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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.
University status Undergrad Postgrad Total (2011) Location(s) Medium Cape Peninsula University of Technology: CPUT/Cats 2005 1: 2005 32,000 Bellville, Cape Town: Eng Central University of Technology: CUT/Ixias 1981 21,993 Bloemfontein, Welkom: Eng Durban University of Technology: DUT 2002 1: 2002 23,000 Durban, Pietermaritzburg: Eng
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.
[1] In general usage, the school-leaving exams, which are government-administered, are known as the "matric exams"; by extension, students in the final year of high school are known as "matriculants" or, more commonly, "matrics". Once the Matric year has been passed, students are said to have "matriculated".
Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa, which received full university status in 1918. [5] Stellenbosch University designed and manufactured Africa's first microsatellite, SUNSAT , launched in 1999.
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 ...
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]