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The University of Pretoria (UP) is one of the largest contact and residential universities in South Africa. Spread over seven campuses, it comprises nine faculties and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).

It is the only university in the country with a Faculty of Veterinary Science, which is ranked the best in Africa. UP has 120 academic departments and 92 centres and institutes, accommodating more than 56 000 students and offering about 1 100 study programmes. It has the most academic staff with PhDs (70%), NRF-rated researchers (613).

The 2024 Times Higher Education subject rankings placed UP first in South Africa in the fields of Law, Veterinary Science, Accounting and Finance; Agriculture and Forestry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranked the University among the top five in Africa, as part of their 2024 World University Rankings (WUR). UP entered the top 50 in the global 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings for the first time, among a record 2 152 universities and institutions from 125 countries/ regions ranked in 2024. UP moved to 42nd in the world in 2024 from 69th in 2023 and also ranked among the top 10 universities in the world for two SDGs, with a notable No. 8 ranking for both SDG 1, “No Poverty” (first appearance), and SDG 8, “Decent Work and Economic Growth”.

This highlights the university's dedication towards social justice and equality.