South Africa
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Master of Business Administration
The University of KwaZulu-Natal Graduate School of Business and Leadership states that its Master of Business Administration is offered online over two years, with lectures on four evenings a week. Applicants need an NQF level 8 honours, postgraduate diploma or cognate bachelor's degree, must be at least 25, and need three years of full-time work experience. They must pass the GMAT or a school entrance examination. The qualification is NQF level 9, SAQA ID 97434. In the second year students may select Innovation and Entrepreneurship or Investment and Portfolio Management. Application, registration and administration charges are printed; the course tuition amount is not.
The school’s page presented this as a current program. Last checked 2026-10-27. Confirm the details with the school before you apply.
- Country of the award
- South Africa
- Delivery
- Online, attendance not confirmed
- Residency
- Not required
- Duration
- Two years (four semesters). One intake each February.
- Language
- English
- Tuition
- Tuition not published
- Admissions test
- GMAT or GRE required
- Business school
- Graduate School of Business and Leadership
Overview
- Official award title
- Master of Business Administration
- University
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Business school or department
- Graduate School of Business and Leadership
- Awarding institution
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Awarding note
- Degree-awarding institution recorded as the university that publishes the program.
- Country of the award
- South Africa
- Location recorded
- Durban, South Africa
- Executive MBA label
- Not labeled executive
- Named pathways
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Investment and Portfolio Management
Study format and residency
- Delivery
- Online, attendance not confirmed. The Graduate School of Business and Leadership states: "It is offered online, making it accessible to you anywhere here at home or in the world." Lectures are online on four evenings a week.
- Intensity
- Part-time
- Duration
- Two years (four semesters). One intake each February.
- Credits
- NQF level 9. SAQA ID 97434. A credit total is not printed on the page.
- Teaching languages
- English
- Complete program in English
- Yes
- Live or asynchronous
- Live classes
- Mandatory residency
- No
- Residency detail
- Lectures are online. The page does not describe a campus residency. Assessment is described as continuous.
- Intakes
- One intake a year, in February. The page says applications close on 31 October.
Admissions
- Previous degree
- An honours degree or a postgraduate diploma at NQF level 8, or a cognate bachelor's degree at NQF level 8, and the competence level in the university's GR7 rule.
- Work experience
- At least 25 years old on 1 January of the year of first registration, and a minimum of three years of formal full-time work experience.
- GMAT or GRE
- GMAT or GRE required
- Test detail
- Applicants must have passed the GMAT or an entrance examination prescribed by the school.
- Geographic eligibility
- The page says the online MBA is accessible in South Africa or abroad when students travel for business. It does not print a visa or nationality limit.
Tuition and funding
- Published tuition
- Tuition not published
- Fee notes
- No program tuition figure was confirmed on the official pages reviewed.
Accreditation
- Accreditation
- No accreditation is listed on this profile. That does not mean the school is unrecognized.
- Outcomes
- No salary or employment figure is published here. This directory does not estimate outcomes.
Sources
- UKZN GSBL Master of Business Administration · checked 2026-10-27