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  • Financial Management lecturers attend CIMA Gala Dinner

    Posted on October 20, 2017

    Prof Elda du Toit and Ms Elize Kirsten, lecturers in the Department of Financial Management in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, attended the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Gala Dinner on 21 September 2017 at the Sandton Convention Centre.

  • Financial Management staff participate in EDEN CIMA course

    Posted on October 20, 2017

    Three staff members of the Department of Financial Management at the University of Pretoria, namely Joanne Seligmann, Jacomien Visagie and Prof Elda du Toit, participated in the EDEN CIMA course, titled ‘Doing management accounting research: Towards excellence’. This course took place...

  • UP scores highest pass rate in recent SAICA exams

    Posted on September 12, 2017

    Students from the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences achieved the highest cumulative pass rate in South Africa in the two most recent Initial Tests of Competence administered by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

  • UP scores a hat trick in the June 2017 ITC of SAICA

    Posted on August 23, 2017

    The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences' departments specialising in Financial Sciences (Accounting, Auditing, Financial Management and Taxation) are extremely proud of their students and staff and heartily congratulate them on their results in the June 2017 ITC of the South African...

  • EMS students attend summer programme in Germany

    Posted on July 28, 2017

    Three students from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) recently attended the European Bachelor Summer Institute course titled 'The Business, Political and Cultural Environment in Europe', presented at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany.

  • Enterprises UP and ABSA open new learning avenues for credit providers and banking sector

    Posted on July 10, 2017

    Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP) and ABSA have launched a training intervention, the Advanced Programme in Debt Review (piloted in 2016), with a group of 23 delegates in the banking and credit provider industries successfully completing their training earlier in 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.

  • Research and teaching excellence celebrated at EMS Awards

    Posted on June 28, 2017

    The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences celebrated the excellent research and teaching and learning achievements of academic staff members at the prestigious annual EMS Awards Function, which was held on 21 June 2017.

  • PhD student tackles aQuellé Midmar Mile with supervisors

    Posted on June 26, 2017

    Mr Zack Enslin, a PhD student and senior lecturer in the Department of Financial Management has successfully tackled the challenging aQuellé Midmar Mile with his colleagues, who are also supervising his doctoral studies.

  • EMS Autumn 2017 Graduations

    Posted on June 06, 2017

    The Autumn 2017 Graduation Ceremonies of UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were recently held at the Rembrandt Hall at the LC de Villiers Sports Campus.

  • EMS Dean's List Awards function honours academic excellence

    Posted on June 06, 2017

    Prof Elsabé Loots, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria, hosted top academic achievers in the Faculty at the prestigious annual Dean's List Awards function on 16 May 2017.

  • UP's CA-students once again shine in the January 2017 ITC

    Posted on March 31, 2017

    The Chartered Accountancy (CA) students of the University of Pretoria have once again delivered an exceptional performance in the January 2017 Initial Test of Competence (ITC) of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), with a first-time writer pass rate of 89,3%.

  • 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 13, 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • EMS spring graduation ceremony

    Posted on September 19, 2016

    The beginning of spring marked a time of celebration when the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences held its graduation ceremony in the Rembrandt Hall at the LC de Villiers Sports Campus on 2 September 2016.

  • 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.

  • Avanade 15 for 15 Scholarship opens up a world of opportunities

    Posted on June 13, 2016

    Ms Sharné Werner, a second year Financial Science student at the University of Pretoria, is one of the University's five recipients of Avanade's 15 for 15 Scholarship.

  • Financial Management students compete in international competition

    Posted on June 10, 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.

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