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The University of Pretoria has announced the launch of Tuksnovation, a new high-tech business incubator which will initially support postgraduate students within the Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) Faculty.

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On Mandela Day, 18 July 2018, the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT), in association with Dr Martina Jordaan from the Department of Informatics, volunteered their 67 minutes at Kutumela Molefi Primary School in Pienaasrspoort, near Bronkhorspruit.

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‘Amazing’ and ‘exciting’ are words that high-school learners used to describe their visit to the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria (UP) this week. EBIT hosts a biannual, week-long event which affords Grade 10 to 12 school learners a chance to familiarise themselves with careers in engineering, the built environment, information technology (IT) and related disciplines. The event is intended to help learners make an informed decision about their field of study. As part of the programme, learners obtain hands-on experience through off- or on-campus industry exposure and interaction with senior students and academics.

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Mobicel and Dr Maria du Preez, Business Development Director of Bidvest Panalpina Logistics who serves on the Board of the Department of Industrial Engineering, joined forces and brought unexpected joy to ten deserving students.

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The University of Pretoria was privileged to have John Zachman as a speaker at an event co-hosted with the EACF (http://www.enterprisearchitecture.co.za/) at the University of Pretoria on 7 June 2018.

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On Tuesday, 29 May 2018, the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology’s School for the Built Environment hosted Prof Toni Griffin from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design

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MultiChoice South Africa and the University of Pretoria (UP) have announced a partnership, intended to develop and sustain scarce Artificial Intelligence, and specifically Machine Learning technology skills in South Africa. This partnership will see MultiChoice sponsoring a Research Chair in Machine Learning at UP.

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The University of Pretoria, Informatics Department in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology received R 5,4 million for bursaries from BANKSETA for the 2018 period for 50 bursaries.

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On 18 April 2018, the Department of Construction Economics at the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology presented its annual prize giving function

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Congratulations to Prof Pillay the HOD for the Department of Computer Science, who delivered her inaugural address on 8 May in the Senate Hall at the University of Pretoria.

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Dr Beth Le Roux have been awarded a Newton Mobility Grant to the value of just over £9 000 by the British Academy.

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Dr Monique Potgieter and Dr Ciara Blaauw are twin sisters who have both graduated with a PhD in Electronic Engineering. They started their undergraduate studies at the University of Pretoria in 2011 and their postgraduate studies (BEng Hons) in 2015.

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A Masters student, Ms Renee Minnaar from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology was awarded the Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Award.

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The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT), Prof Sunil Maharaj, has recently been elected the Junior Vice President for the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers’ (SAIEE’s) for 2018.

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A two-day seminar was co-hosted by the SAIMM Pretoria Branch and the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering of the University of Pretoria on the 7th and 8th March.

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On 13 March 2018, the Department of Information Science in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology welcomed Professor Olívia Pestana from the University of Porto in Portugal.

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The Department of Industrial Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology is changing the face of education with the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Programme.

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Aveng Automated Control Solutions (ACS) visited the Department of Chemical Engineering on Wednesday 14th February, to confirm their commitment, ranging over many years

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Best JCP-groups for 2017

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JCP celebrated a year of hard work

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