Dr Heinrich Badenhorst receives prestigious Meiring Naude Medal

Posted on November 07, 2016

The Royal Society of South Africa has awarded the 2017 Meiring Naude Medal to Dr Heinrich Badenhorst, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria.

UP alumna breaks boundaries

Posted on August 31, 2016

Ms Honey Mamabolo, one of the first three black female chemical engineering graduates of the University of Pretoria, is breaking boundaries in the traditionally male dominated world of chemical engineering.

Safripol supports polymer research at the University of Pretoria

Posted on August 29, 2016

Safripol has donated a Dr Collin laboratory cast film line and a Dr Collin laboratory blown film line to the Institute of Applied Materials in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria.

A fixture of student life provides opportunities for practical learning

Posted on August 18, 2016

The microbrewery on the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus provides students with an opportunity to learn important basic aspects of the brewing process and to gain valuable practical experience.

From Centre to Institute: chronicling five years of achievements

Posted on June 03, 2016

The establishment of the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) was approved by the UP Senate on Thursday, 2 June 2016.

Passing of Prof Wim Skinner

Posted on May 24, 2016

It was with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Prof Wim Skinner on Sunday, 22 May 2016. His journey with the University of Pretoria ranged over more than six decades since his registration as first-year student in 1954 in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, where her...

Gauteng's top achiever joins South Africa's top Faculty of Engineering

Posted on January 21, 2016

Minét Uys, the top achiever in Gauteng and a former learner at the Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool in Pretoria, has enrolled in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria (UP).

EBIT Teaching and Learning Seminar

Posted on December 21, 2015

A highly successful seminar and workshop on teaching and learning took place at the Hatfield Campus of the University of Pretoria (UP) on 18 and 19 November 2015 for the Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT).