South Africa
Country Representative
Dr. Carol Nonkwelo (University of Pretoria) carol.nonkwelo@up.ac.za
Deputy: Dr. David Phaho; Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Technology Innovation & Partnerships (Cape Peninsula University of Technology); dvcresearch@cput.ac.za
University of Pretoria (UP)
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.
Founding member
Membership: Since 2020
Representative:
Dr. Carol Nonkwelo, Senior Director: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Education
Dr Carol Nonkwelo is the Senior Director for Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Education at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her Department of Research and Innovation includes postgraduate and postdoctoral fellows, early career and established academic researcher support, innovation and research contract management, and research collaborations and internationalisation. She has extensive experience in research management and leadership.