The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences is welcoming some 1 500 newcomer students to the faculty this year.

Most popular among the Faculty's 14 undergraduate programmes are the Accounting programmes – BAccounting, BCom (Management Accounting), and BCom (Financial Accounting) – and the 4-year BCom degree in International Business. The latter is a pioneer in undergraduate business education and includes an exchange semester at a partner university abroad. It is a unique programme in South Africa and only 30 students per year are admitted.

The Faculty's welcoming programme kicked off on Thursday, 24 January with an opportunity for the students' parents to meet the Dean, Prof Ingrid Woolard. This was followed by an information session for all the Faculty's first-year students. Orientation sessions at the JS Gericke Library, academic and computer registration also form part of the programme to ensure that the newcomers are familiarised with the faculty.

• Photo: The Faculty's newcomer first-years attended an information session in the Kruiskerk on Friday morning, 25 January 2019.