International Office

Providing an enriching, international learning experience

Internationalisation is an important part of the Wits Business School mission, enriching the learning experience for students through exchange programmes, trips to iconic business destinations, international guest speakers and visiting professors from world-leading business schools. Our curriculum has an African and global focus and many of our permanent academic staff members come from outside of South Africa. Furthermore, our internationalisation efforts continue to establish WBS globally as an African institution of the highest quality and academic excellence.

WBS provides an enriching, international learning experience for students through exchange programmes, trips to the world’s major business centres, international guest speakers, curriculum content and globally celebrated lecturers. 

International speakers, professors and academics

We have several visiting professors from international schools and our own professors and staff also visit and lecture at overseas universities. We host international guest speakers and almost half of our permanent academic staff are from outside South Africa. This international and African representation (not just among our staff, but also our students) adds valuable insights into commercial and socio-economic conditions across Africa and the globe.

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Alliances with international business schools

WBS is the only school in South Africa that is a member of the Partnerships in International Management (PIM) network, a consortium of over 60 of the world’s leading business schools. PIM facilitates the development of joint programmes, student and faculty exchanges and joint research and cooperation. For more information about the PIM network and our partner schools visit: https://pimnetwork.org/ 

Apart from PIM partner schools, we also have forged partnerships with several non-PIM business schools, including Bauer College of Business (Texas), Lagos Business School (Nigeria), Strathmore Business School (Kenya), Rabat Business School (Morocco), Onsi Sawiris School of Business (AUC, Cairo), Namibia Business School (Namibia), and University of Lusaka Business School (Zambia).