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Cape Peninsula University of Technology (Afrikaans: Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van Tegnologie) is a university in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the only university of technology in the Western Cape province, and is also the largest university in the province, with over 32,000 students. It was formed by merging the Cape Technikon and ...
Other universities in Cape Town are the University of Cape Town (originally for English-speaking whites), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and Stellenbosch University (originally for Afrikaans-speaking whites). The establishing of UWC was a direct effect of the Apartheid-era Extension of University Education Act, 1959. This law ...
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
As part of the South African government's restructuring of tertiary education for the new millennium it was promoted to university of technology status. It is currently part of the BRICS Universities League , a consortium of leading research universities from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad, Xhosa: iYunivesithi yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa.Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest university in Sub-Saharan Africa in continuous operation.
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Mthatha Campus. Walter Sisulu University (WSU) is a university of technology and science located in Mthatha, East London (Buffalo City), Butterworth and Komani (Queenstown) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, which came into existence on 1 July 2005 as a result of a merger between Border Technikon, Eastern Cape Technikon and the University of Transkei.
Cape Peninsula University of Technology was composed of two former technikons and other smaller independent colleges. In South Africa , there was a division between universities and technikons (polytechnics), as well between institutions servicing particular racial and language groupings.