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The proposal for a university for the capital, first mooted in the Volksraad in 1889, was interrupted by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War in 1899. In 1902 after the signing of the Peace of Vereeniging, the Normal College for teacher training was established in Groenkloof, Pretoria and in 1904 the Transvaal Technical Institute, with emphasis on mining education, opened in Johannesburg.
Public universities in South Africa are divided into three types: traditional universities, which offer theoretically oriented university degrees; universities of technology ("technikons"), which offer vocational oriented diplomas and degrees; and comprehensive universities, which offer a combination of both types of qualification.
The organisation is listed as a recognised Voluntary Association [1] by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), the statutory body that registers professional engineers, professional certificated engineers, professional engineering technologists and professional engineering technicians in South Africa.
The University of Pretoria (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Pretoria, Northern Sotho: Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public research university [11] [12] in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. [13]
Pages in category "Engineering universities and colleges in South Africa" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Inscape Education Group (previously Inscape Design College), is a higher education institution which offers contact learning located at campuses in Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg in South Africa. The institution also offers distance learning through an online platform.
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 ...
It has 6 campuses in South Africa and is owned by Educor (the Education Investment Corporation Limited) group. [8] [7] [10] [2] [3] [4] Damelin offers degrees, diplomas and other higher qualifications, but is considered a college instead of a university due to the regulations for tertiary institutions in South Africa. [11]