Engineering student ranked among top ten in SA at Gradstar awards

Posted on November 14, 2016

Paul Ssali, a Mechanical Engineering student in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria, was ranked among the top ten students in South Africa during the Gradstar awards ceremony.

UP hosts workshop on Big Data and Data Science research opportunities

Posted on November 10, 2016

The Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology hosted a workshop titled 'SKA: IDIA - Big Data and Data Science research opportunities at the University of Pretoria' in October 2016.

UP's smile makers are changing lives

Posted on November 09, 2016

The Facial Cleft Deformity Clinic in the Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery at the University of Pretoria is the largest facial cleft clinic in Africa and has treated more than 4 300 patients over the last 33 years.

UP students dominate on GradStar Top 100 list

Posted on November 09, 2016

The University of Pretoria is proud to announce that the top 100 South African students who received GradStar awards in 2016 included an impressive 31 UP students, which was unmatched by any other university in South Africa.

Can we eliminate malaria in South Africa by 2018?

Posted on November 07, 2016

At the University of Pretoria, we believe that the solutions to global problems can be found in the research we do today. Visit Research Matters to find out how UP researchers are making today matter with projects to combat malaria.

Op-ed: The silent ones, rights and innovation

Posted on November 02, 2016

There can be no doubt that many people are experiencing great anxiety about the current situation at universities and other places of learning and knowledge development in South Africa, writes Mr George Harley from the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and IT at the University of Pretoria.

Join the hunt for pathogens in the fynbos!

Posted on October 31, 2016

To do his part in helping to conserve the South African fynbos, Mr Joey Hulbert, a PhD student at UP, has initiated a citizen science project to identify pathogens that may be killing some of these unique plants.

Ruben’s Tukkie experience

Posted on October 28, 2016

Ruben Scharneck is a six-year-old boy from Pretoria who was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer in 2014. His condition is terminal and he has a few dreams that he would like to realise before he gets too weak, one of which was to experience a day as a normal Tukkie student.