UP academic investigates properties of South African stock market returns

Posted on March 18, 2019

Dr Jan Jakub Szczygielski, a lecturer in the Department of Financial Management, recently presented a paper entitled ‘An investigation into the properties of returns and variance and the implications for time series modelling’. The paper was co-authored with Prof Chimwemwe Chipeta...

Mr Matemane presents at international interdisciplinary conference

Posted on March 13, 2019

The second International Conference on Sustainability, Human Geography and Environment (ICSHGE18) held in Krakow, Poland in late 2018 attracted top academics and professionals to share their experimentation, novel ideas and research results regarding all aspects of sustainability, human...

EMS impresses in the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject

Posted on March 04, 2019

Leading global higher education marketing company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has released the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject, in which the University of Pretoria has had a notable showing across various subjects. In this latest edition of the coveted rankings, UP has been placed in...

UP alumni appear on prestigious SAICA Honours Roll

Posted on February 01, 2019

The University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that three of its former Chartered Accountancy students who performed brilliantly in their Certificate in the Theory of Accountancy (CTA) at UP in 2016 and passed their Initial Test of Competence (first CA professional exam) in 2017, excelled...

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.

Top students recognised at the EMS Dean’s List Awards

Posted on November 14, 2018

Top performing students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were recently recognised during the annual EMS Dean’s List Awards function. The prestigious awards night is a highlight on the faculty calendar, as it honours both undergraduate and postgraduate students who have...

UP makes Business and Economics debut on THE subject ranking

Posted on October 18, 2018

The University of Pretoria has made its debut on the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by subject for Business and Economics, which incorporates the subject areas of business and management, accounting and finance as well as economics and econometrics. The recently released...

EMS top achievers honoured at Allan Gray awards function

Posted on October 17, 2018

Allan Gray, Africa's largest privately-owned investment management company, annually hosts an awards function to honour the top achievers in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.