AE-Bot: The future of accounting education at your fingertips

Posted on September 28, 2023

Prof Stephen Coetzee of the Department of Accounting has pioneered the ground-breaking initiative AE-Bot – a digital tutor powered by the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence. This chat-based tool demystifies complex accounting concepts in real-time and its brilliance lies in...

PGDAS social amid quarter 3 storm

Posted on September 26, 2023

The Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting Sciences (PGDAS) is not, as many would think, only a year of debits and credits, but also an opportunity to network with like-minded people and have fun!

SAICA Board's chairperson visits UP

Posted on September 05, 2023

The CA programme at UP had the privilege of hosting the chairperson of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Board, Vincent Mohau Motholo, on Friday, 18 August 2023. Motholo, who is currently the chief financial officer (CFO) of the University of Cape Town, completed his...

UP Accounting Sciences partner with Universal Paper and Plastics

Posted on September 04, 2023

The University of Pretoria’s Accounting Sciences programme aims to launch ethical influencers who re-imagine and co-create the future, and a new BCom Accounting Sciences degree was rolled out in 2023 to ensure just that. The new programme will continue to have a strong technical core, but...

Financial sciences departments celebrate outstanding students

Posted on June 28, 2023

The departments of Accounting, Auditing, Financial Management and Taxation in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences hosted the annual Financial Sciences Awards to recognise the academic excellence of postgraduate and undergraduate students in the financial sciences division.

Accounting lecturer appointed to national financial reporting committee

Posted on June 15, 2023

Joyce-Mina wa Kalonji, a senior lecturer in the Department of Accounting, has been appointed as a member of the newly established Financial Reporting Technical Committee in the national Department of Trade, Industry and Competition.

UP celebrates the 2023 SAICA ITC results

Posted on April 01, 2023

UP has achieved a 100% pass rate in the 2023 South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Initial Test of Competence (ITC).

EMS ranks top again in SA in QS World Subject Rankings

Posted on March 29, 2023

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) at the University of Pretoria (UP) has once again demonstrated its academic excellence by retaining its position as a top performer in South Africa in the Accounting and Finance, and Economics and Econometrics subject areas in the 2023...