The UP Convocation Advisory Board consists of 15 committee members. The President of the Convocation plays a pivotal role as Chairperson of the Convocation Advisory Board (ex officio) and as one of the four Convocation members on the UP Council, the University’s highest decision-making body.

The University’s Convocation and Alumni structures are regulated by the provisions of the UP Statute as well as the Institutional Rules of the University. The Convocation of UP includes the Alumni as its largest constituency.

According to the Institutional Rules for Convocation, Convocation and Alumni are defined as follows:

“Convocation”: In accordance with paragraph 45 of the Statute, the Convocation (a) consists of all persons who immediately before the commencement of the Statute were members of the Convocation of the University; the Principal, the Vice-Principals, the Executive Directors, the Registrar, the Deans of faculties, the permanent academic employees of the University, professors emeriti, other retired academic employees and such other persons as the Council may determine; as well as all other persons who have obtained a qualification, as approved by Senate and Council, from the University.

“Alumni”: The term refers to all persons on whom the University has conferred degrees or to whom it has awarded accredited diplomas registered on the University’s Programme and Qualification Mix (PQM); as well as all persons who commenced their studies at defunct institutions succeeded in title by the University of Pretoria (and are commonly referred to as pipeline students), who have successfully completed their studies at the University of Pretoria and on whom the University has conferred degrees or to whom the University has awarded accredited diplomas registered on the University’s PQM.

President of the Convocation

Dr Hinner Köster

Deputy Chairperson of the Convocation

Nozipho Dlamini