November 13, 2023
Private Tutoring Alert
It has come to the attention of the University of Pretoria that a private business has been targeting students from the EBIT Faculty for private tutoring in...
October 31, 2023
ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS: 2023
The academic achievements of staff play a pivotal role in shaping the quality and reputation of an academic institution. A dedicated and accomplished staff...
April 18, 2023
A Doctoral Student Needed Urgently
There is an opportunity for a highly motivated doctoral candidate. The doctoral candidate will work on biosurfactant-induced micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration...
September 21, 2022
UP team wins second place in international climate solutions competition
A group of students from the University of Pretoria (UP) Plasma Research Unit has scored a second-place finish in an international competition aimed at finding...
August 22, 2022
Prof Daramola delivers inaugural address
Prof Michael Daramola, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, delivered his inaugural address on 27 October 2020. His address focused on sustainable...
July 22, 2022
UP academic wins NSTF-Water Research Commission Award at ‘Science Oscars’
University of Pretoria (UP) academic Professor Evans Chirwa walked away with the NSTF-Water Research Commission (WRC) Award during the 24 th National Science...
July 01, 2022
MOTIVATING FEMALE LEARNERS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN ENGINEERING IN CELEBRATION INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN ENGINEERING DAY 23 JUNE 2022
Ms Simone Naicker, who holds a chemical engineering degree from the University of Pretoria and now works as a metallurgical engineer at EXXARO was the guest...
June 14, 2022
Congratulations to both Profs Chirwa and Daramola for being two of the nine finalists from UP nominated for THE 24th NSTF-SOUTH32 AWARDS 2021/2022.
The NSTF-South32 Awards is the flagship project of the NSTF, initiated in 1998, as the first national science award of its kind in the country. The Awards not...
June 09, 2022
Nine UP academics nominated for NSTF/South32 Awards, SA’s ‘Science Oscars’
Nine eminent University of Pretoria (UP) academics and researchers have been named as finalists in the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32...
April 28, 2022
A Masters Student and a Doctoral Student Needed Urgently
A Doctoral Student Needed Urgently There is an opportunity for a highly motivated doctoral student. The doctoral student will work on a plasma-based water...
April 14, 2022
‘Clay: From pottery to supercapacitors and plasticine sculptures to LDH solar panels’—inaugural address of Prof Johan Labuschagné
‘Clay: From pottery to supercapacitors and plasticine sculptures to LDH solar panels’—inaugural address of Prof Johan Labuschagné 14 March 2022 was a milestone...
February 16, 2022
Chemical Engineering student finalist in Matthews/IPGIP intervarsity competition
Angelo Rossi, a 2021 final year student from the Department of Chemical Engineering - was selected by the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and...
February 01, 2022
Rescheduling of Water Utilisation and Environmental Engineering Honours Block dates
Important Announcement for Chemical Engineering Honours Students Due to unforeseen circumstances the Water Utilisation and Environmental Engineering honours...
May 21, 2021
Prof Evans Chirwa receives a special award from the Water Institute of South Africa
Professor and incumbent of the Rand Water and Sedibeng Water Research Chairs in Water Utilisation Engineering, Prof Evans Chirwa, from Chemical Engineering...
November 23, 2020
UP PhD candidate wins big in international engineering competition
University of Pretoria student Bianca Gevers has won the Young Persons’ Lecture Competition in South Africa, while also placing second in the Young Persons’...
June 05, 2020
University of Pretoria boasts five finalists in 2019/2020 NSTF-South32 ‘Science Oscars’
Five academics from the University of Pretoria (UP) are finalists in the 2019/2020 National Science and Technology Forum’s (NSTF) prestigious NSTF-South32...
May 04, 2020
EBIT welcomes its new Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof Michael Daramola holds a BSc(Hons) degree and a MSc degree in Chemical Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, a MSc degree in Biotechnology...
April 06, 2020
UP Chemical Engineering joins fight against COVID-19 with hand sanitisers for paediatricians at Steve Boko Academic Hospital
A University of Pretoria chemical engineering student who has started a project to donate hand sanitiser to paediatricians at Steve Biko Academic Hospital has...
September 28, 2019
International partners set to establish the Joint Research Centre for Clean Energy
Six partners from South Africa and China participated in signing a memorandum of understanding to establish a Joint Research Centre For Clean Energy. South...
August 01, 2019
UP Chemical Engineering Postgraduate Students take top honours at IFAT Africa 2019 University Challenge
More than 25 postgraduate students in Engineering and Water Resource Management from all over South Africa participated in the University Challenge of the Trade...