Posted on March 03, 2016
On 3 March 2016, the UN celebrates World Wildlife Day with the theme 'The future of wildlife is in our hands'.
Posted on March 02, 2016
Five Mandela Rhodes Scholars have decided to pursue their postgraduate studies at the University of Pretoria this year.
Posted on March 02, 2016
Twenty-two outstanding scientists from major regions in Africa will participate in the second round of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP). The scientists represent basic and applied sciences, and span a wide variety of disciplines including the social sciences and humanities.
Posted on February 29, 2016
The Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria officially opened the newly built Lesedi Complex at the Onderstepoort Campus on Friday, 19 February 2016.
Posted on February 23, 2016
In its work at UP, the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender encourages students, under the rubric of ‘Imagined Futures’, to imagine a transformed society that is not defined by status quo thinking.
Posted on February 18, 2016
Scientists from the University of Pretoria (UP) were recently featured in an episode of Teenagers on a Mission (TOMz), a creative and innovative programme of SABC Education, aimed at the youth of South Africa.
Posted on February 17, 2016
Team South Africa won the 2016 International Schools Moot Court Competition (NSMCC). Before their departure for the international competition, the learners convened in Pretoria where a number of TuksLaw students trained and prepared them during a four-day workshop.
Posted on February 12, 2016
A team of postgraduate Geoinformation Science students from the Centre for Geoinformation Science (CGIS) recently won the climate change category at the Durban AgriHack Talent Challenge.
Posted on February 12, 2016
On Tuesday, 9 February 2016, Tuks FM celebrated its 35th birthday. The crew celebrated the occasion with a cake for their volunteers to thank them for their contributions.
Posted on February 12, 2016
The Department of Zoology and Entomology’s Prof Sue Nicolson, her colleague Prof Christian Pirk, and the Honeybee Research Group at UP are investigating how bees cope with varying diets.
Posted on February 10, 2016
Dr Salome Abbott has been collaborating with an international team of researchers to gather comprehensive data on the viral workings of acute lower respiratory infections among HIV-infected children in South Africa.
Posted on February 09, 2016
The University of Pretoria (UP) chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-UP) won the Empowering Communities through Engineering Excellence Award for their projects at Kutumela Molefi Primary Farm School.
Posted on February 05, 2016
Prof Leo Braack from the Zoonoses Research Unit and the Department of Medical Virology at UP, says that South Africans should be made aware that, in terms of Zika virus, there is no cause for panic in this country.
Posted on February 03, 2016
UP's recently established African Observatory for Environmental Humanities promotes the notion of ‘earth keeping’ and positions itself at the intersection of indigenous value systems and modernity.
Posted on February 01, 2016
Dr Sonja van Putten from UP's Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, says that SA's poor rankings in terms of mathematics education is largely due to a shortage of specialist mathematics teachers.
Posted on January 28, 2016
The Tuks Scholarship Fund (TSF), established by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Cheryl De la Rey, is on a mission to raise funds for deserving students in 2016.
Posted on January 21, 2016
Minét Uys, the top achiever in Gauteng and a former learner at the Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool in Pretoria, has enrolled in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria (UP).
Posted on January 07, 2016
While Gauteng is experiencing one of the driest and hottest summers in years, the University of Pretoria has to ensure that it adheres to water restrictions while maintaining one of its biggest assets – its environment.
Posted on January 04, 2016
Parts of the country were subjected to severe hailstorms towards the end of last year and hailstones the size of tennis balls inflicted massive damage. Dr Liesl Dyson explains the science behind this weather phenomenon.
Posted on December 18, 2015
The vice-chancellors representing all 26 universities in South Africa, remain committed to continuing the widening of student access to university study and to the transformation of universities consistent with the founding provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
Copyright © University of Pretoria 2024. All rights reserved.
Virtual Campus
Get Social With Us
Download the UP Mobile App