University of Pretoria

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The University of Pretoria ( Afrikaans: Universiteit van Pretoria, English: University of Pretoria ), short- UP or Tuks, is a mixed -language state university in the South African city of Pretoria. At their most master 's and doctoral degrees in South Africa can be achieved. It has the highest annual science performance.

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History

The University of Pretoria was founded in 1908 as an offshoot of the Johannesburg Transvaal Univerversity College ( TUC ) with four professors, three lecturers and thirty-two students. She was in a Victorian house, the Kye Rosa, located in the city center. 1910, the University became independent from the TUC and took its name, at the same time it received its first campus in the east of Pretoria. Between 1917 and 1919 the faculties were established and expanded. In 1930 she received on the initiative of Jan Smuts university status. 1939 could be built with the help of a large donation, the University Library, 1943, the Faculty of Medicine was founded. By 1982, the campus is enlarged by new and expansions, the number of students has doubled in that time. With the end of apartheid, the UP all races opened. Since 1994, the University of Pretoria maintains a balance between different ethnic and linguistic groups of students and the proportion of female students is just over 50%.

International Contacts

The UP is a partner university of various German universities, including Munich, Hall and Würzburg. The University of Konstanz is cooperating with the UP in Excellence Cultural Foundations of Integration. In addition, she is a partner university of the EU - Sol project, a collaboration of 15 international universities to improve the quality of potatoes and tomatoes.

Courses and fees

At the University of Pretoria there are over 130 undergraduate majors, which are the Bachelor degree or diploma. For further studies, a distinction between master, Honours Degree and PhD. In total there are approximately 1,400 possible statements, including over 600 master.

The University of Pretoria rising tuition fees and charges. For an application are 220 ​​edge to pay for the first time 3200 edge for a place in higher semesters are the contributions 2250-3600 border. For financially ill-posed and gifted students, the UP offers scholarships and loans. An accommodation on one of the campus areas in a dorm costs 30000-38000 Rand per year including meals.

Organization

Management and Boards

The University of Pretoria is headed by a Vice- Chancellor and Prinzipalin, it is supported by a directorate consisting of three vice- principals, an examination officials and three executive directors. The Registrar shall be representative tasks; currently the Office of Wiseman Nkuhlu is exercised. The line is the University responsible, from which the financial programming and the sets and monitors the guidelines of the University. The Board is advised by a forum. The Senate operates under the guidelines set by the Council and cares about the students affairs, the faculty, the admission process and to research questions. The student self- administration is done in the student parliament and in the student.

Campus and faculties

The University is spread over seven locations in and around Pretoria. Hatfield campus is the main campus and is home to six faculties, on the Groenkloof Campus is the education faculty, on the Prinshof Campus medicine, on the Onderstepoort campus veterinary medicine, on the Sandton Campus the GIBS, on the de Villiers campus are sports science facilities and sports facilities. The Mamelodi campus and the Hammanskraal Campus accommodate experimental laboratories and farms.

The UP has nine faculties and a business school:

  • Faculty of Business Administration
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Science and Horticulture
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Theology
  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
  • Gordon Institute of Business Science ( GIBS )

Alumni

There is a broad-based alumni program at the University of Pretoria, which is called after the precursor institution, the Transvaal University College, TuksAlumni. Graduates who are members, Tukkies be called. The program operates an Alumni House, offers regional events, mentorship and career service as well as various corporate design product.

Famous Alumni

Nelson Mandela was an honorary doctorate from the University.

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