University of Pretoria students receive full annual bursaries from Seed Analytics

Posted on February 17, 2022

Seed Analytics has awarded a full annual tuition bursary to two female students in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, thereby giving them the opportunity to venture into the field of data analytics.

Eight UP academics and science centre Sci-Enza selected as finalists for NSTF-South32 Awards

Posted on June 03, 2021

Congratulations to the eight UP academics and the University’s science centre, Sci-Enza, for being selected as finalists in the 2020/2021 National Science and Technology Forum’s NSTF-South32 Awards.

UP’s Dr Vukosi Marivate part of team that wins inaugural Wikimedia Foundation Research Award

Posted on May 18, 2021

Masakhane Natural Language Processing research project led by UP’s Dr Marivate was a joint winner of the inaugural Wikimedia Foundation Research Award for work which will reshape digital usability of African languages.

University of Pretoria ranked top university in SA and Africa on uniRank global list

Posted on July 14, 2020

The University of Pretoria (UP) is ranked number one in South Africa and Africa in uniRank’s list of the top universities on the continent. uniRank is the leading international higher education directory and search engine featuring reviews and rankings of over 13 000 universities and...

UP academics predict COVID-19 lockdown measures will become increasingly difficult to enforce

Posted on July 07, 2020

A study by a team led by academics at the University of Pretoria (UP) predicts that South Africans’ waning compliance with government lockdown regulations will limit their impact in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: UP research group sets up databank to empower experts and citizens with accurate info

Posted on April 08, 2020

A research group based at the University of Pretoria (UP) is playing its part in disseminating factual information about the novel coronavirus that the world is currently in the grip of by setting up a databank that offers users real-time updates about COVID-19.

Go Tsamaya Ke Go Bona: Deep Learning #3 - A journey just beginning

Posted on October 14, 2019

The Deep Learning Indaba was founded in 2017 with the mission of strengthening African Machine Learning (ML). It was formed by a group of researchers and innovators interested in shaping the future of African Machine Learning.

Autumn Graduation

Posted on April 12, 2019

Autumn graduation for the School of IT took place on 9 April.