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The University of Pretoria (Tuks or Tukkies) is a public research university in Pretoria, South Africa. It was founded in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of the Transvaal University College and has nine faculties and a business school.
A South African football club based in Pretoria that represents the University of Pretoria. Also known as Tuks FC, AmaTuks or Tukkies, they play in the National First Division and have won the Second Division in 2004.
The vice-chancellor and principal is the head of the university, supported by four deputy vice-chancellors. Former and current persons who have fulfilled the position are: [1] A C Paterson: 1918–1924; N M Hoogenhout:1925–1927; A E du Toit:1927–1934; C F Schmidt:1935–1940; M C Botha:1941–1947; C H Rautenbach:1948–1970; E M Hamman ...
Learn about the history, rankings, departments, centres and activities of the oldest law school in South Africa. The faculty offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, publishes legal texts and hosts moot court competitions.
The proposal for a university for the capital, first mooted in the Volksraad in 1889, was interrupted by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War in 1899. In 1902 after the signing of the Peace of Vereeniging, the Normal College for teacher training was established in Groenkloof, Pretoria and in 1904 the Transvaal Technical Institute, with emphasis on mining education, opened in Johannesburg.
Pretoria is the seat of the executive branch of government and the host to all foreign embassies in South Africa. It is located in the province of Gauteng, east of the Magaliesberg mountains, and has a reputation as an academic city and center of research.
Compare the top South African universities by various international rankings, such as Times Higher Education, QS, and ARWU. Learn about the challenges and controversies of university rankings, and the different clusters of higher education institutions in South Africa.
Learn about the history, facilities and programmes of the second oldest veterinary faculty in Africa, founded in 1920 by Arnold Theiler. The Faculty is located at Onderstepoort, a hub of veterinary research and education in Pretoria, South Africa.