University of Pretoria is a public university in Pretoria, South Africa, founded in 1908.
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The University of Pretoria (UP) is a public research university in Pretoria, South Africa. It was founded in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of the Transvaal University College and became an independent university in 1930.
UP has nine faculties: economic and management sciences; education; engineering, built environment and information technology; health sciences; humanities; law; natural and agricultural sciences; theology and religion; and veterinary science (at Onderstepoort, South Africa's only veterinary faculty), plus the Gordon Institute of Business Science in Johannesburg.
Teaching is in English. Admission is based on National Senior Certificate or equivalent results, and residences are available.
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University of Pretoria was founded in 1908.
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