◥ University. ⚫ South Africa. University of Pretoria. Public university in South Africa 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 University College and is the fourth South African institution in continuous operation to be awarded university status.
The university has grown from the original 32 students in a single late Victorian house to approximately 53,000 in 2019.[14] The university was built on seven suburban campuses on 1,190 hectares (2,900 acres).[9][10] The university is organised into nine faculties and a business school. The university is commonly referred to as UP, Tuks, or Tukkies[21] and in post-nominals the university is typically abbreviated as Pret or UP, although Pretoria is also used in official publications. History[edit] Governance[edit]