Motto | We empower people |
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Type | Public university of technology |
Established | 1 January 2004 (Formed as a result of a merger of three established institutions) |
Chancellor | Gloria Tomatoe Serobe[1] |
President | Khoza Shepherd |
Vice-Chancellor | Tinyiko Samuel Maluleke |
Academic staff | c. 755 |
Administrative staff | 4,800 |
Students | c. 65,000 |
Location | South Africa 25°43′56″S 28°09′43″E / 25.7322°S 28.1619°E |
Campus | nine campuses, mostly urban |
Colours | Blue, red, gold |
Nickname | TUT |
Affiliations | HESA[2] NADEOSA[3] |
Website | www |
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT; Afrikaans: Tshwane-Universiteit vir Tegnologie) 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.
As the number of students registering annually grows rapidly, records show that Tshwane University of Technology caters for approximately more than 60,000 students and it has become the largest residential higher education institution in South Africa.[4]