Business and Management Sciences
Message from the Dean
Thank you for choosing to study at the Faculty of Business & Management Sciences (FBMS), the largest faculty at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), a vibrant and dynamic institution of higher learning situated in the heart of Cape Town, South Africa. We welcome you and encourage you to pursue a well-rounded experience during your time with us.
Faculty Overview
The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences is the largest faculty within CPUT. We are proud of our achievements over the years and continue to strive to provide academic excellence; operating at the cutting edge of our disciplines; creating and disseminating knowledge through high level research. Our students are taught by academics who are both actively engaged in industry, ensuring high programmatic relevance; and who are pushing forward the boundaries of discipline-specific knowledge.
Our faculty works hard to create a caring and supportive culture and an affirming environment which values and celebrates diversity through respecting and celebrating individual differences.
The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences prides itself in its mandate to prepare skilled graduates to participate successfully in the economic and business sectors of South Africa and beyond. It is comprised of 16 academic departments and 1 academic unit that offer a broad selection of business qualifications, from Paralegal, Hospitality, Tourism and Sport, through a host of Management qualifications specific to industry sectors like Retail, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Real Estate, to a number of qualifications within the Accounting field.
The faculty is also supported by three strategic units that aim to advance the academic programmes and promote the faculty projects, initiatives and research:
- Unit of Quality, Risk and Knowledge Management
- Unit for Research and Information Advancement
- Unit for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships
The Cape Town Hotel School and Restaurant also form part of the Business and Management Sciences Faculty.
Vision
The vision of the faculty is to be a leading smart provider of innovative business education in Africa and beyond, with graduates shaping a better world for society.
Mission
Our mission is to build One Smart CPUT, embracing “oneness” and “smartness” by being an innovative and people-centred faculty which serves to transform its students through world-class learning and teaching, and researchers who inspire knowledge production.
