College of Business and Economics Annual Report 2017 20 POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES The CBE postgraduate programmes are outlined at • www.uj.ac.za/faculties/cbe/Pages/Postgraduate.aspx POSTGRADUATE OUTPUT Over the last five years, the College has conferred 6 443 postgraduate degrees, among which, 5 725 honours degrees (88% of total output), 642 master’s degrees (10%) and 77 doctorates (2%). Postgraduate output grew from 1 204 degrees in 2013 to 1321 in 2017 (+10%) and represented about 51% of university postgraduate output. In 2017, CBE postgraduate output accounted for 25% of doctoral, 27% of master’s and 42% of honours degree output. In 2017, a total of 1212 postgraduate diplomas/honours degrees, 164 master’s degrees and 11 doctorates were conferred. POSTGRADUATE RECRUITMENT Thirty-seven international doctoral students were registered in 2017 from countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, India, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Cameroon, Ghana and Kenya. For the master’s degrees, 96 international students came from Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon, Botswana, Uganda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Liberia, Malawi, Sudan, China, Russia and India. EMPHASISING QUALITY RESEARCH Research Governance Structures: In 2017 the College worked on tightening postgraduate governance in terms of more rigorous selection and supervision practices, ethical research and publication practices. To this end, the College established the College Research Ethics Committee, the College Higher Degrees and Assessment Committees and the Research Committee. Ten task teams were put in place in mid-2017 to work on various CBE policy and governance processes. These policies and processes were finalised by the end of the first term of 2018. Quality Research Output: In 2017, over 72% of research output was listed in ISI, IBSS, Nordic List, SciELO and Scopus accredited journals. International research output grew from 61% in 2015 to 70% in 2017. The percentage of international research units grew from 57% in 2015 to 66% in 2017. Although the quality of CBE publications has improved, research output was 2% less than for 2016. Prof Grietjie Verhoef (School of Accounting) was awarded a NRF C1 rating indicating that she is considered an established researcher who already enjoys considerable international recognition for her high-quality research outputs. WHAT OUR RESEARCHERS WRITE ABOUT An analysis of the 2017 research titles showed that College researchers’ intellectual pursuit has shifted since 2011 from general business, economic and marketing dynamics to South African, continental, international business and developmental challenges. Additional expanding themes have included issues of governance and policy, local economic development, sustainability and social justice. Graduation
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