MBA Program
Leadership Training for a New Generation of Managers for South Africa
Maharishi University of Management is pleased to offer South African students the opportunity to earn an American MBA degree without the costs of leaving their home country. Our goal is to raise the creativity of business management in Africa to keep pace with the most advanced nations of our world family.
The part-time Masters Degree in Business Administration program is offered by Maharishi University of Management in the United States to students in South Africa through distance education. Students get to enjoy an internet-based learning program, supported online with video conferencing from top professors from the United States, and guest lecturers in Europe and Asia. Maharishi Institute in South Africa is a recognized Maharishi University of Management Study Center and it provides expert in-classroom tutors for students who choose to have this additional study-support. The program consists of two to four years of course work taken at the half-time speed of 30 credits per year, or a maximum of 60 credits. Each four-credit course meets in four sessions per week for eight weeks.
The distance-education MBA degree from Maharishi University of Management, U.S.A. Maharishi University of Management is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission as well as accredited by the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education, and is recognized in South Africa by SAQA, the South African Qualifications Authority.
This part-time program is ideal for those whose work responsibilities do not allow them to take regular full-time university courses. Local Study Centres provide site-based distance education classes with outstanding tutorial support. Our unique MBA curriculum develops both practical expertise in management while at the same time developing the inner creative genius of every student. This will give you the advantage you need to be successful in today’s highly competitive and rapidly changing world.
Big Benefits
- Earn a recognized American MBA degree while in South Africa without taking leave from work
- Site-based study program offers distance education with a classroom experience
- Classes are held in convenient local Study Centres, and in-class Tutors provide support for every lesson
- Video-conference presentations by top international faculty and business leaders
- Management courses offer practical application for business success
- Focus on ecological entrepreneurship — lead the way with business committed to creating a better world, and on sustainable business practices
- Unique curriculum includes the systematic development of consciousness. Develop the full potential of your brain physiology for more effective managing ability — advanced mental functioning, increased creativity and intelligence, improved memory, faster reaction time and information processing, improved focus and greater stamina — and less stress and worry under pressure.
- International networking with other MBA students and alumni in South Africa and around the world in campus-sites in USA, China, Brazil, and India
- Special Access program — full Recognition for Prior Learning is granted [RPL] where your prior work experience and educational history is evaluated for credit
- Dual graduation option, in the USA and South Africa
- The option to have a semester exchange in the USA, on the MBA program (cost available on request)
- Pay one quarter of the cost of doing your MBA in the USA
- Our MBA program includes deep rest and revitalization weekends and seminars, with tutorial classes in nature: breakaway executive retreats to 3 tranquil spots in our Private Game Reserve, Ezemvelo, the Drakensberg Mountains, and our Organic Farm in the middle of nowhere in the Karoo.
- Executive natural health management training: stress reduction and comprehensive health workshops will help you learn about improving your health through the system of Maharishi Ayurveda which is thousands of years old, tried and tested.
- Learn Transcendental Meditation and its advanced techniques, scientifically validated to reduce stress effectively, improve energy, and promote health. More than 600 research studies have been conducted on this program, at over 200 universities and research institutes in 35 countries.
- Fun along the way: being a student at MUM, enrolled through Maharishi Institute, means lots of fun celebrations and a truly great learning atmosphere.
Johannesburg Study Centre at Maharishi Institute
- Safe and secure parking
- Building close to the hi-way offramp, and the Nelson Mandela bridge for easy access
- A very safe part of town, right by the Magistrate’s court.
- IT and internet facilities available
- A fully equipped library
- Video-conferencing facilities
- The cost of Transcendental Meditation may be covered by your medical aid.
- A reduction in gym membership fees, in the gym around the corner.
- Opportunity to enjoy the Newtown buzz, with South Africa’s famous Market Theatre just nearby, as well as Moving into Dance, the Drum Café, and many other treats on offer
- Reduced accommodation rates at our conference retreat facilities, for family vacations.
Study-Centre syndicate-based group work
The heart of management is the ability to work within, and to lead teams, and to master team dynamics. Throughout the PGDBA and MBA, a key feature of the study centre activity will be working on group exercises in syndicates of 5-8 students.
This camaraderie and shared experience will help you:
- Solve problems with the benefits of multiple views and inputs
- Gain insights through learning from your peers
- Tackle challenging assignments from a new perspective
- Build a peer network that will support your career-objectives
- Generate and sustain motivation & commitment to working together
- Learn to understand and evaluate team dynamics
- Learn to understand your own team-dynamic footprint
A Commitment to Investing in Human Asset Development
Maharishi University of Management is committed to playing a meaningful role in South Africa today, at such a pivotal time in the country’s history: we feel a great desire to contribute, and we have really precious knowledge to help build leadership capacity within the business community. To help realize this we operate in close collaboration with our local partner, who involves local industry experts, practicing managers and local researchers in tutorials and seminars at the local study centre.
