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Cape Pensula University of Technology (CPUT), a university in Cape Town, is the only university of Technology in the Western Cape, and is also the largest university in the province, with over 29 000 students.
It is a result of the merger in 2005 between the Cape Technikon and Pensinsula Technikon. CPUT takes a unique path in higher education. The large majority of courses (arranged in six faculties) incorporate in-service training, which consists of an internship, ranging from six months to three years. The University’s comprehensive co-operative education policy ensures students are placed within a company that is pre-approved; this ensures that academic learning is reinforned by practical work-based experience.
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The Central University of Technology (CUT) is based in the Free State, in the city of Bloemfontein, with regional learning centres in Welkom and Kimberley.
As a university of technology, CUT specialises in providing Science, Engineering and Technology applied research, as well as career-orientated training and community involvement. CUT aspires to foster an institutional culture that reflects and serves social order in South Africa. CUT has three faculties, namely Engineering-Communication Technology, Health and Environmental Sciences and Management Sciences, in which had an enrolment of 12 000 students in 2009.
Visit the Central University of Technology (CUT) for more information. |
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The is a technical university in KwaZulu Natal, with approximately 23 000 students currently enrolled.
It was formed in 2002 by the merger of Technikon Natal and ML Sutan Technikon, and was previously known as the Durban Institute of Technology. It has seven campuses, with five in Durban, and two in the Midlands. The university aspires to be a “preferred university for developing leadership in technology and productive citizenship”, and to “making knowledge useful”. With six faculties, business studies and a number of centres, DUT is dedicated to intellectual evolution.
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Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT), formerly Mangosuthu Technikon, is a University of Technology on the outskirts of Durban, near Umlazi.
A Zulu-speaking university, MUT provides students with career orientated skills through a combination of theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the workplace. This is achieved through close co-operation with commerce and industry to ensure that the curriculum of a particular qualification is relevant to the chosen field, and that it is market related. Theoretical studies and in-service training form part of the programmes. With three faculties (Engineering, Management Sciences and Natural Sciences) MUT has more than 3000 graduates province-wide, as well as from neighbouring states like Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho and Namibia. |
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 Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) is a result of the merger in 2004 between three prominent technikons: Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria.
With a 60 000-strong student body spread across Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North-West provinces, TUT’s campuses are located in Tshwane (Pretoria, Soshanguve, Ga-Rankuwa), Nelspruit and Polokwane. One of its key academic focuses is the economic and social development of the Southern African region. In its quest to promote knowledge and technology, TUT provides the market with a career-focused workforce, and aims at making a significant contributiont to creating sustainable economic growth that will impact on the standard of living of all the region’s people. |
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 The Vaal University of Technology (VUT) accommodates approximately 17 000 students through its campuses in Secunda, Kempton Park, Klerksdorp and Upington.
Its academic emphasis is on career-focused diploma and degree programmes that prepare students for the world of work. Many programmes include practical experience in the workplace, so that students “hit the ground running” when they begin their working lives. VUT has four faculties (Applied and Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Human Sciences, Management Sciences) and its vision is to be a dynamic centre of technology leading in quality education for the nation. |
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