Posted on March 10, 2021
Thanks to Exxaro, one of the top five coal producers in South Africa and a constituent of the JSE’s Top 40 index, and the initiative and hard work of Prof. Ronny Webber-Youngman and Mr Jannie Maritz from the Department of Mining Engineering, as well as Mr Koos de Beer from the Department of...
Posted on March 09, 2021
UP is the domestic leader in four subjects: Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Mathematics; and Accounting and Finance.
Posted on March 09, 2021
Prof Sunil Maharaj, Dean of UP’s EBIT Faculty, writes about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Engineering faculties and students around the world.
Posted on February 26, 2021
Two staff members of the Department of Information Science receive NRF ratings.
Posted on February 26, 2021
Marlene Holmner, associate professor and package coordinator for the undergraduate Information Science degree, presented a paper alongside colleagues Gorrety Maria Juma from Ndejje University Library, and Sarah Nakaziba from Aga Khan University, titled Building strong academic libraries and...
Posted on February 26, 2021
Two professors in the Department of Information Science, Archie Dick and Elizabeth le Roux, published books in Cambridge University Press’s Elements in Book and Publishing Culture series towards the end of 2020. The series presents new research on print and reading cultures in Africa, from...
Posted on February 19, 2021
In Society 5.0 the internet of things will connect all people; data, information and knowledge will be shared; and new value contributions will be possible, writes Professor Alta van der Merwe.
Posted on February 12, 2021
Former Deputy Chief Justice Dr Dikgang Moseneke recently had the opportunity to tour UP’s latest establishments and projects.
Posted on February 04, 2021
Congratulations to UP’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, which has been ranked number one in SA for its metallurgical engineering degree programme
Posted on January 20, 2021
Professor Sunil Maharaj, Dean of our Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, has been appointed as the new Chair-Elect of the Global Engineering Deans Council. Prof Maharaj is the first Dean in Africa to occupy this position.
Posted on December 14, 2020
Njabulo Matshiane graduated with a Bachelor in Engineering degree in Mining Engineering (BEng Mining) in 2020.
Posted on December 14, 2020
Pholoso Sehlelane graduated with a Bachelor in Engineering degree in Mining Engineering (BEng Mining) in 2020.
Posted on November 30, 2020
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.
Posted on November 18, 2020
When it comes to the environment, we all agree it needs protecting. It is arguably only Aloysius O'Hare from Dr Suess' The Lorax that will sing about the trees: "I say, let it die, let it die, let it die..."
Posted on November 13, 2020
The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Pretoria hosted its very first Webinar, celebrating the 2020 final year projects.
Posted on November 09, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) is involved in the training of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college graduates in Hydrogen Fuel Cell systems. This is in partnership with Bambili Energy, the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation (DSI), and the Energy &...
Posted on November 03, 2020
The students of the University of Pretoria attended the “Global Youth Leaders’ Summit 2020: Transforming Crisis into Re-connection. The hybrid summit took place during the weekend of the 24 and 25 October 2020 and was hosted by the Service-Learning and Leadership Office (SLLO) of The...
Posted on September 21, 2020
Consider that South Africa is 18th in the world in terms of the longest network of paved roads. By ‘paved’ we mean bitumen-surfaced and concrete roads. We have 158,000 kilometres of paved roads and a total road network (paved and gravel) of 750,000 kilometres.
Posted on September 10, 2020
Professor Calayampudi Radhakrishna Rao (C.R.Rao) is presently living with his daughter (Prof Tejaswini Rao, Professor of Nutrition, City University of New York, Buffelo) and was an Eberly Professor Emeritus of Statistics, and Director of the Centre for Multivariate Analysis at Pennsylvania State...
Posted on September 08, 2020
The importance of being able to access open spaces, especially green spaces in urban environments, has never been more evident than during the current state of social distancing and restriction of movement brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. This was especially significant during the first...
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