Posted on November 18, 2025
A new timber-clad youth centre in the Melusi informal settlement west of Pretoria – one of two new structures designed by University of Pretoria (UP) Architecture Honours students in partnership with local community members – received a Maverick Prize at the recent national Timber...
Posted on October 29, 2025
Two University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have been awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, along with colleagues from the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), for their contribution to the ATLAS experiment. The general-purpose particle physics experiment seeks...
Posted on October 27, 2025
UP formally recognised its most distinguished academics at its 25th Annual Academic Achievers’ Awards, which celebrated excellence in research, teaching and community engagement.
Posted on October 21, 2025
The University of Pretoria (UP)’s Physics and Mechanical Engineering researchers are contributing to the institution’s recognition as a leader in particle physics and its transdisciplinary applications, including in thermoflow and computational fluid dynamics (CFD), which is a...
Posted on October 14, 2025
Prof Helen Inglis, an Associate Professor in the University of Pretoria’s Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT), has been elected as the incoming Chair of the Governing Board for the...
Posted on September 11, 2025
Prof Vukosi Marivate, Chairholder of the Absa-UP Chair of Data Science at the University of Pretoria (UP) and Professor of Computer Science in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, delivered his inaugural address on 26 August 2024. The title of his presentation...
Posted on September 09, 2025
A new University of Pretoria (UP) PhD graduate says she hopes her research – which uses computer science to develop robust representation methods for DNA – could enable early detection of diseases such as cancer.
Posted on September 08, 2025
When Anthony Gaskell first arrived at the University of Pretoria (UP), he thought his future lay in Mechanical Engineering. But one module – Electrical Engineering (EIR 211) – unexpectedly shifted his perspective. While many of his classmates saw it as a difficult requirement, Gaskell...
Posted on September 01, 2025
An Integrated Thermal-Hydraulic CFD Investigation of an Advanced Micro-Reactor
Posted on August 07, 2025
Our quest for knowledge has led to an alarming insight: it is harming the environment. According to the World Economic Forum, since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, investment in artificial intelligence (AI) has grown eight-fold. This investment has seen the increase in the physical...
Posted on August 06, 2025
UP received a $1 million funding from Google.org to support the African Institute for Data Science and AI
Posted on August 01, 2025
The University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that its researchers have received five major honours at the 2025 National Science and Technology Forum-South32 (NSTF-South32) Awards
Posted on July 28, 2025
University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have become the first to document a disturbing new threat to the endangered grey-headed albatross: wind-driven, land-based deaths. The team documented the phenomenon on remote Marion Island during the sub-Antarctic summer. The study, published in the...
Posted on July 21, 2025
Nominations for the 2025 UP SRC Elections are now open.
Posted on July 04, 2025
UP is calling on alumni, partners and the public to support students facing hunger and financial hardship
Posted on June 24, 2025
Matthew Sims, a construction project management professional, is one of the Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM)’s top achievers in the Master in Project Management (MPM) programme. He completed this two-year programme in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering,...
Posted on June 23, 2025
UP has strengthened its international standing after securing seventh spot globally for SDG 17
Posted on June 16, 2025
Mining engineer Matete Shoroma is one of the Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM)’s top achievers in its Master in Technology and Innovation Management (MTIM) programme. He completed this two-year programme in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built...
Posted on June 16, 2025
The Graduate School of Technology Management at the University of Pretoria turns engineers into strategic business leaders Industrial engineer Eckhardt Horstmann is one of the Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM)’s top achievers in its Master in Engineering Management (MEM)...
Posted on June 15, 2025
The International Day of Women in Mining is globally observed on 15 June
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