June 10, 2025
NAS Faculty newsletter's first edition for 2025 (May 2025) now available
The NAS Faculty newsletter's first edition for 2025 (May 2025), SquaredUP, is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter: https:/...
December 12, 2024
NAS Faculty newsletter's second edition (November 2024), SquaredUP, available.
The NAS Faculty newsletter's second edition (November 2024), SquaredUP, is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter: https://www...
June 03, 2024
First edition (May 2024) of Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences newsletter (SquaredUP)
The first edition for 2024 (May 2024) of the NAS Faculty newsletter ( SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter...
January 29, 2024
Gauteng hat trick for University of Pretoria as top matrics #ChooseUP
“South Africa needs doctors and if I can make a difference it would be an honour for me to give back to my country,” says Gauteng’s top matric student, Sheliza...
December 11, 2023
December 2023 edition of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) available
The third edition for 2023 (December 2023) of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is available Click on the link below to read the newsletter: https://www.up...
December 11, 2023
UP’s Department of Actuarial Science celebrates R1.5m partnership with FirstRand Bank
A mutually beneficial agreement was recently celebrated between the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Actuarial Science and FirstRand Bank (FRB) to...
November 30, 2023
Extraordinary professor in mathematics at UP elected as TWAS fellow
Professor Abba B Gumel, an extraordinary professor from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, has recently been elected as a fellow of UNESCO's...
September 13, 2023
September 2023 edition of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) available
The second edition for 2023 (September 2023) of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the...
September 11, 2023
Successful inaugural NAS Research Symposium holds great opportunities
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...
September 05, 2023
UPstarters – the academic home for emerging scholars
UPstarters, an innovative way to grow our timber and improve teaching skills, has grown in leaps and bounds and continues empowering teaching staff in the...
July 12, 2023
Future scientists awarded as exceptional achievers
More than 60 prizes were awarded at the Annual Exceptional Achievers Function for the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences students in June this year...
June 13, 2023
May 2023 edition of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) now available
The first edition for 2023 (May 2023) of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter...
December 13, 2022
NAS Faculty newsletter for December 2022 (third edition) is now available
The third edition (December 2022) of the Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter: https://www...
September 30, 2022
NAS Student Administration first to participate in Enterprise Service Management system (online helpdesk project)
The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) is improving service delivery by being the first faculty at UP to participate in the student...
September 13, 2022
NAS Faculty newsletter for September 2022 is now available
The second edition (September 2022) of the Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter: www.up.ac...
September 02, 2022
Back to Basics: Sci-Enza celebrates National Science Week
After a two-year absence, Sci-Enza, the University’s science centre, had the opportunity to host National Science Week from 1 to 6 August 2022. National Science...
August 30, 2022
Prof Beyers appointed as new HoD for Actuarial Science
Prof Conrad Beyers has been appointed the Head of the Department of Actuarial Science from 1 August 2022. “The Department of Actuarial Science will strive to...
August 26, 2022
NAS staff and students celebrate Women’s Month
The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) made inroads by having a very frank conversation on many topical issues, attended by both staff and...
June 13, 2022
Future scientists awarded as exceptional achievers
Nearly 70 prizes were awarded at the Annual Exceptional Achievers Function for the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences students in May this year. Dr...
May 31, 2022
Faculty newsletter for May 2022 now available
The first edition (May 2022) of the Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter: https://www.up...