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University of Pretoria
@UPTuks
The University of Pretoria is one of the top research institutions in Africa. Related accounts: @TuksSport, @UPLibrary, @ResearchUP & @The_ACU
Pretoria, South Africa
Joined September 2009
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    #UPGRADUATION2025: At 17, Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli is graduating with a degree in Actuarial Science from UP. Her journey is one of accelerated schooling, faith and a dream to uplift her family. Read more: ow.ly/42lp50VZU0u #UniversityOfPretoria
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    A NEW LOT IN LIFE: Asylum seeker Fabrice Kapya arrived in SA with a goal in mind: to further his studies. So began his journey from car guard to PhD candidate and assistant lecturer in UP’s Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering. More: ow.ly/ahQO50J2LEk
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    #UPGraduations2025: Meet Dr Louisa Dlamini, the first black student to graduate from UP with an MMed in Radiation Oncology. Read more about this story of purpose, perseverance and paving the way for others: ow.ly/PwFb50VQHjc #UniversityOfPretoria
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    UP master’s student Qhawekazi Mazaleni is our new @Official_MissSA! Congrats on taking the crown – your focus on tackling unemployment by boosting literacy is about to inspire an entire generation. Your UP fam is so proud of you! 💙❤️💛 #UniversityOfPretoria #MissSA2025
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    MAKING HISTORY: Dr Bodibadi Modungwa has become the first person to receive a PhD in Setswana at UP. Her research promotes the language in schools and higher education, breaking new ground in African scholarship. Read more: ow.ly/ALSK50WTMFE #UPSpringGraduations
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    Congratulations to Zanele Mahlangu, a UP Chemical Engineering graduate and the only South African chosen as a Schwarzman Scholar to pursue a one-year master’s degree at Tsinghua University, one of China’s leading tertiary institutions, in 2020. Read more: ow.ly/srMh30ndsk5
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    MAKING HISTORY: UP congratulates Professor Charles Maimela on his recent appointment as Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Law. At 32 years old, Prof Maimela is the youngest and first black Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Law’s history. More: ow.ly/1pLf50ASrAP
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    Congratulations to a 30-year- old physicist & post-doc research fellow at UP, Thabsile Thabethe, who recently published mathematics & physics books for toddlers, aimed at introducing & familiarising them to these subjects from a tender age: ow.ly/ILaQ50vjFoU #ProudlyUP
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    Fhatuwani Nemakhavhani – the first black female actuary from UP bit.ly/2iWYOgT
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    ANNOUNCEMENT: UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA APPOINTS NEW VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRINCIPAL: The University of Pretoria is pleased to announce that the University Council has appointed Professor Tawana Kupe Vice-Chancellor and Principal. Read more about Prof Kupe: bit.ly/2TDkX50
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    It is with great shock and sadness that the University of Pretoria (UP) confirms the death of one of our students in the early hours of Saturday morning in Hatfield, close to the Tuksdorp residence. 1/2
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    We congratulate husband and wife team, Dr Francis Kolo and Dr Agatha Kolo, who are UP post-doctoral fellows,on their double achievement of graduating with PhDs in Veterinary Science at the Faculty of Veterinary Science’s recent graduation ceremony: ow.ly/VVKt50w2kia
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    It's the first day on the job for UP's new Vice-Chancellor and Principal. Everybody say hello and welcome to Professor Tawana Kupe! #WelcomeUPVC
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    BEST OF 2020: UP Professor Charles Maimela was appointed as Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Law. At 32 years old, Prof Maimela is the youngest and first black Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Law’s history. More: ow.ly/PNkc50ASrAQ