Posted on August 03, 2022
The University of Pretoria’s Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering has come out as the top Mechanical Engineering department in South Africa in the latest Shanghai Ranking.
Posted on August 01, 2022
Prof Vukosi Marivate, Absa Chair of Data Science in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria, was the guest speaker at the 30th UP Expert Lecture, hosted by Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Tawana Kupe, on 27 July 2022. The title of...
Posted on July 22, 2022
UP Academic Professor Evans Chirwa has won the NSTF-Water Research Commission Award at this year’s ‘Science Oscars’. Congratulations Professor Chirwa!
Posted on July 22, 2022
EBIT week learners visited the Department of Construction Economics to learn more about a career in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management and Real Estate.
Posted on July 22, 2022
The Department of Construction Economics took a group of first year students to visit Geberit, one of the leading brands when it comes to sanitary fittings and plumbing solutions.
Posted on July 01, 2022
The Department of Construction Economics conduct the 2022 mid-year examination as “online-in-person”.
Posted on July 01, 2022
Dr Wilna Bean, a lecturer in Industrial Engineering, Ms Naday Meherjina, the Chairperson of EBITHouse, Ms Nomcebo Motsa; Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Ms Simone Naicker, who holds a chemical engineering degree from the University of Pretoria and now works as a metallurgical engineer at...
Posted on June 22, 2022
Danie Hoffman, a senior lecturer at the Department of Construction Economics, has been re-elected as a general board member of the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS).
Posted on June 22, 2022
Prof Nelishia Pillay has been appointed to chair the Women in Computational Intelligence (WCI) subcommittee of the global Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computational Intelligence Society (CIS).
Posted on June 21, 2022
Congratulations to Dr Marivate for being awarded the GoogleAI Research Scholar for 2022 for his work on the investigation into the consolidation of learnings of language models and language tools for South African languages and beyond.
Posted on June 14, 2022
The NSTF-South32 Awards is the flagship project of the NSTF, initiated in 1998, as the first national science award of its kind in the country. The Awards not only bring important national recognition to the deserving established scientists, research managers, data stewards, engineers,...
Posted on June 09, 2022
Earlier this month, the National Science and Technology Forum announced the finalists for this year’s NSTF-South32 Awards. UP congratulates and celebrates nine of our own researchers who have been nominated!
Posted on June 09, 2022
CEO of Gold Fields and UP alumnus Chris Griffith has been awarded the Chancellor’s Medal, which recognises an individual’s achievements and contributions to society.
Posted on May 23, 2022
For her thesis, UP Computer Science master’s graduate Mia Gerber developed machine-learning techniques that not only makes artificial intelligence more accessible but can also be applied to areas that are relevant to the UN’s SDGs.
Posted on May 23, 2022
The University of Pretoria’s Department of Mining Engineering, in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT), is proud to announce that the contribution to society of Chris Griffith, CEO of Gold Fields and a loyal alumnus of the Department, was...
Posted on May 20, 2022
The department of Construction Economics wants to congratulate all our graduates, as well as their families and friends who supported them on their road to success.
Posted on April 14, 2022
14 March 2022 was a milestone day for Prof Johan Labuschagné, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Applied Materials, as he delivered his inaugural lecture virtually, titled ‘Clay: From pottery to supercapacitors and plasticine sculptures to LDH solar...
Posted on February 18, 2022
The Green Star Office tool is the oldest of the GBCSA’s tools and the updated v1.1 was launched in 2014. The Office v1.1 tool needed updating to keep abreast of new developments in the green building industry. A team of three BSc Hons QS students from 2021 focused their mini-dissertation...
Posted on February 17, 2022
Seed Analytics has awarded a full annual tuition bursary to two female students in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, thereby giving them the opportunity to venture into the field of data analytics.
Posted on February 16, 2022
Angelo Rossi – a 2021 final year student from the Department of Chemical Engineering - was selected by EBIT to be the University of Pretoria’s nominee for the annual Matthews/IPGIP (Integrated Post Graduate Industry Partnership) prize (www.ipgip.co.za). Due to Covid-19 restrictions,...
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