UP makes history with unprecedented 100% pass rate in the SAICA ITC exams

Posted on July 02, 2021

The University of Pretoria (UP) has made history with an unprecedented pass rate in the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Initial Test of Competence (ITC). UP obtained a 100% pass rate in the April 2021 ITC exam for first time writers and an overall pass rate of 99,4% for...

University of Pretoria wins CIMA Excellence Award

Posted on March 10, 2021

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) distinguishes the University of Pretoria for its outstanding contribution to the accounting profession

University of Pretoria domestic leader in four subjects in 2021 QS World University Rankings

Posted on March 09, 2021

UP is the domestic leader in four subjects: Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Mathematics; and Accounting and Finance.

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...

UP academic’s research aims to enhance decision-making skills

Posted on June 24, 2020

An article written by Dr Zack Enslin, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Financial Management, has been published in the Spring 2020 edition of Management Accounting Quarterly, a publication of the Institute of Management Accountants (USA). Management Accounting Quarterly is a refereed online...

‘A recipe for success’ – Dean Elsabé Loots discusses 100 years of UP Economic & Management Sciences achievements

Posted on June 02, 2020

Faculty Dean Professor Elsabé Loots leads the team responsible for guiding EMS@UP into a future that she sees as continuing the culture of excellence that has become synonymous with the Faculty.

Excelling in the swimming pool and lecture halls of UP was a 4-year balancing act well worth it, says SA Sports Star of the Year Schoenmaker

Posted on May 19, 2020

Tatjana Schoenmaker is better known as a pro athlete. What is perhaps lesser known about the 23-year-old swimming sensation is that she has just completed her BCom (Financial Sciences) degree at UP, becoming one of 11 000 UP students who graduated in a virtual ceremony last month.