The University of Pretoria (UP/TUKS)

Location: Pretoria
Telephone: +27 (0)12 420-3111
Website: http://web.up.ac.za/
Faculties:
- Economic and Management Sciences
- Education
- Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology- Health Sciences
- Humanities
- Law
- Natural and Agricultural Sciences
- Theology
- Veterinary Science
- Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
Tuition Fees: Anywhere between R10 000, 00 and R50 000, 00, depending on your degree.

If you are "hetemal tweetaalig" then Tuks is the place for you. The University of Pretoria is a very traditional and what some would like to call a very Afrikaans university. However, it is one of the best Universities in the country, situated in the beautiful Jacaranda City. It has a particularly good Political Sciences department and one of the only places where you can obtain a Bachelor of Political Science degree in South Africa either specialising in International Relations or Political Science. Pretoria is the administrative (executive) capital of South Africa, so doing a Politics degree there is perfect because of all the departments especially the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The University has six campuses and a number of other sites of operation such as the Pretoria Academic Hospital. The University of Pretoria offers its more than 1800 academic programmes in two of the official languages, namely Afrikaans and English. The University is ranked as one of the top 500 universities in the world and is one of only four universities in South Africa to have achieved this distinction.

The party scene in Pretoria is hot! With an array of many different cocktail lounges and upmarket clubs to go to, and of course, everyone’s favourite, Hatfield Square, you’ll never get sick of it. Check out all the places to party and the specials at Tuks Life. However, if you get board of Pretoria, never fear, Johannesburg is not even half an hour’s drive away! UP is definitely a good choice for all of you City Slickers.