Posted on February 21, 2024
“Our second-place standing in South Africa is not just a number,” says Interim Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Themba Mosia,” on UP’s ranking success in the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings. “It symbolises our commitment to fostering an...
Posted on January 19, 2024
"If your results were below expectations, consider this a challenge you can overcome – an opportunity to grow as a person and to show resilience in rapidly changing and uncertain times. "
Posted on June 27, 2022
The team behind UP’s JuniorTukkie programme – which helps high school learners do better at school and prepare for university life – now supports even more learners through their free jTOnline e-learning platform.
Posted on April 29, 2021
Attend the annual "I Wanna be a Veterinary Professional" weekend online, presented by the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria in association with Junior Tukkie and Hill's. ALL Grade 8 to 12 pupils are welcome to join us during which we will explore some aspects of the...
Posted on May 25, 2020
The batsman misses. Stumps flies through the air. There is a wild celebration. That is precisely what mini-cricket is about.
Posted on February 16, 2020
The Tuks-Puma athlete, Rikenette Steenkamp, set a new South African indoor record yesterday in Glasgow by running a time of 8.29s in the 60m-hurdles.
Posted on May 29, 2019
The man is utterly focussed on keeping the woman standing on one foot in the palm of his hand in the air high above his head. One second passes, then another the whole exercise lasts about eight seconds.
Posted on May 27, 2019
TuksSport archers made South African sports history last weekend by winning two gold medals during the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Antalya.
Posted on December 06, 2018
The JuniorTukkie programme in the Department of Enrolment and Student Administration was entered into this year’s Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education (MACE)* Competition in the Category: Student Recruitment Campaigns. On Thursday, 22 November 2018, JuniorTukkie received a...
Posted on December 06, 2018
Tshwane Insulin Project (TIP), a collaborative project between various University of Pretoria (UP) departments, will lead an exciting five-year research programme that will explore the use of remote prescribing to help primary care physicians and/or nurses better serve the needs of people living...
Posted on December 06, 2018
Dr Chris Oosthuizen of the University of Pretoria’s Department of Zoology and Entomology recently won the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology, which celebrates the diversity of ecology around the world. The independent judging panel...
Posted on August 26, 2018
23 August 2018 This year, Assupol TuksCricket widened its community outreach spectrum and started a conservation project to help raise funds for the Black Rhino Reserve Wildlife Trust. Part of the Trust’s function is to assist with rhino anti-poaching activities in the Pilanesberg...
Posted on August 26, 2018
To achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 which entails ‘ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages,’ involves strengthening of the implementation of the framework convention on tobacco control and providing access to medicines and vaccines. It also involves...
Posted on December 07, 2017
The Centre for Communication and Reputation Management at the University of Pretoria recently commissioned a study to explore the views of ordinary South Africans regarding corruption and state capture.
Posted on December 06, 2017
We are extremely proud to announce that the UP School Leaders Conference and the JuniorTukkie App, projects of the Student Recruitment Division of the Department of Enrolment and Student Administration (DESA), received top awards at the prestigious annual Marketing, Advancement and Communication...
Posted on December 05, 2017
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 report paints a disturbing picture of primary school reading literacy in South Africa, with no significant progress nationally since the last report in 2011.
Posted on November 28, 2017
The University of Pretoria (UP)'s Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn and Child Health Care will participate in the first ever global data collection effort to assess the burden and current management of maternal and neonatal sepsis.
Posted on November 23, 2017
The University of Pretoria (UP) is ranked among the top 40 universities in the BRICS region, according to the QS BRICS University Rankings published last night. UP has improved its overall position in South Africa by moving from fourth place last year to third this year.
Posted on November 22, 2017
The University of Pretoria's Dr Pieter Olivier is part of an international collaboration whose work was recently published in Nature. The study highlights how biodiversity is changing as a result of deforestation.
Posted on November 22, 2017
The production of the annual Research Review is always a highlight in the research calendar of the University of Pretoria, and the Research Review 2016 was no exception.
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