 1982 for chemistry.
Visit the University of the Witwatersrand website at www.wits.ac.za