UP health sciences alumna among the ten awardees of the 2021 Southern African Rhodes Scholarship

Posted on February 03, 2021

University of Pretoria (UP) alumna Dr Reantha Pillay has been named as one of ten awardees of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for 2021. Dr Pillay graduated cum laude with an MBChB from UP’s Faculty of Health Sciences in 2017.

UP’s Faculty of Law celebrates youngest current UP professor

Posted on December 23, 2020

Congratulations to UP alumnus and scholar Dr Joel Modiri whose promotion to associate professor as from 1 January 2021 will make him the youngest professor in the current employment of UP Law and UP at large.

UP PhD candidate among six recipients of L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science grant

Posted on December 21, 2020

University of Pretoria (UP) student Bianca Gevers is one of six women who recently received a grant from the L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science South African National Young Talents programme.

University of Pretoria’s 2020 Tukkie magazine

Posted on December 11, 2020

We are delighted to share the University of Pretoria’s 2020 Tukkie magazine with you. Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19 during the year, we are proud of the University of Pretoria’s achievements and successes.

‘I’m on a mission to change how we interact as humans’ – Former UP student and founder of ‘butler app’

Posted on December 08, 2020

The only boundaries that humans have are the ones that they set for themselves. This is according to Mario Kempken, a former BEng Mining Engineering student at the University of Pretoria (UP), who has founded a start-up called BTLR (short for “butler”).

‘UP gave me a solid foundation’ – Miss SA Shudufhadzo Musida revisits her alma mater

Posted on December 08, 2020

Reigning Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida, a University of Pretoria (UP) alumna, recently visited UP’s Future Africa institute and campus at the invitation of Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe, who hosted a luncheon and discussion in honour of her crowning achievement.

UP graduate and mathematical statistician wins silver medal in global Kaggle competition for research prediction

Posted on December 02, 2020

Dr Hossein Masoumi Karakani, who was awarded a PhD in Mathematical Statistics by the University of Pretoria (UP) in 2020, recently finished 129th out of 2 618 teams (including single-member “teams”, like Dr Karani’s) registered globally when he took part in a Kaggle competition....

UP hosts luncheon to honour 18 associates featured on Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans list

Posted on October 29, 2020

The University of Pretoria (UP) recently held a luncheon at its Future Africa institute and campus in honour of the 18 alumni, students and associates who were included on the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans list. The University usually hosts an annual dinner to celebrate...