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...

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.

Student who clinched 2019 undergraduate Budget Speech Competition prize is ‘a symbol of the high-quality graduates’ at UP

Posted on March 12, 2020

UP BCom Honours Investment Management student Matifadza Bingudza, the undergraduate winner of the 2019 Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition, is “a symbol of the high-quality graduates” that the University produces, says Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe.

UP academic attends Australasian Finance and Banking Conference

Posted on February 14, 2020

Eduard Toerien, a lecturer in the Department of Financial Management, recently attended the 32nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC), hosted by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney, Australia. He presented a paper titled ‘On the...

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.