MultiChoice and UP partner to foster technology talent in South Africa

Posted on May 29, 2018

MultiChoice South Africa and the University of Pretoria (UP) have announced a partnership, intended to develop and sustain scarce Artificial Intelligence, and specifically Machine Learning technology skills in South Africa. This partnership will see MultiChoice sponsoring a Research Chair in...

First ever SARChI NRF Chair awarded to Faculty of Veterinary Science

Posted on May 24, 2018

A SARChI Research Chair has been awarded to Prof Celia Abolnik of the Faculty of Veterinary Science. This is the first Chair relevant to veterinary science to be awarded in the history of the Faculty.

UP hosts the South Africa-Sweden University Forum

Posted on May 23, 2018

The first seminar of the South Africa-Sweden University Forum (SASUF) was hosted by the University of Pretoria at its Groenkloof Campus. This was part of SASUF’s Research and Innovation Week which included over 30 different seminar sessions in 12 South African cities.

#TuksHockey: Tuks beat Maties to lift Varsity Hockey trophy

Posted on May 22, 2018

The University of Pretoria stunned Stellenbosch University when they beat them 5-0 in the Varsity Hockey final at the Maties Astro on Monday evening.

Universities need to ‘rethink their purpose’

Posted on May 16, 2018

Prof Ahmed Bawa, CEO of Universities South Africa (USAf) highlighted the need for universities to revisit what the purpose of higher education is and what the purpose of a university is, and conceded that the South African university system, over the last two to three years, had experienced a...

Omar Badsha’s Seedtimes launched at UP

Posted on May 14, 2018

The Departments of Sociology and Visual Arts in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP) welcomed and hosted anti-apartheid activist and 2018 Order of Ikhamanga honouree, Omar Badsha for the launch of his sixth and latest book, Seedtimes.

BCom graduate receives Chancellor’s Award

Posted on May 11, 2018

At the University of Pretoria's recent Autumn Graduation Ceremony, Ms Emma Mashilo received the Chancellor’s Award for the best performance in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS).

Conquering the world through academic excellence

Posted on April 23, 2018

Dickson Ajisafe has graduated with a Master’s in African and European Cultural Relations at the University of Pretoria’s Autumn Graduation Ceremony. He was also a recipient of the Erasmus Plus Scholarship to study in Europe in 2016.