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  • BANKSETA grant changes the lives of UP students

    Posted on May 17, 2016

    The Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) changed the lives of 75 students when it donated R9 million to the University of Pretoria (UP) for student bursaries.

  • How social media can encourage energy efficiency

    Posted on May 05, 2016

    Ms Uduakobong Ekpenyong wants to encourage people to adopt energy efficiency as a way of reducing demand on the power sector and increasing usage of renewable energy.

  • UP's School of Engineering celebrates 60 years of excellence

    Posted on March 16, 2016

    On Saturday, 12 March 2016 pioneers of the former Faculty of Engineering and current stakeholders of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology came together to celebrate a legacy of hope, innovation and change.

  • Dr Jacomine Grobler receives JD Roberts Award for Emerging Researchers

    Posted on March 14, 2016

    Dr Jacomine Grobler, a Senior Lecturer of Supply Chain in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Pretoria, has developed multi-objective algorithms for complex, real-world production scheduling problems, which has earned her the 2015 JD Roberts Award for...

  • Free hearing test with local app hearZA

    Posted on March 03, 2016

    An app that lets users test their hearing using their smart device has been developed and validated by researchers at UP and was officially launched on 2 March 2016 ahead of World Hearing Day on 3 March.

  • First-in-Africa Virtual Reality Centre to Revolutionise Mine Safety

    Posted on August 05, 2015

    The new Kumba Virtual Reality Centre for mine design at the University of Pretoria is set to save the South African mining industry a lot of time and money, and could save lives by helping to improve health and safety.

  • SKA is helping to bring Africa into the knowledge economy

    Posted on June 24, 2015

    The SKA project is the source of significant innovation, including the development of the ‘industrial’ techniques required to build an industrial-scale telescope.

  • New scrum machine set to revolutionise rugby

    Posted on June 01, 2015

    Researchers at the University of Pretoria have developed a ground-breaking tool to assist rugby teams in fine-tuning their scrumming technique.

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