UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIAThe University of Pretoria (UP) is one of Africa’s leading higher education institutions. The University’s 2025 strategic plan charts a course for the UP to deliver on its vision of becoming a leading research‐intensive university in Africa, recognised internationally for its quality, relevance and impact, and also for developing people, creating knowledge and making a difference locally and globally.More than 60 000 students from South Africa and further afield enrol at the UP each year. Academic offerings and programmes The University has nine faculties, including the Veterinary Science Faculty on the Onderstepoort Campus, the only one of its kind in South Africa that is responsible for ground-breaking research and clinical work. The University also has a business school, the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). The University of Pretoria offers 1 234 academic programmes, which lead to 230 different qualifications. Furthermore, the University has established institutes, centres and units to enhance its research output. It also offers academic service learning programmes that benefit students, staff and a number of communities. The nine faculties and business school produced, on average, 16% of South Africa’s doctoral degrees, 27% of its professional engineers, 14% of all healthcare professionals and all the country’s veterinary scientists annually, according to 2011 figures. GIBS was rated the best business school in Africa and one of the best globally by the prestigious UK Financial Times Executive Education rankings in 2013. It is still the only African business school to be placed in the top 50 business schools worldwide for executive education programmes. This is the eighth year running that GIBS has achieved this accolade. This constitutes a small measure of the University’s academic achievements. For study programme information, click here[u1] . Research excellence The University of Pretoria has forged more than 160 active partnership agreements with higher education institutions across the globe – including 21 on the African continent – to facilitate research collaboration and study exchanges. Over a 20 year period, the UP has on average produced the highest percentage (14%) of total South African research output, and boasts more than 300 National Research Foundation-rated researchers among its academic staff. To further enhance the University’s strong research focus and capability, the UP has established a number of carefully selected Institutional Research Themes (IRTs) and Faculty Research Themes (FRTs), bringing together proven world-class expertise across a range of related disciplines. These IRTs and FRTs have a particular relevance for Pan-African development goals, and are currently organised as follows: Institutional Research Themes · Animal and Zoonotic Diseases · Capital Cities · Energy · Food Nutrition and Well-being · Genomics Faculty Research Themes · Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine · Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa · UP Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control For more information on research themes, click here.[u2] Language policy and medium of instruction For general communication, the University uses three languages namely Afrikaans, English and Sepedi. In formal education, the medium of instruction is either English or Afrikaans, or both of these languages, provided there is a demand and it is academically and economically justifiable. However, it remains the student’s responsibility to ascertain on an annual basis in which language a module and any further level of that module is presented. In respect to administrative and other services, students have the right to choose whether the University should communicate with them in English or Afrikaans. In order for international students to immerse themselves in both the academic and social environments of the University of Pretoria, they need to be familiar with the English language. The campuses and faculties of the University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria is one of the largest contact universities in South Africa. There are six campuses in Tshwane (ie Pretoria) while the Gordon Institute of Business Science presents modules on both the Hatfield and Sandton campuses. The Groenkloof Campus houses the Faculty of Education with its own student residences and sports grounds. The Hatfield Campus houses the following faculties:
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Economic and Management
Sciences
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Engineering, Built Environment
and Information Technology
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Humanities
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Law
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Natural and Agricultural
Sciences
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Theology
This division
includes student
health, student
counselling and
the Unit
for Students
with Special
Needs. Services provided by
the
Student Support Division
include the
following:
academic
development
(career
counselling
and
assessment, study method and
reading courses,
stress management,
psychometric
testing,
time
management
and
career
planning)
potential
development
(conflict
management,
communication
skills,
goal
setting
and
problem
solving)
individual
and relationship counselling
(interpersonal
problems,
stress,
depression,
eating
disorders,
life
trauma,
emotional
problems
and the
development
of
life
skills)
This division
includes all
student governance
structures
and
organised
student
life initiatives. It
incorporates the: Student
Parliament (SP)
Student
Representative Council
(SRC) Constitutional
Tribunal (Student
Court) Day
houses Faculty
houses More than 100 religious, cultural,
academic, political
and other
societies
Service
providers: TuksRAG
(Reach Out
and Give)
Stuku
(student culture)
for the cultural needs.
The University of Pretoria has
four museums which are not only for cultural enjoyment, but are also
research centres and provide added value to various academic programmes.
Obtain more information via email from arts@up.ac.za.
Faculty
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African citizens
Non-South African citizens
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Other study programmes
Economic and Management Sciences
30 September
31 August
Education
30 September
31 August
Engineering, Built Environment and Information
Technology
30 June
30 September
30 June
31 August
Health Sciences
31 May
30 November
31 May
30 November
Humanities
30 June
30 September
30 June
31 August
Law
30 June
30 June
Natural and Agricultural Sciences
30 September
31 August
Theology
30 September
31 August
Veterinary Science
31 May
31 May
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University
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• applications
• payments
• study financing
• student and personnel cards
• parking discs
• non-South African citizen support
• Graduate Career office and job
opportunities for students
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