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OUR VISION IS TO BE INSIDE A leading research-intensive university in Africa, recognised internationally for its 2 OVERVIEW 22 WE IMPACT quality, relevance and impact, and also for 4 UP AT A GLANCE Student Funding Support developing people, creating knowledge and making a difference locally and globally. 6 WE TEACH AND LEARN Impact as an anchor institution Learning support Social capital through Quality teaching community engagement 16 WE INNOVATE 32 WE LIVE Science standing VISION & Student well-being International rankings GOALS Sports and the Arts 40 OUR RESIDENCES UP 2025 is the approved strategy that gives direction for the University to realise the vision and goals it has set for itself by 2025. Implementation is guided by a planning framework that comprises UP’S VICE CHANCELLORS five-year plans that identify key actions and desired outcomes. Annual planning takes place within the five-year planning horizon. Our 1918–2019 strategic goals for the five-year period 2017-2021 are to: A Paterson (1918–1924) D Joubert (1982–1991) • enhance access and successful student learning N Hoogenhout (1925–1927) P Smit (1992–1996) • strengthen the University’s research and international profile A Du Toit (1927–1934) J Van Zyl (1997–2001) • foster and sustain a transformed, inclusive, and equitable C Schmidt (1935–1940) C Pistorius (2001–2009) University community M Botha (1941–1947) C De la Rey (2009–2018) • optimise resources and enhance institutional sustainability C Rautenbach (1948 –1970) T Kupe (2019–) • strengthen the University’s social responsiveness and impact in E Hamman (1970–1981) society. Unless indicated to the contrary, all statistics are provided by the University of Pretoria’s Department of Institutional Planning and are valid as at 19 August 2019. 1 OVERVIEW We see ourselves as a key contributor to our nation’s economic growth and social development, exerting influence through three major pathways: teaching, research, and engagement with and service to society. The University of Pretoria (UP) came into existence in 1908 as the Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College (TUC). The College became a fully- fledged university in 1930 and the colloquial name Tuks, or Tukkies, OUR ROOTS GO DEEP was derived from the acronym TUC. 1908–2019 In 1949, UP became the first South African university to establish a business school, the Institute for Management and Administration (a In 2000 the University of Pretoria established the Gordon Institute of precursor to GIBS). In 1972, an independent Department of Business Business Science (GIBS), which is globally recognised for the quality Science was established and a fulltime MBA programme approved. of its management education. At its core, the school recognises the This was the first of its kind outside of the USA. need for strong partnerships with leading South African and African corporates and fosters these relationships throughout its academic programmes. Several recent developments will see UP make an even greater contribution to Africa and the world. The establishment of new research platforms, such as the Future Africa Institute, Javett-UP Art Centre and the Future Transportation Hub at the Engineering 4.0 facility, will increase innovation and capacity to generate sustainable solutions for South Africa and Africa’s complex problems. 2 3 9 FACULTIES AND A AT A 53 131 BUSINESS SCHOOL Total number of contact Economic and students enrolled GLANCE 1 Management Sciences 3 278 Education Total 2 number of Engineering, Built ACADEMIC OFFERING distance 3 Environment and learning Information Technology students Health Sciences 3 699 4 120 72 1 175 Number of international Academic Research Institutes Study Humanities students enrolled 5 departments and Centres programmes 6 Law STUDENT PROFILE Natural and Agricultural 237 7 Sciences 19 33 Degrees, certificates DST-NRF SARChI Industry-sponsored Theology and Religion and diplomas Chairs Chairs 8 60,5% Veterinary Science (the #1 Black 9 only faculty of its kind in UP rated top of all South South Africa) TOP 5 4 African universities for Gordon Institute of UP is in the top five of Centres of research outputs +1 Business Science (GIBS) South African universities Excellence Source: Department of Higher Education and Training INTERNATIONAL PROFILE 56,7% Female 7 x 110 x 884 #42 1,9% The university is spread over seven GIBS among the world’s 50 UP is ranked in the top 1,9% campuses on 110 properties in best business schools of universities worldwide 884 buildings Source: UK Financial Times 2018 Source: QS World University Rankings by (Total student body: undergraduate Executive Education Subject 2018-19 and postgraduate) 4 5 #CHOOSE UP WE TEACH AND LEARN In an age of We strive to teach our students to “make today matter” by drawing overwhelming choices, on the experience of yesterday and using the knowledge of today the University of Pretoria to improve the outcomes of tomorrow. Our staff and students are continues to attract sensitised that every action in the present shapes the future. discerning students Our primary goal is not only to produce good-quality graduates but and staff in great also to produce graduates with attributes that go beyond mastery numbers. Course quality, of their fields of study; graduates who can interact successfully in a globally interdependent world, and who are prepared for the university reputation, challenges of a diverse world. and location are just some of the aspects The most recent statistics released by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) confirm that UP remains one of the that direct their choice. largest producers of graduates in a wide range of fields that include identified scarce skills such as engineering, financial sciences and health sciences. We produce all of the country’s veterinarians, almost a third of all engineers (28,4%) and just under 15% of all doctors. We are resolute in our intended outcome of producing quality graduates that can contribute to South Africa’s knowledge economy. 6 7 LEARNING SUPPORT Since 2010, we have been developing an integrated approach to student success that supports them physically, mentally and emotionally from the second they step onto the campus. This has, we believe, contributed to our high examination pass rate of 82,4%. Libby, our newest employee At the Starting Line: Gearing up for Tertiary Education is a free, UP’s Department of Library Services has ‘employed’ the first client service robot online, university preparation course for provisionally-accepted known to be in use in any university library in Africa. ‘Libby’, as she’s called, weighs first-year students that aims to develop a range of skills such as time in at 19 kilograms and is 90 centimetres tall – a height tall enough to interact with management, note taking, study skills, goalsetting and academic visitors in wheelchairs. reading before these prospective students enter university. FLY@UP (FLY stands for the Finish Line is Yours) provides students argument in favour of the hybrid learning approach. Online learning with support and actionable options to succeed in their studies and also helps prepare our students for the world beyond university. graduate in minimum time. We focus on nurturing a growth mindset, showing our students how they can improve through hard work and Social learning spaces mimic real-world work and social the help of others, and raising awareness in each of our support environments, which encourage interaction and cross-disciplinary departments of its role in student success. problem solving. This enhances accessibility and promotes successful student learning, which is one of our critical goals. Completed social Fly Higher@UP was introduced to improve the throughput and learning spaces include Economic and Management Sciences’ new success of postgraduate students and help them complete their postgraduate hub, the IT Building atrium upgrade and the new studies in the minimum time. Future Africa campus – a dynamic living, learning and research environment where Africa’s leading scientists and scholars can benefit Hybrid Learning in teaching and learning is used alongside traditional from transdisciplinary research to generate solutions for successful lecturing. We have been working for several years on implementing societies across Africa and the world. a system-wide hybrid approach to teaching and learning. The aim is for each undergraduate module to include up to 30% of teaching Connected campuses – Wi-Fi coverage extends to around 400 lecture and learning engagements online. Almost 95% of all undergraduate venues across all campuses, and equipment has been upgraded modules have an active online presence. Data from the learning in lecture venues and student computer laboratories. The campus management system also demonstrated that the most engaged connectivity project launched in January 2018, will enable the fibre students online outperformed the least engaged by 15%, a good optic connectivity needed to increase capacity as required for internet 8 9 and inter-campus traffic. Alumni doing us proud Dion Shango, BCom Financial Accounting With such a level of support, it (1997), has been appointed as the first is easy to see why UP remains black CEO of PwCAfrica. His goal is to a destination of choice for see more Black, Coloured and Indian top-performing students from graduates become chartered accountants Dion Shango Sanesha Naicker Dr Naledi Pandor all over South Africa. Of the 19 and partners within the large firms. He also aims to grow the composition of females in Dr Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, chose UP for her learners nationally with nine or the company. “As alumni, it is up to us to PhD in Education because she “was told that the Education Faculty had a good team and more distinctions in the 2018 uphold standards and enhance them, and to offered powerful postgraduate support”. The minister, who holds a Master’s in Education National Senior Certificate make the university even more competitive policy and practice in multi-racial societies, and another in Linguistics from the applied examinations, 14 of these (74%) on the world stage than it is right now.