Posted on August 28, 2020
On Saturday, 22 August 205 tertiary students from eight Universities participated in the annual South African Tertiary Mathematics Olympiad (SATMO) that is sponsored by the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA). This year UP came out on top!
Posted on August 05, 2020
The 2020 UP Mathematics Competition took a new format for this year only - due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you for participating in our online UP Mathematics Quiz which took place from 27 July to 2 August 2020.
Posted on July 31, 2020
The 27th International Mathematics Competition for University Students was scheduled to be held in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 24-30 July 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition took place online from 25 to 30 July 2020.
Posted on June 01, 2020
Congratulations to the team of UP Mathematics students, Michelle Jacobs, James Murray Louw, and Nian Vorster who received Honorable Mention at the Mathematical Contest in Modelling 2020.
Posted on March 27, 2020
The International Day of Mathematics is a project led by the International Mathematical Union, to celebrate the beauty and importance of mathematics and its essential role in everyone’s life.
Posted on March 11, 2020
Two highly respected University of Pretoria academics, Professor Jean M-S Lubuma and Professor James Ogude have been awarded A-2 ratings by the National Research Foundation (NRF), bringing UP’s total number of scientists in this category to 16.
Posted on March 10, 2020
The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics proudly celebrates the UP Teaching Excellence Award winner, Dr Rory Biggs.
Posted on February 24, 2020
Prof Jean M-S Lubuma, former Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), at the University of Pretoria (UP) was recently awarded an A2-rating by the National Research Foundation (NRF).
Posted on February 06, 2020
Latest T&L@NAS Bulletin (2020) now available
Posted on December 16, 2019
What started off as a departmental initiative grew exponentially and culminated in an awards ceremony where excellence in teaching was celebrated at Faculty level. At the last FLY@NAS event for 2019, cluster awards in all four clusters (Biological Sciences, Food and Agricultural Sciences,...
Posted on October 30, 2019
The WESPAC scrabble world championship is held every two years. This year, it was in the magical place of Goa in India. The land of cows in the road and yummy vindaloo, garlic naan, fish curries, etcetera.
Posted on October 25, 2019
Not only did NATHouse win six awards at the annual Day and Faculty House Awards Ceremony hosted by the Division of Student Development (DSD) recently, but their Faculty Guardian, Dr Quenton Kritzinger, was also awarded as the Faculty Guardian of the Year. He also received this award in 2017.
Posted on October 02, 2019
Professor Barend Erasmus has been appointed as the Dean in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria (UP) from 1 October 2019.
Posted on October 01, 2019
The 2019 ASSA South African Mathematics Team Competition (formerly known as the Southern African Inter-provincial Mathematics Olympiad) was held on Saturday 7 September 2019.
Posted on September 04, 2019
Crypto Giants runs Saturday classes for grade 8, 9 and 10 at Thulaganyo secondary school, in Winterveldt, Pretoria North.
Posted on August 31, 2019
The 2019 SATMO was written on Saturday, 24 August 2019 from 14:00 to 16:00. There were 45 candidates at UP who wrote the test.
Posted on August 27, 2019
Prof James Raftery from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently received an A2 rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF). This brings the number of A-rated researchers in...
Posted on August 21, 2019
The annual South African Mathematical Modelling Contest (SAMMC) had 20 teams enter this year. It is a four day mathematical modelling competition whereby students work in small teams to solve one of three given mathematical modelling challenges, culminating in a short written report.
Posted on August 21, 2019
This year the department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematic's own wordsmith and math magician, Dr Harry Wiggins, delighted the audiance at the anual Mathematics Midwinter Morning.
Posted on July 30, 2019
Congratulations to Prof James Raftery on achieving an A2 rating by the NRF.
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