Department of Physics represents UP at MeerKAT inauguration

Posted on July 17, 2018

Prof Roger Deane from the Department of Physics represented UP at the launch of the MeerKAT radio telescope, inaugurated by Deputy President David Mabuza in the Northern Cape. Built and operated by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the MeerKAT comprises 64 radio dishes, each...

UP academic, ‘a fighter against hunger'

Posted on July 13, 2018

Hunger is on the rise again worldwide, despite the rapid progress needed to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, which is to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. Currently, one person in three is...

University of Pretoria launches Virtual Campus

Posted on June 25, 2018

Discover, access and explore the University of Pretoria from anywhere in the world. Prospective students who are interested in the University of Pretoria’s (UP) academic offerings can now take a virtual tour of the campuses from the comfort of their homes. Go to www.virtualcampus.up.ac.za...

UP Shop now open

Posted on June 22, 2018

The UP Shop is on the Hatfield Campus, in the Huis en Haard Building, next to the Graduate Centre and opposite the Sanlam Auditorium on Faculty Avenue. The old premises were renovated and the result is a spacious, airy shop.

UP student shines at 2018 Agbiz Congress

Posted on June 18, 2018

Khanimamba Hlungwani, a postgraduate student in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at the University of Pretoria (UP), and her team mates from other universities emerged as the winners of the prestigious 2018 Agbiz Student Case Study Competition.

UP students in Gauteng Youth Parliament sitting

Posted on June 14, 2018

University of Pretoria students have won 10 out of 20 seats in the Tshwane region to participate in this year’s Gauteng Youth Parliament sitting, which meets on 15 June from 10:00 to 14:00 to discuss issues affecting South Africa’s youth. The event will be televised on DSTV...

UP academics are category finalists in NSTF Awards

Posted on June 11, 2018

Profs Namrita Lall, Xiaohua Xia, Mmantsae Diale, Kevin Wall and the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC), headed by Prof Tiaan de Jager are category finalists in this year’s prestigious National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Awards.

Sustainability: 'we all have to learn from each other'

Posted on June 04, 2018

Prof Howard Apsan, Director of Environmental, Health, Safety and Risk Management at The City University of New York, recently delivered a guest lecture on ‘Community and sustainability’, at the University of Pretoria’s Sustainable Development Goals Lecture Series.