International Atomic Energy Agency director visits UP-led Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRi) construction site

Posted on November 21, 2022

The visiting delegation, which included @iaeaorg Director of Division Africa Professor Shaukat Abdulrazak, was led by NuMeRI CEO and Head of the Nuclear Medicine Department at UP and Steve Biko Academic Hospital Prof Mike Sathekge.

UP hydrogeologists use isotopes to pinpoint root of Hartbeespoort Dam’s water hyacinth problem

Posted on November 21, 2022

For years now, invasive water hyacinth plants have clogged up the North West’s Hartbeespoort Dam, which lies downstream from Pretoria and Johannesburg. In new research, hydrogeologists from the University of Pretoria (UP) have used the internal workings of the plants themselves to reiterate...

How scholars at SA’s public universities, including UP, are shaping and informing policy in collaboration with the Presidency

Posted on November 18, 2022

The Policy Support Initiative (PSI) is a partnership between the South African and German governments that links academic expertise in South Africa’s public universities with policymakers to support evidence-based policymaking.

UP and Aviro Health launch digital solution to manage diabetes

Posted on November 18, 2022

UP’s Diabetes Research Centre, in collaboration with digital health provider Aviro Health, has launched an app that helps community healthcare workers to deliver better diabetes care to people with type 2 diabetes.

Knowledge without borders - an imperative of our time

Posted on November 17, 2022

Imagine a world in which human knowledge is equitably shared, unhindered by barriers of cost, time or national borders.

Mamelodi Campus provides preschool teachers with training on sensory gardens

Posted on November 17, 2022

A pilot project to empower preschool teachers to grow small-scale sensory gardens at their creches was recently launched at UP’s Mamelodi Campus. Sensory gardens include features, surfaces, objects, and plants that stimulate our senses through touch, sight, scent, taste, and hearing.

UP shines in the 2022 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings

Posted on November 16, 2022

In South Africa, UP is ranked 3rd (4th in 2021), overall. This is the University’s best performance over the past five years.

VC celebrates UP’s Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans honourees

Posted on November 16, 2022

University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe recently hosted a luncheon to celebrate the 32 UP-affiliated alumni and staff included in the 2022 Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans list.