Application process

The next DBA intake will be from July 2011. Admissions for this cohort will take place during the 2^nd quarter of 2011.
The closing date for applications is 15 May 2011.

Click here for the application form.

An application pack comprising the following must reach the DBA Programme Director at GIBS, University of Pretoria before the due date.

A completed and signed hardcopy of the application form.
An application fee of R800 payable to the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Official academic transcripts of all academic qualifications obtained to date. Please note that a degree certificate is not a transcript.
A typed essay of not less than 500 words motivating your reason for wishing to register for a DBA degree at GIBS and spelling out how you believe the DBA will contribute to meeting your personal and career aspirations.
A typed outline of approximately 1 000 words setting out your research interests and current thinking with regard to a potential research topic and plan for your doctoral thesis. Note that this will not be treated as an approved research proposal for your DBA thesis, should your application be successful.
A typed essay of not less than 500 words outlining your personal strengths, weaknesses, aspirations and goals, values, major achievements, challenges or disappointments, etc.
Reports from two independent professional referees who know you well and are able to comment on your suitability for advanced academic study towards a DBA degree. The signed referees’ reports should be submitted on hardcopies of the Reference Form available on the GIBS website.

Eligible candidates with valid applications will be invited for interviews during May/June 2011. The DBA Admissions Committee will meet in late June 2011 to consider recommendations for the 2011 DBA intake. Notification of acceptance onto the DBA programme commencing in July 2011 will be communicated to successful candidates before the end of June 2011. Candidates accepted onto the programme will be required to pay a non-refundable deposit of R2 000 that will be deductible from tuition fees for Year One in 2011. Upon acceptance of the deposit prescribed study materials for directed learning modules in the first quarter will be made available.