Posted on June 02, 2025
A breakthrough in rehabilitation for paraplegics may be just around the corner
Posted on June 02, 2025
UP and other South African institutions have launched a nationwide study to measure the burden of Type 1 diabetes
Posted on May 31, 2025
World No Tobacco Day is observed annually on 31 May to raise awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco use
Posted on May 30, 2025
Commercial property strategist, legal scholar and new University of Pretoria (UP) Master of Laws (LLM) graduate Johann Pretorius is hopeful that his master’s degree research could shape the future of retail leasing and data-driven decision-making.
Posted on May 30, 2025
Four UP staff members are set to tackle South Africa’s Comrades Marathon
Posted on May 30, 2025
The Principals Forum, arranged by the SANCB, was hosted at UP’s Groenkloof Campus
Posted on May 29, 2025
A single query to ChatGPT uses as much electricity as burning a light bulb for about 20 minutes.
Posted on May 28, 2025
PRETORIA – Africa needs to fund its own research and development or risk being left behind by a rapidly shifting global order. That was the hard-hitting message on the second day of Africa Week 2025, currently underway at Future Africa, the University of Pretoria’s (UP) pan-African...
Posted on May 28, 2025
Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli will be obtaining a degree in Actuarial Science that she’d completed at the age of 17
Posted on May 28, 2025
Supporters can pledge R90, symbolising 90 kilometers, to the University of Pretoria’sVice-Chancellor and Principal’s Scholarship Fund, aiding academically strong butfi nancially constrained students.
Posted on May 27, 2025
Ngwanamaishe Rahab Blondie Mothapo, who received her doctoral degree during the University of Pretoria’s (UP) ongoing Autumn 2025 graduation sessions, sees language as more than just a tool for communication.
Posted on May 27, 2025
PRETORIA – Africa Week 2025 opened at the University of Pretoria (UP) on Africa Day, 25 May, with a call for bold, cross-sectoral collaboration to reimagine the continent’s future. The biennial summit, hosted at Future Africa, UP’s pan-African platform for collaborative...
Posted on May 27, 2025
In an opinion piece in the Mail and Guardian, Professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Head of the Energy Economics Research Unit at the University of Pretoria, writes that a just energy transition will require careful thinking about the skills and training that will be required for an equitable transition....
Posted on May 26, 2025
The University of Pretoria (UP) has officially launched a dialogue on future sustainability through the Africa Week 2025 science leadership summit, hosted at UP’s Future Africa institute under the theme “Global Security – Global Africa”.
Posted on May 26, 2025
UP conferred an honorary doctorate on Dr Sebastiaan Christo van As
Posted on May 26, 2025
UP's Faculty of Humanities recently awarded Zanele Mbeki an honorary doctorate
Posted on May 26, 2025
The School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria hosted its 16th Annual Conference from 19 to 20 May 2025 in celebration of its 50th anniversary as an independent academic department at the University of...
Posted on May 25, 2025
As a leader of an African university, I carry the spirit of many great African men and women—ancestors whose wisdom and courage helped shape this continent and the world. Their teachings flow through me as I express and celebrate my Africanness. Through this message, allow me to touch you...
Posted on May 23, 2025
Learn more about how Lanché van Tonder, Head of Residence Management and Student Life at UP, is transforming student housing into a leadership development community.
Posted on May 23, 2025
Meet UP doctoral candidate Dr Daluxolo Mbebe, a historian and pastor who completed his PhD in just two years. “You cannot second-guess yourself into success,” he says.
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