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56 articles · Updated 25 Aug 2026
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) was formed in 2005 through the merger of Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon. It is the only Univers…
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The Central University of Technology (CUT) was established in 1981 as the Technikon Free State, and became a University of Technology in 2004. Based in th…
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The Central University of Technology (CUT) was established in 1981 as the Technikon Free State, and became a University of Technology in 2004. Based in th…
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The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) was established in 2004 through the merger of three technikons: Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-Wes…
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The University of Venda (Univen) was established in 1982 in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. Originally founded to serve the Venda homeland during apartheid, the uni…
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The University of Limpopo (UL) was established in 2005 following the merger of the University of the North (Turfloop) and the Medical University of Southe…
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Rhodes University (RU), founded in 1904 in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), is one of South Africa’s oldest and most prestigious universities. Despite bei…
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Nelson Mandela University (NMU) was officially launched in 2005, following the merger of the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), Port Elizabeth Technikon,…
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The North-West University (NWU) was established in 2004 following the merger of the University of North-West (formerly the University of Bophuthatswana) a…
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The University of the Free State (UFS), established in 1904 as Grey College’s tertiary section, has grown into one of South Africa’s oldest and most respe…
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The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) was formed in 2004 through the merger of the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville. Today, it…
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Stellenbosch University (SU), founded in 1918, is one of South Africa’s leading research-intensive universities and a member of the prestigious Worldwide…
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