s SOUTH AFRICA THE GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICAN TERTIARY EDUCATION FOURTH EDITION STUDY SOUTH AFRICA THE GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICAN TERTIARY EDUCATION International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) in association with the South African Universities Vice-Chancellors Association (SAUVCA) and the Committee of Technikon Principals (CTP) > \ TABLE 0 F CONTENTS Messages Universities of Technology Message from the International Education Association Border Technikon (Eastern Cape University of Technology)....... 58 o f South Africa (IEASA)............................................................. 3 Durban Institute of Technolog)'.................................................... 60 Message from the Council on Higher Education (CHE)........ 4 Peninsula Technikon (Cape Peninsula University of Technology)______________ 62 Message from the South African Universities Tshwane University o f Technology............................................... 64 Vice-Chancellors Association (SAUVCA)............................ 5 Vaal University o f Technology......................................................... 66 Message from the Committee ofTechnikon Principal (CTP)___ 5 Eastern Cape Technikon (Eastern Cape University of Message from the South African Qualifications Technology)............................ 68 Authority (SAQA).................... 6 Cape Technikon (Cape Peninsula University of Technolog',') 71 Message from Unitech (Higher Education professional Central University o f Technology, Free S ta te ............................ 72 body for marketing, communication and development).. 7 Mangosuthu Technikon................................................................... 72 Message from Professor Thandwa Mthembu.™.................... 8 Student and Travel Information Context How to apply for a study perm it.................................................... 73 Minimum general entrance requirements.................................. 73 Studying in South Africa................................................................. 9 Travelling facts.................................................................................... 74 Study South Africa - A Decade o f Democracy .................... 10 South African public holidays........................................................ 74 Higher Ed ucation............................................................................... 11 Ingwe Health Plan medical cover................................................... 74 Positive ch an ge............................................... 12 South Africa - the land and its people........................................ 75 Success rates and courses................................................................. 13 South Africa’s people........................................................................ 76 Restructuring...................................................................................... 13 South African government and politics...................................... 77 Quality assurance............................................................................... 14 An adventurous sp irit....................................................................... 78 Planning and funding....................................................................... 14 A feast o f arts and culture................................................................ 79 Higher Education Facts and Figures........................................... 15 Useful co n tacts.................................................. 80 Private higher education in South A frica................................... 16 Research and Development............................................................. 17 CREDITS Horn free and colour b lind .............................................................. 18 Published by the International Writing and editorial contributions: Decade of Democracy Report Card .......................................... 19 Education Association of South Africa Alexandra van Essche and (Diversities and Universities o f Technology.............................. 22 (IEASA) in assciarion with the South Andy Mason African Universities Vice-Chancellors Cover Design: Phindile Mantantana Association (SAUVCA) and Committee and Andy Mason Diversities ofTechnikon Principals (CTP). (These Design: Shakila Chetty and two bodies will be merged into one in Alexandra van Essche University of KwaZulu-Natal.™....................................................... 24 due course.) Copy Editor: Christopher Waddington Ne bon Mandela Metropolitan University................................... 30 Project M anager Alexandra van Essche Production: Project Coordinator. Zandile Wanda University o f Port Elizabeth.... ........................... ...................... 31 G Artworks Communication Specialist Education W riter Administrative Assistants: Port Elizabeth Technikon..................................... 34 Karen MacGregor Shiki Vishnu and Trelanee Skein University o f Johannesburg........ ............... 36 © Copyright 2004 International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) Rand Afrikaans University..™.......................„............................ 37 P.O. Box 65099 Reservoir Hills Durban 4090 South Africa. 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University o f the Free S ta te ............................................................. 48 The information in this Guide was compiled from a variety of sources and the opin­ Medical University o f South A frica.............................................. 51 ions expressed should not necessarily be taken to represent those of IEASA, University o f Pretoria........................................................................ 52 SAUVCA or CTP. The information on the universities and technikons was supplied The North-West University.............................................................. 54 by the universities and universities o f technology themselves, or updated from the 3rd Edition of Study South Africa using the websites of the institutions concerned. Rhodes University.............................................................................. 55 Every effort has been made ro ensure that the information contained in ths publi­ Stellenbosch University.................................................................... 56 cation was accurate and correcr at the time o f going to press. IEASA, SAUVCA and University o f South A frica............................................................... 57 CTP will however not accept any liability resulting from the reliance by any person on information contained herein. University of Venda.................... 69 r University of the N orth..................................................................... 69 Study South Africa On-line University o f the Western Cape ____________ ________________ 70 V is it th e Study South Africa w e b site : www.studysa.co.za f o r a n e le c ­ University of Zululand................... 70 tronic version of Study South Africa and to link directly to the institutions, websites. University of Fort Hare...................... 71 MESSAGES Message from the President of IEASA Study South Africa: celebrating ten years of democracy he fourth edition o f Study South Africa; Guide to South qualifications. The information African Tertiary Education coincides with a momentous event provided in this Guide introduces in the history ofSouth Africa. It is the 10th anniversary o f the the individual institutions, their DR ROSHEN KISHUN T academic offerings, support serv­ PRESIDENT OF IEASA democracy after the 1994 elections that ended apartheid. It is time to celebrate the achievements, the development strides, and the reinte­ ices provided and other relevant details needed to make a choice gration ofSouth Africa into the world community. of study destination The International Education Association of South Africa Study South Africa is also a (IEASA) welcomes the new Minister o f Education, Ms Naledi useful tool in the development of Pandor, elected to the Cabinet after the April 2004 elections. We wish a strategy to market South her well in her new and demanding portfolio. We are confident that African higher education into the Minister will support the tertiary education sector to develop linkages between international education, skilled migration and the the competitive world of interna­ tional education. The decision by transition to knowledge economies. While we believe that a free and democratic country may be the IEASA to develop a marketing most powerful attraction for international students wishing to strategy is not only a reaction to global higher education pres­ study in South Africa there are other reasons. South Africa is rated as a technological powerhouse on the African continent. sures, but is also an acknowl­ edgement of South Africa’s Comparatively South Africa’s educational infrastructure can be NALEDI PANDOR return to the global higher