The University of Pretoria (UP) is one of the largest contact and residential universities in South Africa, with its administration offices located in Hatfield Campus, Pretoria. This 111 year-old institution is also the largest producer of research in South Africa. Spread over seven campuses, it has nine faculties and a business school, the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). It is the only university in the country that has a Faculty of Veterinary Science, and overall has 120 academic departments as well as 92 centres and institutes, accommodating more than 55 000 students and offering about 1 100 study programmes. UP is one of the top five universities in South Africa according to the 2019-2020 rankings by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). It is also ranked among the top 100 universities worldwide in three fields of study (veterinary science, theology and law) and among the top 1% in eight (agricultural sciences, clinical medicine, engineering, environment/ecology, immunology, microbiology, plant and animal sciences, and social sciences). In June 2019, the annual UK Financial Times Executive Education Rankings once again ranked GIBS as the top South African and African business school. The University also has an extensive community engagement programme. Furthermore, UP is building considerable capacities and strengths for the Fourth Industrial Revolution by preparing students for the world beyond university and offering work-readiness and entrepreneurship training to its students.

https://www.up.ac.za/

Founding member
Membership: Since 2020

Representative:

June-Rose Ngcobo, International Cooperation Office

june-rose.ngcobo@up.ac.za

June-Rose Ngcobo is a Manager responsible for international partnerships and projects at the University of Pretoria. Prior to joining the University, she worked for the National Research Foundation and was responsible for Postdoctoral fellowships support as well as postgraduate development programmes. June-Rose has 24 years of work experience in higher education, government, research management and funding environment in post school education and training in South African and European sector. She is responsible for facilitating international agreements between the University of Pretoria, Africa and European universities. She coordinates Erasmus + Programme, South Africa-Sweden University Forum, Australia-Africa Universities Network and the Worldwide Universities Network. June-Rose completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of the Witwatersrand and is currently completing a PhD with the University of Pretoria. She has facilitated a number of research management workshops for the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association in various countries.