Posted on November 08, 2023
A delegation comprising staff and students from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension, and Rural Development (AEERD) at the University of Pretoria (UP) not only participated in a significant joint conference, the 7th African Conference of Agricultural Economists and the 60th Annual...
Posted on November 08, 2023
On the 1st November the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology held the first ever joint post-graduate symposium with the Department of Zoology and Entomology in the Geography Building. A total of 8 Masters and Doctoral students presented their research to staff and their fellow...
Posted on November 06, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Mulisa Mudau, a student in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics, and Meteorology, has secured the second position in the 2023 NextGen Space Challenge. Additionally, Mulisa has been selected as one of the winners for Digital Earth Africa Mentorship, a...
Posted on November 01, 2023
UP graduate Dr Manana Mamabolo and her co-authors recommend a policy shift to focus on higher education and added support for agricultural businesses in many of the traditional rural districts she analysed during her PhD research.
Posted on October 27, 2023
In his response to the rankings, Professor Themba Mosia, the Interim Vice-Chancellor and Principal, expressed immense pride in UP’s outstanding performance across various broad subject areas.
Posted on October 26, 2023
The UP-led FSNet-Africa project’s recent stakeholder engagement dialogue, whose first day coincided with the internationally celebrated World Food Day, was themed ‘Leave no one behind. Working together to end hunger in Africa’.
Posted on October 25, 2023
In a celebration of the best of Pretoria, UP has been recognised as the Best University in the Rekord newspaper’s 2023 Best of Pretoria Reader’s Choice Awards.
Posted on October 23, 2023
The quest for immortality has long fascinated humans, and inspired countless tales – now, in two new studies published in the journals Nature and Science, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers, along with a team of global experts known as the Mammalian Methylation Consortium, are a step...
Posted on October 20, 2023
The University of Pretoria has 4 360 international students from 133 nationalities across all study programmes of study – making it a true experience of the world in one sitting, said UP Head of International Cooperation, Setsipane Mokoduwe.
Posted on October 20, 2023
UP celebrates the achievements of our outstanding academics who, through their work in a variety of fields, have made enormous contributions to society.
Posted on October 13, 2023
UP and representatives from the UAE embassy recently gathered expert panellists for discussions to inform deliberations that will take place at this year’s climate change conference COP28 UAE.
Posted on October 11, 2023
As we commemorate International Day of the Girl Child, it's imperative to recognise that the repercussions of global climate change affect girls around the world.
Posted on October 02, 2023
UP's 2022 Sustainable Development Report shows UP is making progress in embedding a culture of sustainability, with meaningful contribution toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Posted on October 02, 2023
"This is a collective achievement for our academic and professional staff, students and partners at all levels – thank you and well done to everyone involved,” said UP’s Interim Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Themba Mosia.
Posted on September 20, 2023
Gizelle van Niekerk, a cum laude graduate in MSc Chemistry, was recently awarded the Presidential medal for outstanding academic achievement by the President of Portugal. This factors in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies at UP.
Posted on September 18, 2023
Prof Fanus Venter, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology and Deputy Director of the Forestry and Agriculture Biotechnology Institute, has recently been elected as the new President of the Southern African Society for Systematic Biology (SASSB).
Posted on September 15, 2023
The breeding females have dropped 23% in body weight since the late 1980s because of a reduction and fluctuation in krill populations in the southern right whales’ feeding grounds, explains whale specialist Dr Els Vermeulen.
Posted on September 14, 2023
UP remains the University of choice for thousands of prospective students, parents and guardians who visited UP campuses on #ChooseUP Day ahead of the 2024 academic year.
Posted on September 13, 2023
The second edition for 2023 (September 2023) of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available.
Posted on September 11, 2023
The inaugural NAS Research Symposium was a proud occasion for the Faculty, hosted as a hybrid event on 29 and 30 August in the SANLAM Auditorium on the Hatfield Campus.
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