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The University of Pretoria ( Afrikaans: Universiteit van Pretoria, Northern Sotho: Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public research university [11] [12] in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. [13] The university was established in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of the Johannesburg -based Transvaal ...
Pretoria was the capital of the South African Republic (a.k.a. Republic of the Transvaal; 1852–1881 and 1884–1902) the principal battleground for the First and Second Boer War, the latter which brought both the Transvaal and the Orange Free State republic under British rule.
The University of Pretoria is a public university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university in its more than a century of academic service has delivered more than 200,000 alumni. Below is a list of prominent alumni.
The University of Pretoria Faculty of Law was established in 1908. It consists of six academic departments, six centres, two law clinics and the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP). [4] This faculty has Departments of Jurisprudence , Mercantile Law , Private Law , Procedural Law , Public Law and Centre for Human Rights .
University of Pretoria Library. University of Pretoria Library Services serves the students, faculty and researchers of the University of Pretoria. The library of the University of Pretoria is regarded as one of the top university libraries in South Africa. It provides a comprehensive information service for the university's approximately 38 ...
The Chancellor is the titular head of the university. Former and current persons who have fulfilled the position are: [6] Justice Tielman Roos, Supreme Court of Appeal and South African Minister of Justice: 1930 – 1932 [7] Rev Adriaan Louw: 1933 – 1934. Dr Hendrik van der Bijl, engineer and industrialist, founding chairman of Eskom and ...
In 1933, the University of Pretoria decided to build a new library building. Thanks to a contribution of £10,000 from Hans Merensky , a mining geologist, construction on the design by Gerard Moerdijk began in 1937.
The University of Pretoria Faculty of Education was incorporated and merged with the University of Pretoria in 1908. The Faculty has five departments, four centres and units and collaborates with more than seven international bodies. [4] The Faculty offers the undergraduate BEd degrees, postgraduate degrees as well as several continuing ...