UP students to represent South Africa in 2017 KPMG International Case Competition

Posted on March 29, 2017

Two third-year BCom Accounting Sciences students, Erin de Hart and Daniel Hafner, have been selected as part of a four-member team that will represent South Africa at the 2017 KPMG International Case Competition (KICC).

L’Oréal Brandstorm Challenge 2017

Posted on March 15, 2017

On 15 February 2017, Ms Virginie Dias-Tagnon (Talent Director – Africa) and Ms Funeka Sogoni (Recruitment Manager) from the cosmetics company L’Oréal visited the third-year Marketing Research students to brief them about the annual L’Oréal Brandstorm Challenge.

UP's Karl Frenzel named global Young Tax Professional of the Year 2016

Posted on March 14, 2017

Karl Frenzel, a BCom Accounting honours student at the University of Pretoria in 2016, has been awarded this year's Young Tax Professional of the Year title at the global final held in Amsterdam.

EMS tops the local 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject

Posted on March 09, 2017

This year's edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject was published on 8 March 2017. The University of Pretoria has been ranked first in South Africa for Accounting and Finance, and placed in the 151–200 band (the top 4% of all participating institutions worldwide).

Prof Nkomo receives A-rating

Posted on December 09, 2016

Professor Stella Nkomo, Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, received an A2-rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF).

Experimental design expert from Connecticut visits Marketing Management

Posted on December 05, 2016

The Department of Marketing Management hosted Prof Robin Coulter from the University of Connecticut from 5 to13 November 2016. Prof Coulter’s research focuses on consumer behaviour issues. She is the President of the Academic Council for the American Marketing Association, and is an active...

Innovation earns accounting lecturers a National Teaching Excellence Award

Posted on November 25, 2016

Their passion for student-centred education and innovation has earned Prof Stephen Coetzee and Ms Astrid Schmulian a 2016 National Teaching Excellence Award from the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA).

Prof Nkomo receives Continental Lifetime Achiever award

Posted on November 25, 2016

Professor Stella Nkomo, Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, has been recognised as a Continental Lifetime Achiever in CEO Global's Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government Awards.