Universities in South Africa: focus on the University of Pretoria

As part of The Bursary Bin’s endeavors for making study information and information on financial aid as accessible as possible we have embarked on a campaign to make all information about all universities in South Africa, including financial aid information and general contact details, available to all through a series of articles published on our site. This article is part of the campaign.

By Lesibana Sekgwele

The University of Pretoria also known as Tuks (pronounced Tukkies) is a multi-campus public university located in Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metro. The University was established in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of Johannesburg-based Transvaal University College.

The University’s main campus has nine faculties which are:

• Faculty of Education and Management sciences
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engineering and information Technology
• Faculty of Health  Sciences
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Faculty of Theology
• Faculty of Veterinary  Sciences

This university also houses one of the country’s prestigious business schools, the Gordon Institute of Business Studies