University of Pretoria

Stanley Mabuka, a master’s degree student in Economics at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently named first runner-up in the postgraduate category of the 2020 Nedbank & Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition.Mabuka, who took…

The Draft National Cannabis Master Plan drawn up by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is lacking in specificity on the way forward for the cannabis industry in South Africa.This was the general consensus…

University of Pretoria (UP) alumnus Clement Manyathela is making it big on radio. Manyathela presents The Clement Manyathela Show during the 9am-12pm slot on radio 702, where he and together with different guests, tackle a wide range of…

In the latest QS World University Rankings, the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) has been named one of the top 50 places in the world to study minerals and mining…

The Dean of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, Professor Sunil Maharaj, delivered his inaugural address as President of the South African Institute of Electrical…

The University of Pretoria (UP), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program (MCFSP), recently welcomed UP’s 2021 MCFSP scholarship recipients at an event held in Hatfield.54 undergraduates and 86 masters students…

The University of Pretoria (UP) joins colleagues in the global law and human rights networks in mourning the loss of legal giant Professor Christof Heyns, who was the Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in…

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently hosted a virtual panel discussion titled ‘Will we ever find balance again? Managing your well-being during these uncertain times’.Opening the…

The Information Design division at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) School of the Arts has been ranked the number one design education institution in Africa and the Middle East by the Loeries. The ranking is based on the 2020 Loerie…

The University of Pretoria (UP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched a report that looks at the role that business and the private sector played during South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy.Titled…