The Faculty of Commerce offers two highly sought-after degrees: a four-year Bachelor of Business Science and a three-year Bachelor of Commerce as well as a range of PhD, Masters, Honours and Postgraduate Diploma programmes
designed to ensure the success of graduates both locally and internationally. I encourage you to browse this site, including the webpages of our four departments – Accounting, Economics, Information Systems and Management Studies where you will find the courses which will ignite your career. You can also read our Commerce Connects newsletter here.- Professor John Simpson, Acting Dean
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Students in the Microsoft running
(06/11/2009)
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The unEarthed team has won the ViaData Shield, a floating trophy for the best systems-development project, awarded by the Department of Information Systems in its annual showcase of third-year projects.
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Black alumni campaign paves the path
(02/11/2009)
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BCom student Sinazo Yolwa has become the first recipient of a UCT Association of Black Alumni full-cost bursary which she was awarded by UCT Chancellor Graça Machel and Vice-chancellor Dr Max Price in Johannesburg recently.
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UCT expands programme to support local actuarial qualification
(30/10/2009)
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The Actuarial Science department in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Cape Town is to receive an injection of R4,5 million via the Actuarial Society of South Africa to help it facilitate the first wholly-local professional qualification for actuaries.
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Dr Linda Zuze fights off a strong pool to win top PhD prize
(30/10/2009)
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The Council of the Economic Society of South Africa has awarded Dr Tia Linda Zuze, a research affiliate of the South African Labour and Development Research Unit at UCT, the 2009 Founders’ Medal for a PhD dissertation in recognition of her excellent research thesis, Equity and Effectiveness in East African Primary Schools.
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Business Science students crack CFA competition
(30/10/2009)
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A team of five final year UCT Business Science students have beaten other universities from around the country to win the inaugural CFA Investment Research Challenge. The team won top honours for their analysis of Tongaat-Hulett shares by producing an investment report and conducting a presentation on their findings in Johannesburg on October 12. The team consisted of Nomsa Kachingwe, Mark Pomroy, Michael Vermeulen, Brendan Meehan and Claire Mas.
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UCT students aim to revolutionise public transport
(27/10/2009)
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Every year the Department of Information Systems (IS) at the University of Cape Town hosts an Expo to showcase computer applications developed by senior students and also give angel investors and venture capitalists the chance to discover innovative new entrepreneurs. This year’s Expo on Thursday 29 October will showcase a range of dynamic new systems designed to address business problems.
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Spirit of 2010 Soccer World Cup arrives on campus
(25/10/2009)
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The spirit of the 2010 Soccer World Cup arrived at the University of Cape Town with a thump this week when a marketing campaign called Beyond the 90 minutes Road Trip filmed students learning the moves for the vibrant Soccer World Cup dance.
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EDU Newsletter : Second Semester
(22/10/2009)
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Please check out the 2nd semester issue of the EDU Commerce Newsletter. An issue will be published each semester with stories from our students, our lecturers, future events and other exciting activities. Please have a look and give us some feedback: michelle.abrahams@uct.ac.za
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UCT College of Fellows gives recognition to Professor Rob Dorrington
(09/10/2009)
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Professor Rob Dorrington of Actuarial Science has been named as one of seven new members of the UCT College of Fellows in recognition of his original and distinguished academic work.
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