Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, UFS

Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, UFS we equip students with relevant, market-driven skills.

Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences is committed to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, offering a diverse range of programs across undergraduates and postgraduates level. The University of the Free State (UFS) Economic and Management Sciences is a dynamic and innovative faculty which effectively meets the demands and challenges of the currently fast-changing economic and manag

ement environment. As a result of this, both our undergraduate and postgraduate students have access to unparalleled opportunities for training, research and community service, and in particular the additional opportunity to gain international exposure by means of various exchange agreements.

๐“๐‡๐„ ๐”๐…๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐๐€๐‘๐“๐Œ๐„๐๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐„๐‚๐Ž๐๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐‚๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐Œ๐’ ๐…๐€๐‚๐”๐‹๐“๐˜ ๐๐„๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’ ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐–๐Ž ๐’๐Ž๐”๐“๐‡ ๐€๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐ ๐”๐๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐’๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐„๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐ƒ๐”...
28/08/2026

๐“๐‡๐„ ๐”๐…๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐๐€๐‘๐“๐Œ๐„๐๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐„๐‚๐Ž๐๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐‚๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐Œ๐’ ๐…๐€๐‚๐”๐‹๐“๐˜ ๐๐„๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’ ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐–๐Ž ๐’๐Ž๐”๐“๐‡ ๐€๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐ ๐”๐๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐’๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐„๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐ƒ๐”๐€๐‹ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐‘๐„๐‚๐Ž๐†๐๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ ๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐๐‚๐„

The University of the Free Stateโ€™s Master of Commerce with a specialisation in Finance has been recognised as a GARP Academic Partner, joining a select group of programmes aligned with the global standards of the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ? Eligible students may access opportunities for FRM Part I exam scholarships, as well as scholarships for GARPโ€™s Sustainability and Climate Risk and Risk and AI certificates. The partnership also strengthens access to global learning resources and reinforces the programmeโ€™s alignment with international best practice.

Together with its existing CFA Institute affiliation, ๐”๐…๐’ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, a powerful signal of the quality and global relevance of its finance qualifications.

๐€ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž. ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.

Read the full story here: https://ufsweb.co/45QwgNC

๐๐–๐€๐๐–๐€ ๐†๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Ž๐๐„๐ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ This past Saturday, the University of the Free State Qwaqwa campus welcomed Grade 10 learners f...
24/08/2026

๐๐–๐€๐๐–๐€ ๐†๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Ž๐๐„๐ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜

This past Saturday, the University of the Free State Qwaqwa campus welcomed Grade 10 learners for an exciting Open Day.

Learners had the opportunity to explore the Facultyโ€™s study options, receive valuable career guidance, engage with Faculty representatives, and experience campus life.

We hope the day inspired them to start planning confidently for their future.

19/08/2026

๐”๐…๐’ ๐๐”๐’๐ˆ๐๐„๐’๐’ ๐ˆ๐๐‚๐”๐๐€๐“๐Ž๐‘ ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐Š๐„๐“ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜

Youโ€™re a student with a business ideaโ€ฆ but youโ€™re waiting until graduation to start.

What if you didnโ€™t have to wait?

The UFS Business Incubator helps students turn ideas into businesses through mentorship, business training and market access.

On 26 August, see what happens when student ideas meet real customers.

Thakaneng Bridge
10:00โ€“15:00

Come meet the students who stopped waiting to graduate before they started.

Stop waiting. Start building.

๐‘๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘: ๐‘๐’๐•๐ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐Œ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐๐€๐“๐„ ๐’๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’ ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜The Faculty invites all Faculty Board members to attend the upcoming EMS D...
19/08/2026

๐‘๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘: ๐‘๐’๐•๐ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐Œ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐๐€๐“๐„ ๐’๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’ ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜

The Faculty invites all Faculty Board members to attend the upcoming EMS Debate Series, an academic platform dedicated to engaging critically with pressing issues in higher education and shaping the future of our teaching and learning practices.
The motion before the house will be:

โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ' ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ฌ.โ€

This is a timely and important debate for our Faculty, going to the heart of the question: are we equipping our graduates for the realities of the 2030s, or falling behind the pace of change? I would strongly encourage Faculty Board members to attend, given the direct relevance of this motion to our curriculum design, teaching model, and strategic planning discussions.

Details:
Date: Monday, 21 September 2026
Time: 12:00โ€“14:00
Venue: Equitas Auditorium
Kindly RSVP via the following link:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/hukcuZnwVZ

We look forward to a lively and constructive debate, and to seeing you there.

14/08/2026

๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„๐๐“ ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐€๐’ ๐Œ๐„๐„๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐Š๐„๐“

What happens when student ideas move beyond the classroom and meet real customers?

Find out at the UFS Student Entrepreneur Market Day on 26 August 2026!

Thakaneng Bridge, UFS Bloemfontein Campus
10:00โ€“15:00

Come and discover, support, and buy from the student entrepreneurs you teach and study with. From products to services, this is an opportunity to experience the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of our students.

Students with businesses: This is your opportunity to showcase your business and connect with a real market.

See you there!

๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐…๐”๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐“๐€๐‘๐“๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐’๐”๐๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’Choosing subjects in Grade 9 is an important step towards shaping your ...
14/08/2026

๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐…๐”๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐“๐€๐‘๐“๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐’๐”๐๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’

Choosing subjects in Grade 9 is an important step towards shaping your future. As part of the Kovsie2b intervention, the EMS Faculty is helping learners connect their subject choices with their career aspirations and future qualification options because informed choices today can open doors to success tomorrow.

Learners, families, and educators are engaging with our faculty representatives to receive guidance on making informed subject choices that align with future career goals.

At EMS, we believe student success starts long before university admission.

๐๐”๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐Š๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐„๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐€ ๐’๐“๐‘๐Ž๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐’๐„๐€๐‘๐‚๐‡๐„๐‘The EMS Faculty invites postgraduate students to a series of online work...
12/08/2026

๐๐”๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐Š๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐„๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐€ ๐’๐“๐‘๐Ž๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐’๐„๐€๐‘๐‚๐‡๐„๐‘

The EMS Faculty invites postgraduate students to a series of online workshops designed to strengthen key research skills.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก
๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ | ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž

Build practical skills in statistical data analysis, learn how to select appropriate analytical techniques, interpret results, and present your findings with confidence. Presented by Dr Emile Saker Nkwei.

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://events.ufs.ac.za/e/Statistical_Data_Analysis

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ: ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ | ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž

Learn how to develop a focused literature review, identify knowledge gaps, and write a compelling problem statement that provides a strong foundation for your research proposal. Presented by Prof Liezel Massyn.

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž:
https://events.ufs.ac.za/e/Proposal_Writing

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ
๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ | ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž

Learn how to transform your research into a compelling book proposal and navigate the publishing process with greater confidence. Presented by Dr Oliver Mutanga.

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž:
https://events.ufs.ac.za/e/Book_Proposals

๐‰๐Ž๐ˆ๐ ๐”๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐Œ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐๐€๐“๐„ ๐’๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’ The Faculty invites all Faculty Board members to attend the upcoming EMS Debate Series...
12/08/2026

๐‰๐Ž๐ˆ๐ ๐”๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐Œ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐๐€๐“๐„ ๐’๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

The Faculty invites all Faculty Board members to attend the upcoming EMS Debate Series, an academic platform dedicated to engaging critically with pressing issues in higher education and shaping the future of our teaching and learning practices.

The motion before the house will be:

โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ' ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ฌ.โ€

This is a timely and important debate for our Faculty, going to the heart of the question: are we equipping our graduates for the realities of the 2030s, or falling behind the pace of change? I would strongly encourage Faculty Board members to attend, given the direct relevance of this motion to our curriculum design, teaching model, and strategic planning discussions.

Details:

Date: Monday, 21 September 2026
Time: 12:00โ€“14:00
Venue: Equitas Auditorium

Kindly RSVP via the following link:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/hukcuZnwVZ

We look forward to a lively and constructive debate, and to seeing you there.

๐–๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐ˆ๐๐’๐๐ˆ๐‘๐„: ๐„๐Œ๐’ ๐…๐€๐‚๐”๐‹๐“๐˜ ๐–๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐'๐’ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐‡ ๐‚๐„๐‹๐„๐๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐This Womenโ€™s Month, we celebrate the strength, resilience and ac...
11/08/2026

๐–๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐ˆ๐๐’๐๐ˆ๐‘๐„: ๐„๐Œ๐’ ๐…๐€๐‚๐”๐‹๐“๐˜ ๐–๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐'๐’ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐‡ ๐‚๐„๐‹๐„๐๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐

This Womenโ€™s Month, we celebrate the strength, resilience and achievements of the women within our faculty. It is a time to honour the spirit of sisterhood that encourages us to support, uplift and empower one another as we continue to break barriers and shape a more inclusive and impactful future.

Join us๐Ÿ’œ

๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: 14 August 2026
๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: 13:30 โ€“ 15:00
๐•๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž: Business School Auditorium, Bloemfontein Campus

09/08/2026

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