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  • Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz attending the AGM of Global Young Academy (GYA) 2019 in Halle, Germany

    Posted on May 17, 2019

    Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Department of Economics, attended the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Global Young Academy (GYA), of which she is member since 2018, in Halle, Germany from the 28th of April until 3rd of May. The GYA Anniversary Conference and AGM celebrated the 10th anniversary of...

  • UP student clinches second place in Budget Speech competition

    Posted on March 27, 2019

    André Lourens, a BCom Honours in Economics student, won R40 000 in prize money when he took second place in the undergraduate category of the Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition. Now in its 47th year, the competition is designed to motivate and incentivise South Africa’s most...

  • Commercii launches 2moroLand festival's

    Posted on March 20, 2019

    Commercii, the Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) Faculty House, has announced that it will for the first time host a faculty festival for its students. Set to take place from 11 to 13 April 2019, the festival will go by the name of ‘2moroLand’.

  • Global Goals conference makes a lasting impression on Remofilwe

    Posted on February 15, 2019

    When Remofilwe Dikoma, a final-year BCom Agribusiness Management student, prepared to attend the 2019 Global Goals Model United Nations (MUN), she couldn’t have predicted the full extent of the impact that the experience would have on her, and that the conference would inspire her future...

  • 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...

  • Hat trick for outgoing Commercii Executive

    Posted on December 14, 2018

    The outgoing Executive Committee of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences student house Commercii and their appointed guardian Dr Ingrid le Roux scored a fine hat trick at the 2018 edition of the annual UP Faculty and Day House Awards Function.

  • Prof Theuns Steyn delivers inaugural address

    Posted on December 05, 2018

    Throughout history until modern times, taxation has always appeared prominently as a key contributor in both the prosperity and decline of nations.

  • Stephan and Pierre Viljoen Award takes Marketing PhD student to Denmark

    Posted on December 05, 2018

    Mrs Jade Verbeek, lecturer and PhD student in the Department of Marketing Management, was the worthy student recipient of the 2018 Stephan and Pierre Viljoen Award to the value of R50 000.

  • Taxi drivers take lessons in manners

    Posted on November 30, 2018

    University, manufacturer join in helping educate those in the industry.

  • EMS student experiences American liberal arts education

    Posted on November 27, 2018

    Students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences are encouraged to participate in international student exchange programmes in order to get exposure to global trends in business education and engage with peers from across the globe.

  • Marketing third-year students rewarded for their performance on practical project

    Posted on November 19, 2018

    The Department of Marketing Management at the University of Pretoria collaborated with Bridgestone South Africa (BSAF) on the Integrated Practical Project for a third consecutive year

  • UP Marketing Management graduate named one of the best in SA

    Posted on November 19, 2018

    BCom (Marketing Management) honours student Kerry van Zyl was recently named as one of the top students in South Africa in the GradStar Top 100 awards.

  • Prof Chitiga-Mabugu appointed to prestigious science associations

    Posted on November 19, 2018

    Prof Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Director of the School of Public Management and Administration, was recently appointed as a member of two prestigious associations both locally and abroad.

  • 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.

  • SPMA publishes a book to commemorate 25th anniversary

    Posted on November 19, 2018

    In celebration of its 25th year of existence, the School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) has produced a book entitled Public Administration: Reflection, Relevance and Readiness, published by the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern...

  • Future of public administration and management in the spotlight at SPMA conference

    Posted on November 07, 2018

    The School of Public Administration and Management (SPMA) held its 11th International Conference at the Diep in die Berg Conference & Function Centre in October 2018. As this year’s conference coincided with the SPMA’s 25th anniversary celebrations, the theme of the conference was...

  • 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.

  • Marketing Management students excel at Allan Gray top achievers function

    Posted on October 17, 2018

    Allan Gray hosted its annual top achievers function on Monday, 8 October 2018 at the University of Pretoria to commend the students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences for their performance.

  • 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.

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