List of universities in South Africa
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This is a list of universities in South Africa. In 2004 South Africa started reforming its higher education system, merging and incorporating small universities into larger institutions, and renaming all higher education institutions "university" (previously there had been several types of higher education institution). The country's universities and "technikons" which were incorporated with others and thus no longer exist are listed at the end of the article.
There are also a large number of other educational institutions in South Africa - some are local campuses of foreign universities, some conduct classes for students who write their exams at the distance-education University of South Africa and some offer unaccredited or non-accredited diplomas.
For other post secondary institutions, see List of post secondary institutions in South Africa.
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[edit] Current Official South African Universities
Public universities in South Africa are divided into three types: traditional universities, which offer theoretically-oriented university degrees; universities of technology ("Technikons"), which offer practically-oriented diplomas and degrees in technical fields; and comprehensive universities, which offer a combination of both types of qualification. [1] [2]
[edit] Traditional universities
- University of Cape Town, (Cape Town)
- University of Fort Hare, (Alice), (East London)
- University of the Free State, (Bloemfontein)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal, (Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Pinetown, Westville)
- University of Limpopo, (Polokwane, Ga-Rankuwa)
- North-West University, (Mafikeng, Mankwe, Potchefstroom, Vanderbijlpark)
- University of Pretoria, (Pretoria)
- Rhodes University, (Grahamstown)
- University of Stellenbosch, (Stellenbosch)
- University of the Western Cape, (Cape Town)
- University of the Witwatersrand, (Johannesburg)
[edit] Comprehensive universities
- University of Johannesburg, (Johannesburg)
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, (Port Elizabeth)
- University of South Africa, (Pretoria - Distance Education)
- University of Venda, (Thohoyandou)
- Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science, (Buffalo City, Butterworth, Mthatha, Queenstown)
- University of Zululand, (Empangeni)
[edit] Universities of technology
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, (Bellville, Cape Town)
- Central University of Technology, (Bloemfontein, Welkom)
- Durban University of Technology, (Durban, Pietermaritzburg)
- Mangosuthu University of Technology, (Durban)
- Tshwane University of Technology (Pretoria)
- Vaal University of Technology, (Vanderbijlpark)
[edit] Other Degree Granting Institutions
[edit] South African Institutions
- AFDA - South African School of Motion Picture and Live Perfromance (Cape Town and Johannesburg)
- CityVarsity School of Media and Creative Arts(Cape Town and Johannesburg)[1]
- CIDA City Campus (Johannesburg)
- Cranefield Institute of Management (Pretoria)
- IMM Graduate School of Marketing
- Inscape Design College (Johannesburg)
- Management College of Southern Africa (Durban - Distance Education)
- Midrand Graduate Institute (Midrand)
- Milpark Business School (Johannesburg)
- South African Military Academy (Saldanha)
- South African Theological Seminary (Rivonia - Distance Education)
- St. Augustine College South Africa (Johannesburg)
- The College of the Transfiguration (Grahamstown - Contextual Theology)
[edit] Foreign degrees offered locally
- Edinburgh Business School, (Roodepoort)
- Henley Management College, South Africa, (Johannesburg)
- University of Luton, (through Regent Business School, Durban)
- Monash South Africa, (Johannesburg)
- University of Southern Queensland, (Distance education; study support centre in Johannesburg)
- University of Sedona / University of Metaphysics, (Edenvale)
- Regent University (through Doxa Deo School of Divinity)
[edit] Former Universities and Technikons
- Bond South Africa (Sandton)
- Border Technikon, now part of Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science
- University of Bophuthatswana, now part of North-West University
- University of the Cape of Good Hope, renamed University of South Africa in 1916
- University of Durban-Westville (Durban), now part of University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Eastern Cape Technikon, now part of Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science
- Medical University of South Africa (Ga-Rankuwa), now part of University of Limpopo
- University of the North (near Polokwane), now part of University of Limpopo
- University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg, Durban), now part of University of KwaZulu-Natal
- University of North-West (Mafikeng) (formerly the University of Bophuthatswana), now part of North-West University.
- University of Port Elizabeth, (Port Elizabeth), now part of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
- Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (Potchefstroom), now part of North-West University.
- Rand Afrikaans University (Johannesburg), now part of University of Johannesburg
- Technikon SA, now merged with Unisa.
- Transvaal University College predecessor of the University of Pretoria and the University of the Witwatersrand
- University of Transkei, now part of Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science
- Vista University (multi-city campus university), now merged with other universities.
- Technikon Witwatersrand, now part of the University of Johannesburg
[edit] See also
- List of medical schools in South Africa
- Law schools in South Africa
- List of business schools in South Africa
- List of colleges and universities by country
- List of colleges and universities
- Higher Education South Africa
- Academic boycotts of South Africa (historical Apartheid-era)
[edit] References
- ^ SA Higher Education, South African Universities Vice-Chancellors Association. Retrieved 30 January 2006. (Link is dead; view it at the Internet Archive.)
- ^ 2005, HESA Structures, Higher Education South Africa. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
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