University of Pretoria

TuksSport High School matriculant and TuksGolf Academy graduate Chris-Dian Haasbroek has proved with his six distinctions that anything is possible through hard work and dedication.Haasbroek, who is 19 years old, has been living on his…

University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe has called on African universities to become champions of transformation both internally and across the continent, in a joint effort to transform African…

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Future Africa Institute and the International Science Council (ISC) have signed an agreement to support African agendas and capacities, and strengthen the presence of African science on the global…

The University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted over 70 early career researchers from 16 African countries to facilitate transdisciplinary and team-based science through experiential learning.The participants were nominated from the 13…

Diplomats, government officials, industry leaders and academics gathered at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa Institute campus recently for the official launch of the Maarif Centre for Turkish Studies (MCTS). The Centre is the…

The new world of work is an exhilarating landscape, of which technological advancements are the defining feature. As these innovations continue to find their way into our daily lives, prospective students need to consider the impact of…

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) has launched a new computer laboratory at the Edward Phatudi Commemorative School in Atteridgeville. This initiative is as part…

Even as the world recovers from the pandemic, the effects of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continue to harm the South African government’s intervention programmes such as the economic reconstruction and recovery plan.South…

The University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda as the new System Board Chair of CGIAR. CGIAR is the world’s largest publicly-funded network of research centres, dedicated to…

University of Pretoria (UP) scientists involved in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope project are poised for a major boost in their research efforts as a result of next-generation technologies developed by a new global radio…