Cape Town MBA ranks second in the world
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TimesLIVE
The University of Cape Town’s MBA programme has risen to second place in a global ranking assessing 166 programmes on their integration of sustainability and the impact of their graduates. It is now Africa’s highest-ranked programme, ahead of the Australian school that had held first place for six years, reports the Sunday Times.
The MBA programme at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, has risen five places to second in the world in the Knights Better World MBA Ranking, which assesses 166 programmes on their integration of sustainability and the impact of their graduates, reports TimesLIVE. It is now the highest-ranked MBA programme in Africa.
The UCT Graduate School of Business overtook Australia’s Griffith Business School, which had held first place for six years. The School of Business and Economics at Maastricht University in the Netherlands has taken first place. Catherine Duggan, director and dean of the UCT Graduate School of Business, attributed the rise to changes to the programme aimed in particular at preparing students for technological disruption and sustainability challenges, according to TimesLIVE.
The MBA now includes two courses dedicated to digital disruption and data-driven decision-making. The school says 83% of its core courses now address impact and sustainability issues, compared with about 49% on average for the top 40 schools in the ranking. The weighting given to graduate impact has also increased from 10% to 20%, according to Catherine Duggan.
