Who we are

"Committed to reaching out to the unreached and including the excluded."

The School of Management Sciences is one of the Schools in the College of Economic and Management Sciences at Unisa and, in fact, the largest. The focus of the School is in delivering relevant tuition in line with industry trends through world class tools and methods that enhance best quality education. The School, through its leading departments and centres, offers a full range of business related qualifications and, through the long distance learning channel, provides a unique learning opportunity for both students and business executives.

Because the core business of the School is quality tuition through relevant cutting edge knowledge, the School is continuously involved in identifying, analysing and responding to the key strategic and managerial challenges facing business firms today. During this perpetual exercise, findings are translated into appropriate educational needs and developed to form relevant business and management education programmes and courses within various degree structures.

The School, through its high quality staff profile and research, is committed to serving humanity by producing graduates, postgraduates and developing executives who are better equipped to deal with the challenges that face Africa and are globally competitive.

The birth of the School was witnessed through the merger of Unisa and Technikon SA and the incorporation of Vista-Vudec on 1 January 2004.