Editing Pretoria (section)

===Tertiary education===
{{See also|List of universities in South Africa}}

Pretoria is one of South Africa's leading academic cities and is home to both the largest residential university in South Africa, largest distance education university in South Africa and a research intensive university.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-13 |title=University of Pretoria |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-pretoria |access-date=2022-02-22 |website=Times Higher Education |language=en |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222172533/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-pretoria |url-status=live}}</ref> The three Universities in the city in order of the year founded are as follows:

====University of South Africa====
[[File:UNISA Main Campus.jpg|thumb|The Muckleneuk Campus of [[UNISA]]]]
The [[University of South Africa]] (commonly referred to as Unisa), founded in 1873 as the [[University of the Cape of Good Hope]], is the largest university on the African continent and attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. It spent most of its early history as an examining agency for Oxford and Cambridge universities and as an incubator from which most other universities in South Africa are descended. In 1946 it was given a new role as a distance education university and in 2012 it had a student headcount of over 300,000 students, including African and international students in 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's mega universities. Unisa is a dedicated open distance education institution and offers both vocational and academic programmes.

====University of Pretoria====
[[File:Ou Lettere, e, Tuks.jpg|thumb|Old Arts Building (''Ou Lettere Gebou'') of the [[University of Pretoria]]]]
The [[University of Pretoria]] (commonly referred to as UP, Tuks, or Tukkies) is a multi campus [[public university|public]] research university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100523104119724 |title=SA Universities Retrieved 21 January 2011 |publisher=Universityworldnews.com |access-date=12 January 2012 |archive-date=28 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128125624/http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100523104119724 |url-status=live}}</ref> The university was established in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of the [[Johannesburg]] based [[Transvaal University College]] and is the fourth South African institution in continuous operation to be awarded university status. Established in 1920, the [[University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science]] is the second oldest [[veterinary school]] in Africa and the only veterinary school in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=1127&subid=1127&ipklookid=13 |title=About Veterinary Science > University of Pretoria |publisher=Web.up.ac.za |date=25 August 2010 |access-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117214509/http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=1127&subid=1127&ipklookid=13 |archive-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> In 1949 the university launched the first MBA programme outside of North America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional |title=Wits Business School |publisher=MBA.co.za |access-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809003621/http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional |archive-date=9 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional |title=Retrieved 20 March 2010 |publisher=Mba.co.za |access-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809003621/http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional |archive-date=9 August 2007}}</ref> Since 1997, the university has produced more research outputs every year than any other institution of higher learning in South Africa, as measured by the Department of Education's accreditation benchmark.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.up.ac.za/UserFiles/UP%20in%20a%20Nutshell(1).pdf |title=UP in a Nutshell 2008 |access-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219221752/http://web.up.ac.za/UserFiles/UP%20in%20a%20Nutshell%281%29.pdf |archive-date=19 February 2012}}</ref>

====Tshwane University of Technology====
[[File:Tshwane University of Technology.jpg|thumb|Tshwane University of Technology]]
The [[Tshwane University of Technology]] (commonly referred to as TUT) is a [[higher education]] institution, offering [[vocational]] oriented diplomas and degrees, and came into being through a merger of Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. TUT caters for approximately 60,000 students and it has become the largest residential higher education institution in South Africa.