UP engineering graduates turn marketing gurus

Posted on October 12, 2021

Two University of Pretoria (UP) engineering graduates have made an unlikely – but innovative and hugely successful – leap from engineering to marketing, using their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to create higher sales rates and improved customer service for the business...

UP alumna wins Environmental Law Association of SA prize for best undergraduate essay with paper on tensions between customary use of pangolins and conservation law

Posted on October 07, 2021

Pangolins are highly sought after and used regularly in traditional medicine and divination in SA, which makes the study of their place within SA law particularly important, says prize-winner UP alumna Nicola Irving.

#UPGraduation2021: ‘I was caught completely off guard’ – UP master’s student whose thesis was converted into PhD

Posted on October 07, 2021

When University of Pretoria (UP) master’s student Dr Michael Barnes submitted his thesis for external examination, he got the surprise of his life when it was subsequently converted into a PhD.

LeadUP: UP scholars and experts address future of agriculture in a post-pandemic world

Posted on September 30, 2021

A recent online discussion hosted by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Alumni Relations Office focused on the future of agriculture and lessons learnt from the pandemic.

‘We built a new-generation insurance business from scratch’ – UP alumna Sumarie Greybe

Posted on September 27, 2021

Meet Sumarie Greybe, University of Pretoria (UP) graduate and co-founder of Naked, South Africa’s first fully digital insurance platform that offers comprehensive and instant cover for cars, homes, contents and standalone items.

‘Culture and nature are good for our health’ – LeadUP panel discusses how natural heritage influences social well-being

Posted on September 22, 2021

History, heritage, culture, memory, social well-being and identity are inexorably linked and critical to developing the SA and Africa that we want, said UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe at a recent LeadUP discussion.

#UPGraduation2021: 24-year-old becomes youngest PhD graduate from UP’s School of Health Systems and Public Health

Posted on September 20, 2021

At just 24, Dr Rose Muthuri has become the youngest person to graduate with a PhD from UP’s School of Health Systems and Public Health.

UP to confer 1 511 degrees in virtual graduation ceremonies this spring

Posted on September 17, 2021

This spring, UP will confer 1 511 degrees in virtual ceremonies from 13 to 17 September 2021. Prof Kupe congratulated the graduates in a virtual ceremony and welcomed them to the UP community, which boasts over 300 000 alumni.