ITS: STUDENT COMPUTING SERVICES

Additional Services Offered

We have a team dedicated to providing technical and wi-fi support to UP students.

All registered students have free access and use of the Internet on all campuses and Residences. All registered students have a UP enabled email service hosted by Google as TUKS Gmail: …@tuks.co.za. UP uses this email service as an academic communication channel with students. This TUKS Gmail account and address can be used for life.

The Google services include spam protection, lots of mailbox space (25 GB per person), a powerful search tool and the ability to send attachments of up to 20MB in size. The Google Apps Education Edition includes Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Chat and Google Docs.

The University of Pretoria subscribes to the nationwide Student Technology Programme (STP) for public universities.  Registered students can purchase various model laptops or tablets at discounted prices and can choose additional products or warranties added to their purchase.  More information available at:  www.stp.ac.za

• All models are compatible with the network and wireless infrastructure of UP
• All laptops purchased through this initiative are supplied with full software licenses for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office
• Wide range of Android and Windows-based tablets
• Students can choose from Wi-Fi only devices to devices that have Wi-Fi and 3G capabilities