Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & IT

Engineering 4.0 Media releases

On Monday 30 November, the University of Pretoria (UP) officially opened its state-of-the-art Engineering 4.0 facility, which focuses on research on smart transport, cities and infrastructure.

Situated on the Innovation Africa@UP campus in Hillcrest, Engineering 4.0 has its home in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT). A first for Africa, it is a collaboration with the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation – and York Timbers.