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UP domestic leader in four subjects in 2021 QS World University Rankings

Achievers Gauteng Latest news University of Pretoria March 8, 2021

The University of Pretoria (UP) is the domestic leader in the fields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Mathematics, Accounting & Finance, and Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies. This is according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021. The rankings, which were released earlier this week, noted that... Read more

University of Pretoria partners with France-South Africa Cross-Acceleration Programme to benefit small businesses

Gauteng Latest news University of Pretoria March 3, 2021

The technology business incubator TuksNovation at the University of Pretoria (UP) has partnered with the Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), a public institution dedicated to higher education, research and innovation in engineering and digital technology, and their business incubators in a Cross-Acceleration Exchange Programme. This programme between South Africa and France... Read more

University of Pretoria researchers receive prestigious grants for cutting-edge cancer research

Achievers Gauteng Latest news Research University of Pretoria February 11, 2021

Two University of Pretoria (UP) researchers are among nine researchers in South Africa who have received funding grants from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) as part of the Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships (SHIP) programme. The grants are worth approximately R3 million each and are to be used... Read more

Prof Stephanie Burton marks a milestone as UP’s Vice-Principal of Research

Gauteng Latest news Research University of Pretoria January 21, 2021

Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe recently hosted a farewell cocktail party at the Future Africa institute and campus to honour Professor Stephanie Burton – but do not for one minute think she is leaving the employ of the University of Pretoria. Far from it. Nor is she even... Read more

UP scientists scoop first and second prizes in Innovation Hub competition’s Biosciences category

Achievers Gauteng Latest news University of Pretoria January 18, 2021

University of Pretoria (UP) scientists Professor Tahir Pillay and Professor Celia Abolnik were part of teams that won prizes in the annual Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) Innovation Competition, run by the Innovation Hub and Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. The prizes were awarded in the Biosciences category. Prof Pillay,... Read more

Building Africa’s AI initiative

Careers Gauteng Latest news University of the Witwatersrand January 11, 2021

Considerations behind the largest and most complex undertaking of its kind in Africa’s history. In collaboration with academia, Cirrus is a private sector led initiative bringing together academia and industry for the establishment of a world class artificial intelligence (AI) research and application capability for Africa. Although launched in 2019, work on... Read more

UJ Arts & Culture wins Best Theatre Set Design at Naledi Theatre Awards

Achievers arts and culture Gauteng Latest news University of Johannesburg September 22, 2020

The UJ Arts & Culture division within the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) won two awards at the 2020 Naledi Theatre Awards. The online event awarded creatives whose productions were staged in 2019. UJ Arts & Culture scooped awards for Best Theatre Set Design for their production, Metamorphosis staged in 2019 at... Read more

UP academics on how best to support dementia sufferers

Gauteng Latest news Research University of Pretoria September 22, 2020

By Adele May, PhD candidate at the University of Pretoria (UP), and Professor Shakila Dada of the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at UP. The thought of having our memories erased and being unable to recognise the people we cherish would elicit fear in most individuals. For adults... Read more

Four scenarios as SA universities build a new normal post-COVID-19

Gauteng Latest news University of Pretoria September 21, 2020

A paper authored by University of Pretoria (UP) academics highlights four scenarios that could face SA universities as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to reverberate through every industry and sector nationally and globally. The paper is authored byDrGerald Wangenge-Ouma, Director of Institutional Planning at UP and Professor... Read more

York Timbers funds multidisciplinary Chair in wood structural engineering at UP

Gauteng Latest news University of Pretoria September 18, 2020

Forestry company York Timbers, the largest solid wood processor in South Africa, has signed a funding agreement with the University of Pretoria (UP) to establish a Chair in data-driven wood structural engineering to promote a more sustainable built environment and the African bio-economy. This initiative will be based at... Read more