Prof Piet Meiring receives Chancellor's Medal in Theology

Posted on September 11, 2017

Prof Piet Meiring has been awarded the Chancellor's Medal in acknowledgement of his contribution to South Africa and for espousing the values of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies such as integrity, ethical leadership, peace and tolerance.

UP Vice-Chancellor is Businesswoman of the Year winner for Education

Posted on September 11, 2017

University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor Professor Cheryl de la Rey was named the winner in the education category of the Businesswoman of the Year Awards for 2017 by the Businesswomen's Association of South Africa at a ceremony in Sandton last week.

Bottle or tap: Which is safer?

Posted on September 11, 2017

Dr Catherina van Zijl from the Environmental Chemical Pollution and Health Research Unit at UP analysed the differences between tap water and bottled water in South Africa as part of her PhD research.

Theodor Loots: Hope never disappoints

Posted on September 07, 2017

Dr Theodor Loots, the first blind man to obtain a master's degree in Mathematical Statistics with distinction, recently also completed a PhD in this field and graduated from the University of Pretoria on Wednesday, 6 September 2017.

University of Pretoria Spring Graduation Ceremony

Posted on September 06, 2017

The University will confer 1 807 degrees, diplomas and certificates during this year's Spring Graduation Ceremony. These include 142 doctorates, 427 master's degrees and 746 honours degrees, which will be awarded over three days.

University of Pretoria improves position in Times Higher Education ranking

Posted on September 06, 2017

The University of Pretoria (UP) has improved its position on the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking survey released this week. Out of the 1102 institutions which THE considered for ranking UP was placed in the 601-800 bracket.

Promising mosquito repellent formulations to fight malaria

Posted on September 05, 2017

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Materials and the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control recently discovered a special blend of two repellents with improved mosquito repellent efficacy and persistence.

Work of TuksLaw lecturer cited by Constitutional Court

Posted on September 04, 2017

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that the Constitutional Court recently referred to the published work of Dr Reghard Brits, a senior lecturer in the Department of Mercantile Law at UP.