Welcome to 2025 Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering Annual Postgraduate Symposium
Themed
“Advancing Interdisciplinary Knowledge for a Sustainable and Digitally Driven Africa ”
Welcome message
The Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering invites postgraduate students and staff pursuing Honours, Masters, or Doctoral degrees to submit abstracts for poster and oral presentations at the Annual Postgraduate Symposium, hosted by the Department of Computer Science.
This year’s symposium will be held under the theme: Advancing Interdisciplinary Knowledge for a Sustainable and Digitally Driven Africa
The postgraduate symposium will provide a platform for students and researchers across the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering to showcase their work, exchange ideas, and engage in meaningful dialogue around diverse challenges and innovative solutions relevant to local and global contexts.
Important Dates
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Abstract Submissions Deadline |
01 August 2025 |
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Abstract Feedback |
15 September 2025 |
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Registration starts |
15 September 2025 |
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Programme Publication |
02 October 2025 |
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Symposium event
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16 October 2025 |
N/B: There will be prizes for best paper and poster papers plus 2 runners up for the categories (honours, master’s and doctoral)
Presenters will be allocated 15 minutes for the entire presentation (10 minutes to deliver the talk/ presentation and 5 minutes to engage the audience).
Registration and abstracts can be submitted electronically by potential presenters on the following link: here
Guidelines
Abstract submission
- Title of the abstract should be in 14-point Arial font size.
- List each author’s Surname, initials, and affiliation (standard journal formatting).
- The structure of the abstract should follow the suggested components (see Table).
- Abstracts text must be in English (South Africa).
- Should be free of spelling, grammatical and typographic errors (consider English
editorial). - Must be typed in Microsoft (MS) Word processor, with 12-point Arial font size.
- Single line spacing, aligned on both sides (text distributed evenly – justified left/right).
- A4 size or 8.5” × 11” document (default) margins.
- Maximum of 300 words.
- The recommended poster size display is A1 size, that is 594 x 841 mm or 59.4 x 84.1
cm, which is 23.4 x 33.1 inches. - Include the abstract title, author and co-author details/names, and the affiliation/
institution(s) in your poster. - Include correspondence e-mail address, and phone details at the top of the poster.
- It is suggested that your poster covers the following headings/ components:
Title/ Introduction/ background/ Aim/ objectives/ Methods/ Results/ Conclusions - Recommendations, where applicable.
- Acknowledgments, if any.