Posted on October 13, 2025
Professor Hettie Schönfeldt, an internationally recognised expert in nutrition from the University of Pretoria (UP), appointment as a member of the Steering Committee of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) for 2025-2027 has been renewed.
Posted on September 30, 2025
Prof Carina Visser, Head of the Department of Animal Science, has been elected as the new President of the South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS).
Posted on September 08, 2025
The NAS Faculty newsletter's second edition for 2025 (August 2025), SquaredUP, is now available
Posted on August 11, 2025
Prof. Carina Visser, UP's Animal Science HOD was elected Presdient of SASAS
Posted on July 17, 2025
Ten of the fourteen University of Pretoria (UP) finalists for the 2024/2025 National Science and Technology Foundation (NSTF) Awards hail from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS).
Posted on June 10, 2025
The NAS Faculty newsletter's first edition for 2025 (May 2025), SquaredUP, is now available.
Posted on February 20, 2025
Kean Jacobs & Jorja Ashford, Animal Nutrition MSc candidates, win national competition.
Posted on January 22, 2025
Phina Mdaka, an Animal Science PhD candidate, was the top 2024 Taaibosch Piggery intern.
Posted on December 12, 2024
The NAS Faculty newsletter's second edition (November 2024), SquaredUP, is now available.
Posted on November 19, 2024
From postgrad students winning a debate competition to professors receiving prestigious awards.
Posted on August 13, 2024
Women’s Month: Focus on PhD candidate Rimbilana Shingange
Posted on August 12, 2024
Tuks alumnus, Dr Peter Plumstead, receives life mentorship award from SA Poultry Science Association
Posted on June 03, 2024
The first edition for 2024 (May 2024) of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available.
Posted on April 10, 2024
Prof Hettie C Schönfeldt, a professor in the Department of Animal Science in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently appointed to the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the Committee on World...
Posted on March 27, 2024
UP third-year students participated in an artificial insemination certification exam.
Posted on March 27, 2024
Two of our students, Mr Gerhard Classen and Mr Kyle Coetzee came 1st and 3rd.
Posted on January 09, 2024
UP collaborates with key stakeholders to host the first ever Welfare Workshop
Posted on January 08, 2024
Annually, our final year students take a tour of farms in the Vrede farming district.
Posted on December 18, 2023
Gerhard Claasen, an alumnus with a master’s degree in Animal Nutrition, not only graduated cum laude in September 2023 but was also the overall winner of the AFMA Intervarsity Writers Cup.
Posted on December 11, 2023
The third edition for 2023 (December 2023) of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available
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