IMM Graduate School explained
IMM Graduate School |
Established: | 1948[1] |
Type: | Private educational institution |
Country: | South Africa |
Campus Type: | Distance learning with student support centres |
Colours: | Blue and dark grey |
Head: | Angela Bruwer |
Head Label: | Executive Academic Head |
The IMM Graduate School is a privately owned educational institution and is part of the UXi Education group. The IMM Graduate School offers degrees, diplomas and certificates in marketing, marketing management and supply chain management.[2]
The school provides most of its teaching through distance learning, but students can supplement their distanced learning by receiving academic support at one of their Student Support Centres throughout Southern Africa.
The IMM Graduate School has students from more than 20 different countries around the world, including Botswana, Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Burundi, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Bosnia, China, France, India, Ireland, Serbia, Thailand and the United Kingdom.[3]
The current Executive Academic Head is Angela Bruwer.[4]
Programmes
The IMM Graduate School is registered to offer the following programmes:[5]
Undergraduate programmes:
- Higher Certificate in Marketing (SAQA ID: 86826)
- Higher Certificate in Export Management (SAQA ID: 79427)
- Higher Certificate in Supply Chain Management (SAQA ID: 117683)
- Diploma in Marketing Management (SAQA ID: 79546)
- Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing Management (SAQA ID: 80967)
- Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) in Marketing and Management Science (SAQA ID: 90737)
- Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) in International Supply Chain Management (SAQA ID: 110628)
- Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Honours in Supply Chain Management (SAQA ID: 117085)
Postgraduate programmes:
- Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management (SAQA ID: 79846)
- Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil) Honours in Marketing Management (SAQA ID: 79366)
- Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) in Marketing (SAQA ID: 86806)
Student support/regional offices
The school's Student Support centres can be found in South Africa in Parktown, Johannesburg (Gauteng), Cape Town and Stellenbosch (Western Cape), and Durban (KwaZulu-Natal). Regional offices may be found in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Professional memberships
- Association of Private Providers of Education, Training and Development (APPETD)[6]
- National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa ([NADEOSA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accreditation and Memberships |url=https://imm.ac.za/about-us/accreditation-memberships/}}</ref>
* Distance Education Association of South Africa (DEASA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accreditation and Memberships |url=https://imm.ac.za/about-us/accreditation-memberships/}}</ref>
* The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accreditation and Memberships |url=https://imm.ac.za/about-us/accreditation-memberships/}}</ref>
== Industry partnerships ==
The IMM Graduate School is the only CIM accredited institution in South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=IMM receives CIM accreditation for degrees |url=https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/499/219939.html}}</ref> The [[The Chartered Institute of Marketing|Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)]] was founded in 1911. It has over 30,000 members, including more than 3,000 registered Chartered Marketers.[7] CIM offers 130 study centres in 36 countries, and exam centres in 132 countries.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Who we are . IMM Graduate School of Marketing . 2017-12-15.
- Web site: Home . 2022-04-01 . IMM Graduate School . en-US.
- Web site: Home . 2022-04-01 . IMM Graduate School . en-US.
- Web site: Academic Board . 2022-03-30 . 2023-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231205062805/https://imm.ac.za/academic-board/ . dead .
- Web site: Accreditations and Memberships .
- Web site: Accreditation and Memberships .
- Web site: About us Our Story CIM . 2022-03-30 . www.cim.co.uk.
- "Corporate Fact Sheet" (PDF). The Chartered Institute of Marketing. Retrieved 8 March 2019.