UP student clinches second place in Budget Speech competition

Posted on April 10, 2019

André Lourens, a BCom Honours in Economics student, won R40 000 in prize money when he took second place in the undergraduate category of the Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition. Now in its 47th year, the competition is designed to motivate and incentivise South Africa’s most...

Big announcement coming soon

Posted on April 08, 2019

Big announcement coming soon

In celebration of forests

Posted on March 27, 2019

The UN General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012. The day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests.

The riveting relevance of libraries today

Posted on March 19, 2019

For South African Library Week (18 – 24 March), libraries nationwide aim to celebrate their advancements and highlight the important social, cultural and educational role they play in our broader community.

UP PhD student a runner-up in SA Agency for Science and Technology Advancement competition

Posted on March 19, 2019

Ms Yashini Naidoo, a second-year PhD student at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG), is the runner-up in the Writing category of the South Africa Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) Young Science Communicator Competition. Her...

UP providing support for South Africa's SDG reporting

Posted on March 04, 2019

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Pretoria is supporting the South African government in their reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a universal call to form partnerships to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people...

UP forges research partnership with the Collège de France

Posted on February 28, 2019

The University of Pretoria (UP) and the Collège de France have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on research programmes, doctoral supervision and staff exchanges.

Two UP zoologists announced as Fellows of Royal Society of South Africa

Posted on February 11, 2019

Two renowned researchers from the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria, Professors Armanda Bastos and Marthán Bester, have been announced as fellows of the Royal Society of South Africa (RSSAf) for 2019. This brings the total number of RSSAf fellows from the...