Applications are open for the 2024 intake
A full-time Postgraduate Honours equivalent advanced management degree for recent graduates with no prior work experience.
Invest in an additional year of study as an undergraduate student to prime yourself for a lifetime of career success in business. The full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA) from the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), is designed for recent graduates to develop business knowledge and acumen, in order to accelerate their access to the workplace by pursuing a postgraduate qualification in business administration. Our aim is to prime recent graduates without experience in the world of work in order to become professional, responsible, innovative, self-managing leaders.
Over the duration of this postgraduate honours equivalent degree, you will improve your business skills and meet a group of like-minded, high-potential recent graduates who will remain in your business and personal network for a lifetime. You will be exposed to some of South Africa's best business lecturers from Africa's pre-eminent business school and increase your attractiveness to employers by adding general management skills to your CV.