Academic staff approx. 855 Students approx. 60,000 Total enrollment 60,000 (2008) Color Gold | Administrative staff 2,700 Phone +27 86 110 2421 Motto We empower people Vice-chancellor Lourens van Staden | |
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Established 1 January 2004(Formed as a result of a merger of three established institutions) Chancellor Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa Notable alumni Mamela Nyamza, Izak Davel, Wikus du Toit, Otlile Mabuse Similar University of Johannesburg, University of Pretoria, Vaal University of Techno, University of South Africa, University of Limpopo | ||
Tshwane university of technology to beef up security in all campuses
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) 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.
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- Tshwane university of technology to beef up security in all campuses
- Tshwane university of technology
- Campuses
- Student enrollment
- Ranking
- References
As the number of students registering annually grows rapidly, records show that Tshwane University of Technology caters for approximately 60,000 students and it has become the largest residential higher education institution in South Africa.
Tshwane university of technology
Campuses
It comprises up to six satellite campuses. These campuses include Pretoria, Soshanguve, Ga-Rankuwa, Witbank (eMalahleni), Nelspruit and Polokwane campuses. Two faculties, namely the Faculties of Science and The Arts, have dedicated campuses in the Pretoria city centre.
Student enrollment
There were 48,078 students enrolled for the year 2012 at the Tshwane University of Technology. It was estimated, for the year 2014, that the number of first year student applications the university received were around 80,000.
Ranking
In 2010 Webometrics ranked the university the 15th best in South Africa and 5662th in the world.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ranks the university's Department of Journalism as one of twelve Potential Centres of Excellence in Journalism Training in Africa.