IMM Graduate School (originally the Institute of Marketing Management) is a private higher education institution founded in 1948 and has offered distance-learning marketing qualifications since the 1960s. It is registered with South Africa's Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as a private higher education institution (registration certificate number 2000/HE07/013), with its qualifications accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and aligned to the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). IMM is recognised as a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM, UK) accredited institution and also holds recognition from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT International); it is a member of the Network of International Business Schools (NIBS). IMM Graduate School forms part of the UXi Education private-education group (not the Pearson Institute of Higher Education, despite similar branding conventions among South African private providers). It offers marketing, supply chain and business qualifications through a mix of distance/online learning and face-to-face contact ('virtual, face-to-face, your choice'). Main campuses are in Parktown, Johannesburg and Stellenbosch/Cape Town, with student support centres in Durban, Pretoria and Harare (Zimbabwe), and it enrols students from more than 20 countries. In Durban, IMM is the official academic service provider to the Sharks Academy for marketing, supply chain and business qualifications.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Higher Certificate in Marketing – NQF Level 5, 135 credits (full-time min. 1 year / part-time min. 2 years)
- Diploma in Marketing Management – NQF Level 6
- Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing Management – NQF Level 7, 360 credits (full-time min. 3 years / part-time min. 4 years)
- Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) in Marketing and Management Science – NQF Level 7
- Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management – NQF Level 8, 120 credits (min. 1 year, must complete within 4 years)
- BPhil Honours in Marketing Management – NQF Level 8
- MPhil in Marketing – NQF Level 9
- Higher Certificate in Supply Chain Management – NQF Level 5
- Higher Certificate in Project Management – NQF Level 5
- BCom in International Supply Chain Management – NQF Level 7
- BCom Honours in Supply Chain Management – NQF Level 8
- Master of Commerce (MCom) in Supply Chain Management – NQF Level 9