States can now be held responsible for the negative impact of carbon emissions on the rights of children
Latest newsUniversity of Pretoria October 14, 2021
The United Nations Child Rights Committee issued a historic ruling that a State can be found responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on the rights of children both within and outside its territory. This comes in the wake of news that the United Nations Human Rights... Read more
UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe awarded honorary doctorate by University of Montpellier
AchieversGautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria October 12, 2021
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Tawana Kupe, was awarded an honorary doctorate (doctor honoris causa) by the University of Montpellier at a special ceremony in Montpellier, France, on Thursday, 7 October. This is Prof Kupe’s second honorary doctorate, following one awarded to him by Michigan... Read more
All-women team of UP scientists sets sail for South Atlantic
Latest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria September 6, 2021
Four postgraduate students from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology are about to set sail for the South Atlantic. The all-female team of scientists will spend 36 days aboard the RV SA Agulhas II, which will be operated by the national Department of Environmental... Read more
Renowned sculptor Angus Taylor installs sculptures at UP community project Moja Gabedi
arts and cultureLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria June 14, 2021
Internationally known South African artist Angus Taylor has built two massive sculptures with the help of students and community members at Moja Gabedi, the University of Pretoria’s (UP) growing community engagement project. For about 100 years, Moja Gabedi stood as an empty, unsightly lot in Festival Street, not far... Read more
UP confers honorary doctorates on jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim and ‘Generations’ creator Mfundi Vundla
Achieversarts and cultureGautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria May 5, 2021
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Humanities conferred honorary doctorates (honoris causa) on internationally renowned jazz musician Abdullah Ibrahim and playwright/ television producer Mfundi Vundla during a virtual ceremony on 3 May as part of its autumn 2021 graduation session. “The arts play a vital role in holding... Read more
Huawei invests over R1m in bursaries for UP EBIT students
BursariesLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria April 21, 2021
During a recent virtual awards ceremony, Huawei Technologies South Africa awarded eight students from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) bursaries to the value of R1,1m in total. The information and communications technology (ICT) company granted the bursaries to full-time undergraduate... Read more
UP launches SCU-B student counselling chatbot to boost student well-being
Latest newsUniversity of Pretoria April 5, 2021
The Student Counselling Unit at the University of Pretoria (UP) has designed a first-of-its-kind counselling chatbot as part of the Student Counselling Unit-Bot (SCU-B) initiative. The SCU-B (“Scooby”) initiative aims to provide a primary mental healthcare resource for students to supplement traditional one-on-one counselling services, in a new virtual... Read more
UP part of global team that reveals behaviour of magnetic fields around black holes
GautengLatest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria March 26, 2021
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration – which produced the first-ever image of a black hole and of which the University of Pretoria (UP) is an associate institute – has revealed a new view of the massive object at the centre of the M87 galaxy: what it looks like... Read more
UP named top design institution in Africa and Middle East
arts and cultureGautengLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria March 25, 2021
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 Awards, the winners of which were recently announced. The Loerie Awards and its... Read more
UP domestic leader in four subjects in 2021 QS World University Rankings
AchieversGautengLatest newsUniversity 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
