Project linking informal business to resources wins accolades for Enactus University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria August 14, 2019
A project that connects informal brick makers with companies that produce ash as a by-product has won Enactus University of Pretoria (UP) second place at a national competition where 15 other universities competed. Enactus UP was ranked second after a brilliant presentation at the Enactus National Competition held recently... Read more
The DAAD awards funding to sub-Saharan African students for Master’s or PhD degrees in their home country or in another Sub-Saharan African country outside their home country. These in-region scholarships lead to mobility of researchers between sub-Saharan African countries and capacity building at African universities. In South Africa, for... Read more
UP VC encourages students & wider community to donate to student drive
Student outreachUniversity of Pretoria February 18, 2019
University of Pretoria Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe visited Pretoria’s Menlyn Park mall on Thursday 14 February to make a personal donation to Tuks FM and Menlyn Mall’s #Back2Varsity campaign. The initiative, which kicked off on 11 February and ends on 3 March, is aimed at providing students from... Read more
UP Facial Cleft Deformity Clinic changes lives, one child at a time
Latest newsMust-ReadUniversity of Pretoria February 7, 2019
Music blasts out of Zaskia Botha’s portable hi-fi system in the pristine reception area of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Facial Cleft Deformity Clinic on UP’s Prinshof Campus, as patients wait to be attended to by its staff. It’s 9:30am on a Friday, the clinic is celebrating its 35th... Read more
UP Law professor awarded prestigious Fulbright Research Grant
AchieversUniversity of Pretoria January 22, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Professor Dire Tladi, a lecturer in the Department of Public Law and a fellow at the Institute for Comparative and International Law in Africa, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Research Grant, and is currently a Global Visiting Professor in Law at the University of California, Irvine.... Read more
University of Pretoria VC & Principal gives registration process thumbs-up
Latest newsUniversity of Pretoria January 16, 2019
Professor Tawana Kupe, the new Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, paid a visit to the university’s Hillcrest campus on Tuesday to talk to students and staff and ensure that the ongoing registration process is running smoothly. UP’s online registration process started on 3 January for senior... Read more
Chemistry Nobel laureate offers advice to UP academics and students
Student outreachUniversity of Pretoria January 14, 2019
The University of Pretoria was proud to host 2016 Chemistry Nobel laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart recently, when he spoke at UP’s Future Africa campus. In his lecture, Sir Fraser said that, to be successful as academics, teachers should prioritise their students’ needs and put them ahead of their own.... Read more
Meet David Kabwa, newly elected University of Pretoria SRC President
AchieversUniversity of Pretoria January 10, 2019
“For as long as I can remember, when growing up I was the kid in the playground that would organise everyone together to make sure no one was left out. I was a class rep in high school, the youngest-ever Head Boy in that school. I was Head Boy... Read more
UP’s Zanele Mahlangu chosen for prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship
AchieversUniversity of Pretoria January 8, 2019
Zanele Mahlangu (23), a Chemical Engineering graduate from the University of Pretoria, is the only South African chosen as a Schwarzman Scholar to pursue a one-year master’s degree in China in 2020. Launched in 2016, the scholarship is designed to respond to the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century.... Read more
UP Law student becomes member of space advisory council
AchieversUniversity of Pretoria December 18, 2018
The University of Pretoria’s Ruvimbo Samanga, a final-year LLB student and BA Law cum laude graduate, recently became a member of the Women in Aerospace Africa Committee, and that of the Austria-based Space Generation Advisory Council. The advisory council is a global organisation that aims to bring the views... Read more
