UP's smile makers are changing lives

Posted on November 09, 2016

The Facial Cleft Deformity Clinic in the Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery at the University of Pretoria is the largest facial cleft clinic in Africa and has treated more than 4 300 patients over the last 33 years.

Prof Tahir Pillay appointed as editor-in-chief of international medical journal

Posted on November 09, 2016

Professor Tahir Pillay, Head of the Department of Chemical Pathology and the Division of Clinical Pathology at the University of Pretoria, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Pathology with effect from January 2017.

UP students dominate on GradStar Top 100 list

Posted on November 09, 2016

The University of Pretoria is proud to announce that the top 100 South African students who received GradStar awards in 2016 included an impressive 31 UP students, which was unmatched by any other university in South Africa.

Future Africa holds a scoping meeting for its first Ideas Lab at UP

Posted on November 07, 2016

The Ideas Lab workshops will be a core part of the Future Africa initiative's aim to develop interdisciplinary research teams and networks between UP researchers and researchers in Africa and beyond. The first 'scoping' meeting was held at the University in October, focusing on African...

Can we eliminate malaria in South Africa by 2018?

Posted on November 07, 2016

At the University of Pretoria, we believe that the solutions to global problems can be found in the research we do today. Visit Research Matters to find out how UP researchers are making today matter with projects to combat malaria.

GIBS climbs 13 places in UK Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking

Posted on November 07, 2016

The UK Financial Times has again placed the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in pole position.

Dr Heinrich Badenhorst receives prestigious Meiring Naude Medal

Posted on November 07, 2016

The Royal Society of South Africa has awarded the 2017 Meiring Naude Medal to Dr Heinrich Badenhorst, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria.

Op-Ed: Withdrawal from the ICC: A sad day for South Africa and Africa

Posted on November 04, 2016

Prof Magnus Killander, Head of Research at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, discusses South Africa's withdrawel from the Rome Statute which established the International Criminal Court (ICC) in an article that recently appeared on The Conversation.