Wellness services

Wellness services are to support the University of Pretoria’s employees in attaining and maintaining healthy lifestyles. It further recognizes that employees perform their best when they are healthy and that optimal employee performance is necessary for the University of Pretoria to be a leader in higher education. The Wellness services, therefore, aims to improve employee health and well-being and are available to all employees whether you are a member of one of the preferred medical aid schemes or not.   

Wellness services include the following:

• health risk assessment screenings, hearing screenings, voice screenings, balance screenings, lung function testing, and visual screenings
• group interventions such wellness lunchtime information sessions on a variety of topics, Pilates classes twice per week and Yoga once per week during lunch times