The University of Pretoria is a leading research university in South Africa and one of the largest in the country. The university has seven campuses as well as a number of other sites of operation, such as the Pretoria Academic Hospital. Central administration is located at the Hatfield Campus. The university offers more than 1 800 academic programmes in two of the official languages, namely Afrikaans and English.

In 1996, the University of Pretoria became the university with the highest research output in South Africa and we have maintained this status. The University of Pretoria celebrated its Centenary in 2008.

The academic programmes of the University are offered in nine faculties, as well as a business school. The faculties comprise a total of 140 departments and 85 centres, institutes and bureaus. UP is at the forefront of tertiary education in the country and collaborates with world-class partners to ensure continued excellence in learning and teaching.

Faculties

• Economic and Management Sciences
• Education
• Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
• Health Sciences
• Humanities
• Law
• Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Theology
• Veterinary Science

 

Business School:

• Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)

Research Focus Areas

The University of Pretoria focuses its research on areas of importance to developing nations, especially those of Africa and in the Global South. In this way it aims to increase the impact and international visibility of research at UP, and to concentrate resources where the greatest impact can be leveraged. Several strategies contribute to this overarching goal of UP.

Since 2012, the University has concentrated resources in a select number of institutional and faculty research themes, an overview of which is given here. In addition, the University has Centres of Excellence, Research Institutes and Units, Chairs that are part of the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI), and as a result of our strong partnerships with industry, Industry Chairs in a range of areas of research excellence.

Units, Centres and Institutes fulfil an important role within the structures of the University as these are spaces where research and academic expertise are consolidated and a critical mass established to present exceptional research and postgraduate training opportunities.