Applications
An application pack can be obtained from the Administrative Assistant at Rhodes Business School.
To process your application we need:
- a completed application form for Rhodes Business School
- a completed application form for Admission to Rhodes University
- a certified copy of your first degree (or professional qualification) certificate
- personal recommendations from two referees (including one from your current or most recent employer and, where realistic, one from the last academic institution you attended). You should contact both referees yourself and ask them yourself to complete a reference form and return it directly to the Rhodes Business School.
- all applications should include two passport sized photographs
- non-refundable R400 application fee regardless of whether or not you are a past Rhodes Student (payable directly to Rhodes University in cash, postal order or electronic banking).
- Our Bank details are as follows: First National Bank, Grahamstown, Branch Number: 210-717, Account Number: 62145503076, Ref: Student Number, Initials, Surname
- For International Payments: Bank SWIFT Address: FIRNZAJJ
- Please fax a copy of your deposit slip to: RU Fees Office, Fax Number: +27 (0) 46 622 2770
Application Forms
Form 1: Rhodes Business School Application
Form 2: Rhodes University MBA Application
Please note that 2 passport-sized, colour photographs must be submitted with each application as well as the non-refundable R400 administration fee, irrespective of whether or not you are a past Rhodes University student.
All applicants are required to sit the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or a South African equivalent (NBT) Visit http://nbt.ac.za for more information.
If you take the NBT test, you are only required to sit the Academic and Quantitative Literacy (AQL) test (not the Mathematics test). Furthermore, those applicants for whom English is a foreign language are required to sit an appropriate English language test. If you need to submit your application and have not yet written the test, send in your application with a covering letter notifying us of the date of your NBT test, and let us have the results as soon as you have them.
The course fee for the entire MBA programme is approximately R100 000, which is payable as follows: R40 000 in 2012, R40 000 in 2013 and R20 000 in 2014.
The Minimum Initial Payment (MIP) for this course is R20 000 payable by 17 December 2011, the balance of R20 000 is due by 31 May 2012. Please fax your deposit slip with student number as reference, to 046 603 8613.
A monthly debit order can be arranged with the University - please make use of the debit order intruction form on the University Fees office web site: Rhodes University's Fees payment
For further information, please contact us Tel: 046 603 8617 or email mba@ru.ac.za
Please note that the fees for 2013 and 2014 will be adjusted by the prevailing rate of inflation (cpi).
