Central University of Technology
Central University of Technology, Free State or CUT is a University of Technology in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa. It was established in 1981 as "Technikon Free State". As part of the South African government's restructuring of tertiary education for the new millennium it was promoted to university of technology status.
Motto | Thinking Beyond |
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Type | Public University of Technology |
Established | 1981 |
Chancellor | Mahube Molemela |
Vice-Chancellor | Pamela Dube |
Administrative staff | 1 100 |
Students | 21 993 |
Location | , , South Africa |
Colours | Red, yellow and blue |
Website | www |
Campus
The university has two campuses – one in Bloemfontein, the judicial capital of South Africa, and one in Welkom, in the heart of the Free State goldfields. The two campuses offer education opportunities in a number of technological fields, including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); management sciences; humanities; and education.
Academics
The Central University of Technology employs over 800 academic and research staff spread across four faculties.[1]
Faculties
Student enrollment
The qualifications on offer reside in four faculties, namely Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences; Faculty of Humanities; Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (IT); and Faculty of Management Sciences. The university offers certificates and diplomas at undergraduate level, as well as advanced diplomas, postgraduate diplomas at honours level, and master's and doctoral degrees.[1]
Ranking
RGEMS
Established | 2006 |
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Students | 15 |
RGEMS (Research Group in Evolvable Manufacturing Systems) is a research group within the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering[3] at the Central University of Technology, Free State.
Established in 2006 by Prof. Herman Vermaak and Dr. Nicolaas Luwes.
The group has also participated in national competitions, such as the Siemens National Cyber Junkyard.[4]
References
- http://www.sarua.org/?q=uni_Central%20University%20of%20Technology Central University of Technology Retrieved 31 December 2011
- http://www.cut.ac.za/web/academics/cutfacs Archived 2013-01-30 at the Wayback Machine 16 June 2012
- "Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering - CUT, South Africa".
- "CUT grabs the top prize at this year's national Cyber Junkyard - CUT, South Africa". 6 April 2013.