Ensuring better health and proper care for cheetahs in captivity

Posted on July 11, 2017

Dr Adrian Tordiffe, from the Department of Paraclinical Sciences at UP, has been intrigued by diseases in captive cheetahs since his days working as a clinical veterinarian at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa.

ASAPA Conference Officially Opened

Posted on July 06, 2017

The Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA) Conference was officially opened by Prof Vasu Reddy, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria, on Tuesday, 4 July.

Department of Architecture undertakes research project for Clay Brick Association of South Africa

Posted on July 04, 2017

Over the last years, a detailed analysis of the environmental impacts of clay brick production and utilisation in South Africa was commissioned by the Clay Brick Association of South Africa and Swisscontact, co-funded by the National Research Foundation and conducted by the Department of...

Team SA wins 2017 IFAMA Case Study Competition

Posted on June 29, 2017

Melissa van der Merwe, a PhD student in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at UP, did her Department proud at the recent International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Conference, by not only presenting results from her PhD in the academic track...

UP alumna reaches for the stars

Posted on June 29, 2017

University of Pretoria (UP) alumna, Ms Annelie Vermeulen, is one of 14 exceptional young people - and the only South African - who has been selected to participate in the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia as part of the Emerging Space Leaders Grant Programme for 2017.

Seven UP researchers nominated for prestigious NTSF Awards

Posted on June 28, 2017

Seven researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) have been nominated in eight categories of the 19th NSTF-South32 Awards for their outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation in South Africa.

Research and teaching excellence celebrated at EMS Awards

Posted on June 28, 2017

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences celebrated the excellent research and teaching and learning achievements of academic staff members at the prestigious annual EMS Awards Function, which was held on 21 June 2017.

UP biochemistry graduate earns Fulbright Scholarship

Posted on June 27, 2017

Lungelo Mandyoli, who completed his MSc degree in Biochemistry at the University of Pretoria's Department of Biochemistry in 2016, has been selected as a fellow of the Fulbright Scholarship - the flagship foreign exchange programme for the US - to complete his PhD in biochemistry at Texas A&M...