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Tshwane University of Technology (TUT; Afrikaans: Tshwane-Universiteit vir Tegnologie) is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria.
Unisa 1873 300,000 Distance education, headquartered in Pretoria, campuses and regional offices nationwide Eng University of Venda: Univen 1982 10,968 Thohoyandou: Eng Walter Sisulu University: WSU/ALL BLACKS 1977 32,081 (2018) [29] East London, Butterworth, Mthatha, Queenstown: Eng University of Zululand: UniZulu 1960 6,456 369 6,825 Empangeni
The University of South Africa (UNISA) [a] is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa . Through various colleges and affiliates, UNISA has over 400,000 students, including international students from 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's ...
Although most white schools opted for the status quo, by 1993, due to government policy, 96% of white public schools became "Model C" schools. [32] Although the form of "Model C" was abolished by the post-apartheid government, the term is still commonly used to describe former whites-only government schools, as of 2013.
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 ...
One of the colleges that were under UNISA's trusteeship was Grey University College, Bloemfontein. UNISA's trusteeship ended in 1949 when the Orange Free State University received a charter as a university. [8] Initially, the medium of instruction was English, but later this changed to be bilingual and included Afrikaans. The name was changed ...
In 1887, this college was renamed Victoria College; when it acquired university status on 2 April 1918 it was renamed once again, to Stellenbosch University. [12] Initially only one university was planned for the Cape but after the government was visited by a delegation from the Victoria College , it was decided to allow the college to be a ...
The first rector was N. J. Sieberhagen (from 1960 until 1973). The university started as a small institution: in the first year, 166 students were enrolled and the teaching staff numbered 17. In 1970, the institution gained university status and was able to award its own degrees and diplomas. [2]