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University of Pretoria
public university
Year dem found am1908 Edit
CountrySouth Africa Edit
Edey de administrative territorial entity insydPretoria Edit
Coordinate location25°45′13″S 28°13′47″E Edit
Owner ofTuks FM Edit
IPv4 routing prefix137.215.0.0/16, 196.248.0.0/16 Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.up.ac.za/ Edit
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De University of Pretoria (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Pretoria, Northern Sotho: Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) be multi-campus public research university[1][2] insyd Pretoria, de administrative den de facto capital of South Africa. Na dem establish de university insyd 1908 as de Pretoria campus of de Johannesburg-based Transvaal University College den be de fourth South African institution in continuous operation make dem award am university status. De university grow from de original 32 students for single late Victorian house go approximately 53,000 insyd 2019.[3] Na dem build de university for seven suburban campuses top for 1,190 hectares (2,900) top.[3][4]

Dem organise de university into nine faculties den business school. Dem establish insyd 1920, de University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science be de second oldest veterinary school insyd Africa den de veterinary school per insyd South Africa.[5] Insyd 1949, de university launch de first MBA programme outsyd North America,[6] den de university ein Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) na dem consistently rank am de top business school insyd Africa for executive education, as well as dem place am insyd de top 50 for de world insyd.[7] Insyd 2012, de Financial Times rank de GIBS Executive MBA 1st insyd Africa den 60th insyd de world.[7]

Since 1997, de university produce more research outputs every year dan any oda institution of higher learning insyd South Africa, as dem measure by de Department of Education ein accreditation benchmark.[8][9] Insyd 2008, de university award 15.8% of all masters den doctorate degrees insyd South Africa, de highest percentage insyd de country. De DHET report, dem release insyd March 2019, dey show dat UP achieve de highest percentage (10,93%) of de total research output units of all South African universities for 2017. Fifty-three UP researchers dey insyd de top 1% according to de Web of Science Index of 2019.[10]

Dem commonly dey refer to de university as UP, Tuks, anaa Tukkies[11] den insyd post-nominals de university be typically abbreviated as Pret anaa UP, although dem sanso dey use Pretoria insyd official publications.

Administration den organisation[edit | edit source]

Governance[edit | edit source]

As set out insyd de Higher Education Act No 101 of 1997, de university be governed by de council plus de vice-chancellor den principal, Tawana Kupe, de executive head responsible for de day-to-day administration, den de chancellor, Justice Sisi Khampempe, be de non-resident titular head of de university.[12][13] De registrar be responsible for de academic administration of de university, as well as legal matters, wey ebe secretary to de University Council den Senate.

Dem divide de university ein academic activities into nine faculties den one business school. Whilst de faculties dey comprise 140 departments den 85 institutes, bureaus den centres.[14]

Faculty founding
Faculty Year dem found
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences 1920
Faculty of Education 1902
Engineering, Built Environment den Information Technology 1908
Faculty of Health Sciences 1943
Faculty of Humanities 1908
Faculty of Law 1908
Faculty of Natural den Agricultural Sciences 1917
Faculty of Theology 1919
Faculty of Veterinary Science 1920
Gordon Institute of Business Science 2000

Academics[edit | edit source]

Archives[edit | edit source]

Insyd 1978 de first task group responsible for de investigation make dem dey create archive system for de University of Pretoria na ebe chaired by Prof. A.N. Pelzer (Vice-rector). Due to de death of Prof. Pelzer insyd 1981 dem stall de project, buh by 1994 de need for central archive system na dem sanso recognise am by de acting Registrar, Prof. C.R. de Beer. Na dem finally establish de archives by 13 September 1994 by de Management of de university den dem consider dis date as de founding date of de archives of de University of Pretoria.[15]

Research[edit | edit source]

De university ein achievements den performance insyd research locally den internationally, dey include ein collaboration den cooperation plus de private sector, industry, science councils, foundations den NGOs, de large number of graduates wey e produce (particularly doctoral den oda postgraduate students) as well as scientists den engineers den ein focus for innovation top, dey contribute directly towards make e dey enhance de South Africa ein competitiveness.[16] 2010 report by Centre for Higher Education Transformation identify de university as top research-intensive university insyd South Africa.[17] De university be member of de CDIO Initiative, international engineering education collaboration.[18][19]

De strategic alliance dem form insyd 1999 between de University of Pretoria den de Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), na dem abandon am for reasons dem no publish.[20] Dis alliance, wich na ebe known as de Southern Education and Research Alliance[21] (SERA), dem collaborate locally den internationally plus universities, NGOs, companies den multinational bodies for various research areas insyd.[22]

Notable research dey include:

  • Centre for Human Rights
  • Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)
  • African Centre for Genome Technologies
  • Department of Zoology & Entomology

Reputation den ranking[edit | edit source]

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[23] 401–500 (2023)
QS World[24] =323 (2024)
THE World[25] 501–600 (2024)
UP Times Higher Education Ranking 2016 to 2024
Year World Rank
2024 501–600
2023 801–1000
2022 601–800
2021 601–800
2020 601–800
2019 601–800
2018 601–800
2017 601-800
2016 501-600
[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]

De QS World University Rankings dey rank de university as follows:[40]

Year World rank Art & Humanities Archaeology Biological Sciences Engineering & IT Life Sciences Agriculture & Forestry Theology Social Sciences
2020 551–570 383 151–200 301–350 364 348 51–100 51–100 320
2019 561–570 365 151–200 301–350 401–450 360 101–150 51–100 334
2018 501–550 345 151–200 351–400 — 391 101–150 51–100 398
2017 451–500 351–400 151–200 301–350 351–400 — 101–150 51–100 351–400
2016 401–500 — — 301–400 291 — 101–150 — —
2015 501+ — — 301–400 — — 101–150 — —
2014 469 405 — — 368 367 51–100 — 290
Financial Times World Ranking 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2104 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Executive MBA[3] - - - - 67 60 70 80 87 74 87 67 82
Executive Education Customised[3] 49 51 41 38 - 42 – 53 53 45 41 51 45 60
Executive Education Open[41] 39 38 49 50 49 47 – 45 48 46 52 45 38 32

Insyd January 2011 Webometrics rank de university as de 2nd insyd South Africa den Africa.[42]

Insyd January 2015 Webometrics rank de university as de 3rd insyd South Africa den 4th Africa.[43]

Insyd July 2015 Webometrics rank de university as de 4th insyd South Africa den Africa.[43]

GIBS sanso rank insyd de top 100 – UK Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2019.[44]

  • Kya Rosa, de original building of de Transvaal University College
    Kya Rosa, de original building of de Transvaal University College
  • De first student council insyd 1909
    De first student council insyd 1909
  • De university ein mascot, Oom Gert insyd 1939
    De university ein mascot, Oom Gert insyd 1939

Student life[edit | edit source]

Number of Student Registrations per Ethnic Group
Ethnic Group 2020 % 2021 % 2022 %
African 26,831 52% 29,542 54.79% 31,281 57.4%
Coloured 1,558 3% 1,680 3.11% 1,758 3.2%
Indian 3,205 6.2% 3,516 6.52% 3,452 6.3%
White 19,336 37.9% 19,141 35.5% 17,929 32.9%
Undisclosed 25 0.1% 33 0.1% 46 0.1%
Total 50,955 100% 53,912 100% 54,446 100%

Mascot[edit | edit source]

Oom Gert (dey translate affectionately to Uncle Gert, from Dutch den Afrikaans) na ebe de official university mascot since 1929 wey ebe de object of perennial kidnappings dem attempt.[45]

Student media[edit | edit source]

De Perdeby (lit. De Wasp), de official university newspaper, na dem found am insyd 1939[46] wey e get readership of approximately 30,000.[47] Tuks FM (107.2 FM), de campus radio station, na dem establish am for 9 February 1981 wey dem host by university students den broadcast to de Northern Gauteng area.[48]

Civic service[edit | edit source]

Dem dey perform civic service den outreach programmes insyd de fields for wich na de university prove competencies. Dese fields dey include professional associations, business den management wey dem dey perform am insyd communities wey be underdevelop anaa dem dey develop.[49]

Alumni den people[edit | edit source]

De university, for more dan century of academic service insyd, deliver more dan 250,000 alumni.[50]

Notable faculty[edit | edit source]

  • Theo Akkermann (1907–1982), German sculptor
  • Conrad J. Wethmar, systematic theologian
  • Johan Heyns, systematic theologian
  • Shudufhadzo Musida, Miss South Africa 2020
  • Lalela Mswane, Miss South Africa 2021 den Miss Supranational 2022

References[edit | edit source]

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  2. ↑ "SA Universities". Universityworldnews.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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  4. ↑ "Up in a Nutshell 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "About Veterinary Science > University of Pretoria". Web.up.ac.za. 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Wits Business School: Additional Information". MBA.co.za. Archived from the original on 9 August 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "InfoGuide 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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  9. ↑ "InfoGuide 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "UP in a Nutshell 2019". Issuu. p. 12. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "UP in a Nutshell". issuu. 26 September 2019. p. 2.
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  13. ↑ "University of Pretoria appoints new Vice-Chancellor and Principal". University of Pretoria. 26 November 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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  15. ↑ "Founding". Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Eyeing the Oxbridge league". mg.co.za. 18 February 2008. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  17. ↑ McGregor, Karen (23 May 2010). "SOUTH AFRICA: New university clusters emerge". University World News. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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  21. ↑ "SERA – Southern Education and Research Alliance". Archived from the original on 21 December 2005. Retrieved 5 January 2006.
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  47. ↑ "Perdeby". Veldfiremedia.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  48. ↑ "History". Tuksfm.co.za. 11 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012.
  49. ↑ "More about the Department of Community Engagement". Web.up.ac.za. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  50. ↑ "UP celebrates 250 000 alumni". Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

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