University of Pretoria - UP
speciality: Social Policy

The process of administration and registration is seamless, no endless queuing like other universities in South Africa. The staff is very professional and responsive, emails are replied promptly. I think it is the most diverse university in South Africa

UP is a university that tries to have students constantly occupied and tries to have all students involved. They do take good care of the students, as they advise the students to always take care of their mental health and will find ways to help with any issues that they are facing. They have programmes that people can enrol in, such as a mentorship programme which will have you be allocated a mentor who studied the same degree as you, and you can ask them for some guidance and what they were able to do while they were in university to land them the job that they currently have. What I did not like about UP is that there are some lecturers that read off from their slides instead of engaging with the students and adding more information on top of the slides that they have, as we can all read. I would recommend this university to anyone that would ask me, as I did have an insightful experience of how student-focused the university is and the need to have the students feel involved within the culture.

No bias but the University of Pretoria is one of the best universities in South Africa. It’s a dream come through for all the students who apply to study there. Being accepted as a Tuks students boosts your self esteem and confidence. Even though all those cherries and roses are before enrolling.

It is a beautiful institution that challenges and grows you in more ways than just academically. You learn to withstand temptations, peer pressure and being self responsible. There is no thing as being spoon fed you work hard and motivate yourself to be the best version of the future person you aspire to be.

Being an alumni there is one of my proudest accomplishments and if given the chance to redo UP with pleasure would at any given time.

For my field it’s recognized as one of the easiest but I do not believe so. I think every child is made for certain challenges and as a Public Management graduate myself and classmates were well equipped for our course and the challenges it comes with.

The University is very big so our classes are big as well. Student population at my time (2017-2022) at the university was about 66 000 so you can imagine how big our classes may be so it’s your responsibility as a student to seek help of you feel left out or behind.

Overall it’s the best experience I have ever got. With lessons I take with me daily.