The following companies
that are owned by the University are already
well
established in their respective sectors: Business
Entereprises at University of Pretoria (Pty)
Ltd (BE at UP), Continuing Education at University
of Pretoria (Pty) Ltd (CE at UP) and Tukssport
(Pty) Ltd.
Business Enterprises at University of Pretoria
(BE at UP(Pty) Ltd) provides easy access to
the technology and skills located within the
University and offers an effective 'business
to business' service. BE at UP (Pty) Ltd facilitates
consulting and commercial research of the University
of Pretoria. A subsidiary company, Consulta
Research (Pty) Ltd, and an associated company,
Stratoscience (Pty) Ltd, are included in this
company’s portfolio. Products and Services
of the company may be accessed from the BE
at UP (Pty) Ltd website.
Continuing Education at University of Pretoria
(CE at UP (Pty) Ltd) is responsible for managing
the University's continuing education courses.
Continuing education is delivered mainly in
the form of short courses, year programmes and
so-called in-house courses, and many of these
serve as Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) courses for the various professions. The
current online course catalogue may be viewed
at www.ceatup.com
As far as TuksSport (Pty) Ltd is concerned,
it is envisaged that, in addition to several
business initiatives related to sport, centres
of excellence will be established in identified
sports such as rugby, soccer, tennis, swimming,
hockey and athletics. The aim is to establish
high quality sporting facilities for students
and to develop and utilise the business opportunities
that sport offers.
A campus enterprise to facilitate professional
activities and research in the Health Sciences
is currently being considered. A faculty committee
is conducting an in-depth study in this regard.
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