UP-Tuks men's and women's sevens rugby teams soar

Posted on October 12, 2018

The UP-Tuks men’s sevens rugby team shone by winning the Varsity Tournament for the first time, beating the University of Johannesburg (UJ), 19-14; while the Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby7’s team won the Munchen Oktoberfest Tournament for the second consecutive year.

#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.

2017 TuksSport Colours and Awards

Posted on October 24, 2017

In 2017 the University of Pretoria successfully elevated the standard of university sports by winning six of the Varsity Sport Cup Competitions and nine of the USSA Tournaments. On 18 October 2017, a total of 368 athletes and officials were honoured at the TuksSport Colours and Awards ceremony in...

#TuksSport at the forefront of sporting excellence

Posted on October 17, 2017

In 2017, the University of Pretoria has raised the standard of university sport to a new level, winning six of the Varsity competitions and nine of the University Sports South Africa (USSA) tournaments.

#TuksRowing: SA's McCann wins World Champs gold

Posted on October 02, 2017

Tuks/hpc rower Kirsten McCann won the lightweight women's single sculls race in Sarasota, Florida by out-rowing Marieke Keijser (Netherlands) to win by a boat length, or to be more precise by more than two seconds.

#TuksFootball: UP-Tuks beat TUT 2–0 to claim 2017 Varsity Football title

Posted on September 29, 2017

UP-Tuks were relentless in their pursuit of the Varsity Football title at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) on Thursday night, resulting in a 2–0 victory over defending champions TUT.

UP track champion graduates with Information Science degree

Posted on September 11, 2017

Akani Simbine, 2016 Rio Olympics finalist in the 100 metres, South African record holder in the 100 metres sprint, and Diamond League gold medallist, graduated at the University of Pretoria (UP) with a Bachelor of Information Science on Friday, 8 September.

Marcel Vorster, 2017 world university powerlifting champion

Posted on August 02, 2017

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that it counts among its number an international powerlifting champion.