Penumbra at Aardklop National Arts Festival

Posted on September 28, 2011

The Drama department will present the physical theatre production Penumbra on 6 and 7 October 2011 at the Aardklop National Arts Festival. Students from different year groups partake in the production. The production won a Standard Bank Ovation Award at

First recipient of the SAIGA Research Award in Government Auditing announced

Posted on September 28, 2011

The Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA) announced that Professor Dieter Gloeck, staff member of the Department of Auditing, is the first winner of SAIGA's prestigious Research Award. Professor Gloeck is an extraordinary Professor at

UP wins IEEE Outstanding Paper Award

Posted on September 28, 2011

Prof. Sunil Maharaj of the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering and Mr. Kahesh Dhuness, postgraduate student, won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Outstanding Paper Award for their paper entitled "A cog

Growing food in an old coal bunker:University of Pretoria graduate's green vision scoops sustainability award

Posted on September 28, 2011

Sustainability in architecture reaches far beyond the application of materials. This was proven in the work of Calayde Davey, whose master's dissertation in architecture at the University of Pretoria was awarded the first prize in the Africa and Middle Ea

Magnet MBA survey rates GIBS tops

Posted on September 27, 2011

Independent research by Magnet Communications shows that MBA students rate GIBS the highest in 7 out of 10 categories in a survey of business school satisfaction levels

Gogola - Growth through Knowledge

Posted on September 26, 2011

The executive head of the Aardklop National Arts Festival asked the department to create this exciting project in collaboration with AngloGold Ashanti's environmental management division. The project centres on environmental awareness and protection.

Last in the Sexuality Seminar Series for 2011

Posted on September 26, 2011

The seminars are co-hosted by the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, the Centre for the Study of AIDS and the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology (all at UP), with the South African Sexual Health Association.

Opening of the Orange Cruyff Court at the Mamelodi Campus

Posted on September 26, 2011

On 22 September 2011, the Orange Cruyff Court at the University of Pretoria's Mamelodi Campus was launched by the Ambassador for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, His Excellency Mr Andr