33 Full-time Master's in Management Studies in South Africa

The Department of Logistics, which offers the Logistics Management programme, is one of several departments within Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, and is also the oldest tertiary academic department in South Africa to provide training in transport and logistics.

The Master's programme in Business Management at the Stellenbosch University is offered full-time (one year) or part-time (two years). Students write a thesis on any approved topic in business management.

Business Management Supply Chain Management (Coursework) from University of Pretoria focuses on key issues such as the fundamental theory of supply chain management, contemporary issues in supply chain management and strategic management and leadership.

Public and Development Management at the Stellenbosch University focuses on the needs of persons working in a managerial capacity in the public sector. They also offer academic certificate programmes and short courses by way of lectures and interactive telematic teaching.

The Transport Studies programme at the University of Cape Town offers degrees specialising in transport studies, with a specific focus on the planning and management or urban passenger transport systems.

The International Management programme at the University of Cape Town is a powerful combination of theory and business expertise that will help you kickstart your career.

Holders of any other equivalent South African or international qualification may also be considered for the Administrative Information Management programme at Tshwane University of Technology.

The Master of Management (WBS) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg cover Research, Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation, Finance and Investment, Digital Business, Energy Leadership, and African Philanthropy.

Project Management (Coursework) from University of Pretoria focuses on research to drive innovative and enquiry-led teaching for educating and positioning our students to be leaders in their professions.  

At Food Management from University of Pretoria we strive to continuously improve our high impact research and significantly address the national shortage of PhD graduates that respond to global and local challenges.

The purpose of the Education Management and Leadership program at University of Johannesburg is to enable qualifying students to develop knowledge and skills to function as critically-reflective, competent and accountable education researchers who can contribute to the development of education knowledge at an advanced level.

The focus of the MA programme in Cultural Policy and Management at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is on interactive seminars, guest lectures on contemporary issues in the cultural sector and excursions. The MA can be taken either as Dissertation or Coursework and Research Report

Students in the Sustainability Management program at University of Johannesburg will be drawn from the current generation of organisational leaders/managers and especially from among leaders/managers in emerging economies.

Education Management, Law and Policy from University of Pretoria continues to develop into one of the largest and most diverse units in South Africa for the initial and advanced training of education professionals from across the world. 

Management Accounting from Cape Peninsula University of Technology aims to provide academic excellence; operating at the cutting edge of our disciplines; creating and disseminating knowledge through high level research.  

The Public Administration (MPA) programme at the Stellenbosch University is presented by means of modular as well as interactive telematics education.

At Clothing Management from University of Pretoria we strive to continuously improve our high impact research and significantly address the national shortage of PhD graduates that respond to global and local challenges.

The purpose of the Personal and Professional Leadership (CW) program from University of Johannesburg is to develop applied competencies and practical skills in the acquisition, interpretation and understanding of the different dimensions of leadership on an individual and within an organisational context.

The purpose of the Operation Management program at University of Johannesburg is to develop a postgraduate student by offering the student the opportunity to show evidence of independent and exploratory research within the field of Operations Management.

The Governance (Public and Development Sector Monitoring and Evaluation) programme offered at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg helps graduates critically engage and apply a range of analytical and interpretive lenses on complex issues within the broad reach of the state and civil society and their respective roles as social change and development agents.