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UP鈥檚 Giving Garden Helps Community Gardeners Think Differently About Growing Edible Plants

The University of Pretoria鈥檚 Giving Garden remains true to its name. In 2024 it provided around 100 community food gardens in Gauteng with free cuttings, seedlings and tubers of lesser-known and easily grown crop plants. Situated in the heart of...
21-Feb-2025 7:55 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Opinion: Hope for the future

Being able to reframe negative events in a positive manner, actively cope with everyday challenges, and find comfort in spiritual faith and practices is how we create hope 鈥� and how we make today matter.
20-Feb-2025 6:20 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Yorkshire Terrier Receives Life-Saving Tracheal Stent at UP鈥檚 Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital

A six-year-old Yorkshire Terrier named Mia has made a successful recovery after receiving a tracheal stent at the University of Pretoria鈥檚 (UP) Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH).
18-Feb-2025 8:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

UP and UNV Partner to Develop the First-Ever Global Volunteer Index

The Department of Statistics at the University of Pretoria (UP) is partnering with United Nations Volunteers (UNV) to develop the first-ever Global Volunteer Index, which will become part of the 2026 State of the World Volunteerism Report.
17-Feb-2025 8:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Bridging the Digital Divide - Youth Empowerment Through AI Training at UP Mamelodi Campus

The University of Pretoria鈥檚 (UP) Mamelodi Campus recently hosted students from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) to teach local high school learners how to use artificial intelligence (AI) to create solutions to real-world...
13-Feb-2025 9:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Cutting-Edge New South African Whale Centre Set to Be Developed in Hermanus

A new South African Whale Centre is planned to be constructed in the heart of Hermanus, whale capital of South Africa, which will house the Whale Unit of the University of Pretoria鈥檚 (UP鈥檚) Mammal Research Institute (MRI).
12-Feb-2025 10:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

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UP-Led Astronomy Research Team Explores Formation of Giant Radio Galaxies

Enabled by supercomputing, UP researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has provided deeper insight into the entire life cycle (birth, growth and death) of giant radio galaxies, which resemble 鈥渃osmic fountains鈥� 鈥� jets of...
10-Feb-2025 5:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

UP team performs SA-first surgery to attach artificial foot to three-year-old Rottweiler

A young Rottweiler has been given a new lease on life following innovative, ground-breaking prosthetic surgery to make him fully mobile again. Three-year-old Covid is on his way to recovery after successful surgery that鈥檚 allowed the attachment...
12-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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鈥榃ho Defends Human Rights Defenders?鈥� 鈥� UN Special Rapporteur During UP-Hosted Roundtable Discussion

The University of Pretoria鈥檚 (UP) Centre for Human Rights recently co-hosted a roundtable discussion in conjunction with the Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders to address increasing safety concerns for human rights defenders.
17-Feb-2025 5:20 AM EST

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The University of Pretoria (UP) is a seven-campus public university with its largest campus in the heart of Hatfield, the picturesque diplomatic hub of South Africa鈥檚 capital city. We鈥檙e proud to stand among the world鈥檚 leading research universities.

Nestled in the purple haze of Pretoria鈥檚 iconic jacaranda trees, UP offers a high quality of teaching, learning and research expertise across all nine faculties, including South Africa鈥檚 only Faculty of Veterinary Science, and Africa鈥檚 top Faculty of Law and business school. We firmly believe that our success is measured not only by what we have already achieved, but how the actions we take today impact on our future and the future of the continent as a whole.

Our characteristic resolve and focussed commitment have seen us transform into a dynamic community of some of the world鈥檚 brightest minds, working together across disciplines to discover knowledge and find solutions to some of society鈥檚 most pressing concerns.

For us, UP is more than a university 鈥� it is a way of life that is underpinned by striving for excellence, giving back to society, and living a life that is ethical, understanding and caring towards everyone. Our graduates are critical and creative thinkers who are able to function seamlessly in a professional work environment while maintaining a strong commitment to contributing to South Africa by being socially responsible and active citizens.