Cape Peninsula University of Technology

"Cape Tech" redirects here. For the technical school district in Cape May County, New Jersey, see Cape May County Technical School District.
Not to be confused with University of Cape Town.
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Other name
CPUT
MottoCreating Futures
TypePublic
Established2005 as a merger of Cape Technikon (1920) and Peninsula Technikon (1962)
Academic affiliations
AAU, CHEC, HESA
ChancellorThandi Modise
Vice-ChancellorChris Nhlapo
StudentsOver 33,569 (as of December 2013)[1]
Location
Cape Town
,
Western Cape
,
South Africa
CampusFive campuses
Colours    Blue and White
Websitewww.cput.ac.za

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 Peninsula Technikon as well as a few other independent colleges.

  1. ^ "CPUT Facts and Statistics page". CPUT Management Information Services. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2013.