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  • UP alumnus placed third in global exam

    Posted on September 09, 2020

    Hanre Erasmus, an alumnus of UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, achieved third place in the world in the February 2020 sitting of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants’ (CIMA's) Strategic Case Study exam. The pass rate for this specific exam was 52%.

  • Alumna profile: Olga Granova-Mooi

    Posted on August 03, 2020

    Alumna Olga Granova-Mooi places much emphasis on working hard to improve accountability and corporate governance in the higher education sector. A sense of natural justice and fairness is equally important in her life, the current Head of the Unit for Internal Audit at UP, points out. A set of...

  • Congratulations to autumn 2020 EMS graduates

    Posted on April 15, 2020

    The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) wishes to congratulate all the graduates who received their qualifications in absentia during the recent virtual graduation ceremony presided over by UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe.

  • UP Accounting graduates excel in SAICA CA qualifying exam

    Posted on April 14, 2020

    No fewer than seven UP graduates rank among the top ten achievers in the January 2020 Initial Test of Competence (ITC) of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). By accomplishing the virtually impossible, they ensured that the University of Pretoria came out tops among the 3...

  • Faculty of EMS staff participate in 31st SAIMS Conference

    Posted on February 14, 2020

    The University of Pretoria was well represented when researchers from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) attended the 31st Southern African Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS) Conference hosted at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth.

  • Anton and Huberte Rupert Bursary winner shares secrets to her success

    Posted on November 08, 2019

    Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) student Sonya Lakhani has an enviable academic record, having obtained both her bachelor and honours degrees in Investment Management with distinction.

  • EMS students get ‘Ready for Work’

    Posted on November 19, 2018

    Five students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) have been selected as winners in the inaugural EMS Ready for Work Competition.

  • UP team takes second place in international business-strategy case study competition

    Posted on October 12, 2018

    A team of University of Pretoria students has taken second place after competing against more than 400 teams from around the world in a leadership-focused case study competition.

  • EMS students excel in the CFO Business Case Study Competition

    Posted on August 08, 2018

    A group of students from the Department of Financial Management in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences has excelled in the international CFO Case Study Competition.

  • Two gold medals for Schoenmaker at Commonwealth Games

    Posted on April 07, 2018

    University of Pretoria student, Tatjana Schoenmaker has won the women's 100m breast stroke at the Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast, in addition to the 200m-breaststroke on Saturday.

  • New Commercii Executive Committee takes office

    Posted on October 10, 2017

    After a successful and well-attended voting period, the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ student house Commercii took office on 15 September 2017.

  • Financial Sciences Annual Awards Function

    Posted on July 05, 2017

    The Financial Sciences Annual Awards Function was held on 17 May 2017 in the Conference Hall of the University of Pretoria.

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • Dr Elda du Toit presents at World Finance Conference

    Posted on November 22, 2016

    Dr Elda du Toit, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Financial Management, recently attended the World Finance Conference in Manhattan, New York.

  • UP represented at CIMA Qualitative Management Accounting Research Workshop

    Posted on November 22, 2016

    The Chartered Institute for Management Accountants (CIMA) hosted its Qualitative Management Accounting Research workshop at the beginning of October 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  • Outgoing Commercii committee passes on the baton to new leadership

    Posted on September 20, 2016

    The Economic and Management Sciences Faculty House Commercii welcomed its incoming Executive Committee (EC) on 16 September 2016. The inauguration ceremony was symbolic of the passing on of the baton from the previous EC, overseen by the Dean of the Faculty, Prof Elsabé Loots, who commended all...

  • JSE CEO discusses recent trends in financial markets

    Posted on August 11, 2016

    Ms Nicky Newton-King, CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), addressed students and staff of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences on 4 August 2016, as part of the EMS Talk series.

  • Financial Management students compete in international competition

    Posted on June 13, 2016

    Two teams from the Department of Financial Management in UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences advanced to the second round of the CFO Case Study Competition.

  • Exchange programme to China – a student’s perspective

    Posted on June 08, 2016

    A group of students from the Department of Auditing in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences represented the University as exchange students at the Nanjing Audit University in China. Here is a glimpse into that experience by one of the participating students.

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