Posted on October 25, 2023
In a celebration of the best of Pretoria, UP has been recognised as the Best University in the Rekord newspaper’s 2023 Best of Pretoria Reader’s Choice Awards.
Posted on October 20, 2023
UP celebrates the achievements of our outstanding academics who, through their work in a variety of fields, have made enormous contributions to society.
Posted on October 20, 2023
On 8 September 2023, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) celebrated its contributions to knowledge and the transformative power of research in the fields of economic, financial and management sciences by hosting its inaugural Research Day.
Posted on October 20, 2023
Professor Steven Koch of the Department of Economics has been elected as a fellow of the Econometric Society, an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics. The Society was founded in 1930 and since its inception, 1 188 fellows have...
Posted on October 18, 2023
Launched by UP and established in collaboration with UNICEF South Africa and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Hub on the Mamelodi Campus offers young people in Mamelodi and further afield the opportunity to realise their entrepreneurial ambitions.
Posted on October 18, 2023
Nearly 200 University of Pretoria (UP) alumni, who were part of the UP-Fordham Student Exchange Programme, gathered at Future Africa on 19 August 2023 to share in the 15th-year anniversary celebrations of the programme, which they described as a ‘life-changer.’
Posted on October 05, 2023
Aditi Bansal, a global energy justice advocate who was the guest speaker at an event hosted by UP’s Energy Economics Unit, along with the US Embassy in SA, emphasised the importance of adopting a human-centric approach to climate and energy justice.
Posted on October 03, 2023
The partnership between the Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority and UP's School of Public Administration and Management includes R1,6 million in funding for 20 students and R1,19 million for research.
Posted on October 03, 2023
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) recently hosted its annual EMS Awards to celebrate the excellence of outstanding academic staff. The awards, which were held at the EMS Research Hub on the Hatfield Campus, honoured the academic excellence of staff in three categories, namely...
Posted on September 28, 2023
Prof Stephen Coetzee of UP's Department of Accounting has pioneered AE-Bot – a digital tutor powered by AI. This chat-based tool demystifies complex accounting concepts in real-time and provides tailored answers to diverse student queries.
Posted on September 19, 2023
Dr Sansia Blackmore of the African Tax Institute, writes that for the sake of the poor, we need to say "no to tax revolts but a yes to leveraging our taxes to force state-society engagement in the pursuit of responsive and accountable governance."
Posted on September 18, 2023
It is the eve of South African Women’s Day 2023. My phone chimes, signaling the commencement of the customary Women’s Day platitudes. “Treat the special women in your life to a service for a sparkling home. Shower her with love and more ‘her’ time.”
Posted on September 18, 2023
The Department of Taxation at the University of Pretoria hosted an international taxation conference with the theme: ‘Distributive Tax Justice in the Global Economy’ on 2 and 3 August 2023. On the first day, there was a panel session titled: ‘Taxation as a Means to Achieving...
Posted on September 14, 2023
UP remains the University of choice for thousands of prospective students, parents and guardians who visited UP campuses on #ChooseUP Day ahead of the 2024 academic year.
Posted on August 28, 2023
Dr Jade Verbeek and Dr Danita van Heerden, senior lecturers in the Department of Marketing Management, embarked on a significant scholarly visit to the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV) in Spain during July 2023. The visit formed part of the Erasmus+ Funding Programme between UCV and UP,...
Posted on August 25, 2023
This key new initiative, set to launch in 2024, will empower women through a very systematic, structured programme.
Posted on August 23, 2023
Angela Qithi, a University of Pretoria (UP) alumna and a talented human resource professional, skilled in managing human resources, talent management, employer branding and diversity, as well as equity and inclusion, is proud to be associated with one of the top institutions in Africa.
Posted on August 18, 2023
UP has been ranked number two in South Africa and Africa in the highly cited researchers' category of the 2023 Shanghai Ranking. Overall, the university ranked number three in the country and fourth in Africa.
Posted on August 17, 2023
Several areas of commonality came to light during a public lecture and panel debate held at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa Campus, UP's pan-African platform for collaborative research, on Friday, 4 August.
Posted on August 17, 2023
Dr Eleni Yitbarek, a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, has been awarded the 2023 Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) Research Fellowship. The research and work undertaken by PEP through its programmes and thematic areas seeks to...
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