Three NSTF Award nominees for Faculty of Health Sciences

Posted on April 19, 2018

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Health Sciences has three staff members who are accepted nominees in the highly acclaimed National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Awards 2017/2018.

UP appoints Director for International Partnerships

Posted on April 18, 2018

Prof Frans Swanepoel, Fellow in Residence at the Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, has been appointed as Director: Strategic International Partnerships effective 1 March 2018.

A first for South Africa

Posted on April 16, 2018

Ms Takalani Makhanṱhisa, who will soon be commencing her MSc studies in Medical Entomology at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently awarded the Dr Sylvia Meek Scholarship for Entomology during a ceremony at UP.

Artist William Kentridge receives honorary doctorate from UP

Posted on April 13, 2018

South African artist William Kentridge has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria on 12 April. He is renowned for his animated expressionist drawings and films exploring time, the history of colonialism and the aspirations and failures of revolutionary politics.

Making water management a priority

Posted on April 04, 2018

In recent years, both the Western and Southern regions of Africa have suffered widespread droughts.

Prof Saloshna Vandeyar wins Trailblazer Award

Posted on March 29, 2018

The inaugural Gauteng Women in Excellence Awards are aimed at celebrating exceptional women. Prof Saloshna Vandeyar from the Department of Humanities Education in the Faculty of Education was named the winner of the Trailblazer Category.

Accounting students score 94.2% pass in ITC

Posted on March 27, 2018

The Faculty of Economic Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria is extremely proud of its students and staff and congratulates them on their results in the January 2018 Initial Test of Competence (ITC) of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

UP does everything it can to kill one of the biggest killers in South Africa

Posted on March 26, 2018

Tuberculosis (TB) kills more people every year than HIV/AIDS or any other single infectious agent. This statistic seems criminal considering that if the disease is diagnosed and treated timeously, most patients can be cured.