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The University of Pretoria (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Pretoria, Northern Sotho: Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.
The University of Pretoria (UP) is a seven-campus public university with its largest campus in the heart of Hatfield, the picturesque diplomatic hub of South Africa’s capital city. We’re proud to stand among the world’s leading research universities.
Foundation Years: 1889 – 1929. The foundational years of the University of Pretoria were characterised by great turmoil. In 1889, the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) proposed that a university be established. But by 1899, the South African War had broken out between the ZAR and Britain. In 1902, after the Peace of Vereeniging was signed ...
The University of Pretoria (UP) was established in 1908 with just four professors and 32 students, in a little house called Kya Rosa. Today, it is one of the largest research universities in South Africa.
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.
1889 ZAR proposal to establish a university; 1899 Anglo Boer War; 1902 Peace of Vereeniging; 1910 Union of South Africa; 1914 First World War; 1929 Great Depression; The Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College (TUC) was the forerunner of the University of Pretoria.
