UP celebrates successful pilot of Career Mentorship Programme

Posted on July 23, 2019

University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Principal: Academic, Professor Noman Duncan, and the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology recently celebrated the completion of a pilot run for a new UP Career Mentorship Programme.

Put your hands together for Dr Mardé Helbig – winner of the NSTF Emerging Researcher award

Posted on July 03, 2019

Dr Mardé Helbig is a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria.

Teaching and Learning Awards 2019

Posted on May 31, 2019

Several Teaching and Learning awards were recently handed out to staff members of the EBIT Faculty members. The following staff members received recognition for their contribution to Teaching and Learning in their respective departments.

Ms Chantel Niebuhr receives the Young Researcher Award in Paris

Posted on May 31, 2019

Ms Chantel Niebuhr from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology was recently granted attendance to the World Hydropower Congress in Paris which took place on 14 until 16 May 2019 as part of the IHA young researcher award prize.

Dr Carin Combrink receives the University of Pretoria’s Community Engagement Award

Posted on May 30, 2019

Congratulations to Dr Carin Combrink, senior lecturer at the Department of Architecture, on the receipt of the University of Pretoria’s Community Engagement Award on 21 May 2019

UP’s 7th annual Robot Race Day helps students drive the fourth industrial revolution

Posted on May 28, 2019

There are only two kinds of people: those who ride the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) and those who drive it. If you ride the revolution, you have to see where it takes you, but if you drive it, you determine its destination. In the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built...

Prof Xia nominated for a 2018/2019 NSTF-South32 Awards

Posted on May 21, 2019

Prof Xiaohua Xia from the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information has been nominated for consideration for a 2018/2019 National Science & Technology Forum (NSTF)-South32 Award in the Lifetime Award category

UP Department of Architecture hosts international architectural archiving workshops

Posted on March 04, 2019

The Architecture Archives of the University of Pretoria (AAUP) and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands recently hosted a series of workshops on the management and preservation of architectural drawing collections.