Posted on March 03, 2022
A multidisciplinary study led by two University of Pretoria (UP) researchers has found that Tshwane District hospitals were under immense pressure to provide clinical services in the face of an influx of paediatric patients (under 19 years old) during the early stages of the COVID-19 Omicron wave...
Posted on March 03, 2022
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) South Africa was officially launched on 2 March 2022 at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on March 02, 2022
UP is setting up a comprehensive facility to help other departments in the Health Sciences Faculty with the 3D-printing of replicas of bones and organs, and more.
Posted on March 01, 2022
In his March 2022 message, UP VC Prof Tawana Kupe says due to the improving COVID-19 situation, UP has been able to welcome some students back to campus and adds that he hopes the situation will keep improving and more students will be welcomed back.
Posted on March 01, 2022
The atmosphere was energetic as TUKS FM set the mood with a live broadcast from the Piazza and students engaged with various organisations and societies.
Posted on March 01, 2022
UP’s Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit and WWF South Africa are teaming up to support research on southern right whales in response to warming oceans and changes to ocean processes which are affecting the number of whales visiting SA's shores.
Posted on March 01, 2022
The rise in cases of lumpy skin disease in South Africa could have a severe economic impact, as the disease weakens livestock, permanently damages hides, and can lead to 10% more deaths and abortions, experts have warned.
Posted on March 01, 2022
Professor Nigel C Bennett, an internationally renowned researcher and an NRF A-rated scientist in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded the prestigious JFW Herschel Medal by the Royal Society of South Africa.
Posted on February 28, 2022
The University of Pretoria (UP) has launched the Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI) to transform the fight against cancer in Africa.
Posted on February 25, 2022
The University of Pretoria (UP) Senate recently held its annual conference under the theme ‘A Human-Centred University: Digital Transformation, the Future of Work and Society 5.0’.
Posted on February 25, 2022
Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP) and its board of directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Elmar de Wet as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Enterprises UP, with effect from 1 April 2022. This follows Mr Deon Herbst’s forthcoming retirement after more than...
Posted on February 24, 2022
The University of Pretoria (UP) and the Embassy of the United States of America in Pretoria recently hosted a ceremony to open the Mapungubwe Archive as a research repository held under the curatorship of the UP Museums. A plaque was also unveiled during the event to acknowledge the US...
Posted on February 24, 2022
Dear UP student We have received a number of queries regarding the reopening of contact classes for some students. Most of them relate to why the University is still continuing with online classes and the criteria that were used by faculties to decide on the programmes and lectures where...
Posted on February 17, 2022
Seed Analytics has awarded a full annual tuition bursary to two female students in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, thereby giving them the opportunity to venture into the field of data analytics.
Posted on February 17, 2022
The list of DHET accredited journals for 2022
Posted on February 15, 2022
Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria (UP) Professor Tawana Kupe hosted a welcome lunch for a delegation from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) in Kenya.
Posted on February 14, 2022
The Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress is the premier global sustainability congress and the world’s foremost platform for enacting meaningful solutions to society, transformations at the intersection of research and innovation, and collaborations for change on the ground.
Posted on February 14, 2022
The University of Pretoria (UP) hosted its second virtual Welcome Day on Saturday, 12th of February 2022. It was live-streamed to more than 10 000 first-year students, their parents, and guardians.
Posted on February 11, 2022
Recipients of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Merit Awards (VCDMA) were recently honoured at the Welcome Conference, a virtual ceremony that took place on Thursday, 10 February.
Posted on February 10, 2022
Happy birthday to the University of Pretoria! Today we turn 114 years old.
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