The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has once again topped rankings in the 2016 Financial Mail 'Ranking the MBAs' annual survey. GIBS has been recognised as having the best reputation among employers as well as the first choice of graduates.
Financial Mail which runs the rankings annually is housed under the Times Media Group is an influential opinion leader in the business community, a weekly publication with a focus of reaching the country's top business minds. This year, market research for Ranking the MBAs was undertaken among three groups namely; employers with a history of employing MBAs or of encouraging staff to undertake MBAs, either company sponsored or at their own expense; MBA graduates representing all the business schools taking part in the ranking; and business schools whose MBA programmes are accredited by the Council on Higher Education. Eighteen schools took part in this year's rankings – the schools were all required to provide detailed information about their MBAs and associated activities. The publication spoke to 300 employers nationally, of which 270 were from the private sector and 30 from the public sector.
