Employers participating in the Professional Management Review (PMR.africa) 2016 survey have ranked the USB as the top business school again – with a score even higher than the past two years.

Employers of MBA graduates and students, surveyed by the Professional Management Review (PMR.africa), have again ranked the University of Stellenbosch Business School as the best business school.

This is the fifth consecutive year that this honour has been bestowed on the USB in the annual PMR survey of accredited business schools offering MBA degrees in South Africa.

"No doubt, companies and employers in the public sector agree that we are on the right track with our mission to shape responsible business leaders," commented USB Director Prof Piet Naudé.

The business school's MBA graduates and students received a scoring of 8.22 out of a possible 10.00 from employers – an improvement on last year's 8.16 and 8.00 in 2014.

For this achievement the USB will be awarded the PMR's 2016 Diamond Arrow Award later this year, said PMR.africa CEO Johan Hattingh.

Participating in the survey are more than 300 human resource directors or managers and line managers of listed and large companies, national, provincial and local government departments, municipalities and state-owned enterprises.