Pavlina Stojanova was born on 30.07.1976 in Strumica. She is a Bachelor of Art at the Faculty of Law at the University “St. Ciryl and Methodius” in Skopje in 1998. She is a Master of Art at the Faculty of economics at the University “St. Ciryl and Methodius “ in Skopje, in 2002, on the topic “Normative regulation of auditing – with specific retrospection of its regulation in Republic of Macedonia”. She is a PhD at the Institute of economics at the University “St. Ciryl and Methodius” in Skopje, in 2007, on the topic “Development and promotion of auditing profession in terms of globalization and in direction of reliving capital flows”.

Since 2003 she is employed at the European University in Skopje as an assistant on the subject Principles of Accounting. In 2007 she is elected as assistant professor on the First Private European University – Republic of Macedonia, Skopje, on the subject Auditing.

She is an author and co-author of many works and books in the area of accounting and auditing as: Principles of Accounting, Financial Accounting, Chart of Accounts and Auditing. She has taken part in many scientific and professional seminars. Her current scientific interest is modern tendency in the development of auditing and accounting.