The University of Pretoria (commonly referred to as Pretoria, UP, Tuks, or Tukkies) is a multi campus public research university located in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was established in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of the Johannesburg based Transvaal University College and has grown from the original 32 students in a single late Victorian house to approximately 39,000 in 2010. The University was built on 6 suburban campuses on 1120ha (2767acre). The University is organised into nine faculties and a business school. 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. In 2008 the university awarded 15.8% of all masters and doctorate degrees in South Africa, the highest percentage in the country. In post-nominals the University of Pretoria is typically abbreviated as Pret or UP, although Pretoria is also used in official publications.