List of universities in South Africa

Din bɔŋɔ nyɛla universities shɛŋa din be South Africa. Yuya ŋɔ puuni, collagɛ nima mini universities nyɛla "accredited", degree-granting, tertiary shikuruti. Bin din gbaai silimiin goli September yuuni 2022, South African public degree-granting shikuruti koŋko nyɛ ban daa tooi booni bɛ maŋ "university" ka ʒingama shikuruti mi booni bɛ maŋ collagɛ nima bee daabiligu shikuruti.

Yuuni 2004 South Africa daa piligi bɛ public higher education maliniŋ, ka daa zaŋ tiŋgbani maa universities din nyɛ zaɣa bihi laɣim taba ka di daa leei zaɣa kara ka daa lahi labi ti li yuya. Tiŋgbani maa universities mini "technikons", bɛ ni daa zaŋ laɣim taba ka nyɛ din lahi kani yuya nyɛla din dɔ bahigu.

Bɛ daa pilli universities nima ayi yuuni 2013, Sol Plaatje University mini University of Mpumalanga. Di nyɛla din be universities of technology yaɣili.

Public universities
Public universities din be South Africa nyɛla bɛ ni daa pirigi shɛli buta: traditional universities ka di niŋdi theoretically oriented university degrees; universities of technology ("technikons") niŋdi la vocational oriented diplomas mini degrees; n-ti pahi comprehensive universities ka di mi laɣim di dibaa ayi maa niŋda.HESA Structures

Traditional universities

 Institution Nickname Founded University status Undergrad Postgrad Total  Location(s) Medium University of Cape Town Ikeys / UCT 1 October 1829 Our history. Retrieved 13 May 2011 2 April 1918 18,421 10,653 29,074 Cape Town Eng University of Fort Hare UFH / Blues  1916 9,074 2,000 11,074 Alice, East London, Bhisho Eng University of the Free State Kovsies / UFS 28 January 1904 Brief History. Retrieved 28 April 2011 1950 21,193 5,082 26,275 Bloemfontein, QwaQwa Eng   University of KwaZulu-Natal UKZN / Natal / Impi 1 January 20041 1 January 2004 History – University of KwaZulu-Natal. Retrieved 13 May 2011 33,456 13,064 46,520 (2016) Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Pinetown, Westville Eng University of Limpopo Turfloop 1 January 20051 1 January 2005 17,273 3,327 20,600 Polokwane, Turfloop Eng North-West University NWU / Pukke / Eagles  1 January 20041 1 January 2004 43,596 3,235 44,008 Mafikeng, Mankwe, Potchefstroom, Vanderbijlpark Afr (Potchefstroom campus) Eng (Mafikeng campus) Setswana (Vaaldriehoek campus) University of Pretoria Tuks / Tukkies / UP 4 March 1908 History of the University of Pretoria. Retrieved 31 August 2009. 10 October 1930 35,9422 12,5412 48,483 Pretoria, Johannesburg3Campuses. Retrieved 1 October 2010  Eng  Rhodes University Rhodes / RU  31 May 1904 10 March 1951 5,456 1,127 6,700 Grahamstown Eng Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University4 SMU (formerly MEDUNSA) 16 May 2014 Alt URL 16 May 20146,410 (2018) Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria Eng Stellenbosch University Maties, Stellies 1866. Retrieved 13 May 2011 2 April 1918 17,970"Stellenbosch University Statistical Profile 2012" , Official Stellenbosch University Website, SU Consensus, June 2012 9,853 27,823 Stellenbosch, Saldanha Bay, Bellville, Tygerberg Eng  University of the Western Cape UWC / Bush / U Dubs 1959 1970 11,836 3,390 15,226 Bellville Eng University of the Witwatersrand Wits, Witsies 1896. Retrieved 13 May 2011 1922 24 621 , University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg FACTS & FIGURES 2017/2018, retrieved 4 August 2018 13 234 38 353 Johannesburg Eng

Note1: Wuhiri la shikuru shɛŋa bɛ ni daa laɣim taba ka di na be ni

Note2: Wuhiri la university shɛŋa din lahi kani, lala kalinli ŋɔ nyɛla din yina University of Pretoria's wiki.

Note3: University's daabiligu shikuru Gordon Institute of Business Science nyɛla din mali di shikuru shɛli Illovo mini inner-city campus din be Pritchard Street,Johannesburg gbunni.

Note4: Waligim yina University of Limpopo leei Medical University of South Africa.

Comprehensive universities

 Institution Nickname Founded Undergrad Postgrad Total Location(s) Medium University of Johannesburg  UJ1 January 20051 (1967 as RAU, Technikon Witwatersrand and the East Rand campus of Vista University) >50,000  Johannesburg, Soweto Eng Nelson Mandela University Madibaz / NMU 1 January 20052 (1964 as UPE) 19,768 2,884 22,652 Port Elizabeth, George Eng University of South Africa Unisa 1873 (UCGH) 300,000 Distance education, headquartered in Pretoria, campuses and regional offices nationwide Eng University of Venda  Univen  1982 10,968 Thohoyandou Eng Walter Sisulu University  WSU/ALL BLACKS 1977 (Unitra) 32,081 (2018)   East London, Butterworth, Mthatha, Queenstown Eng University of Zululand UniZulu 1960 6,456 369 6,825 Empangeni Eng 

Note1: By merger of existing institutions 
Note2: By merger of existing institutions

Universities of technology

 Institution Nickname Founded University status Undergrad Postgrad Total (2011) Location(s) Medium Cape Peninsula University of Technology  CPUT/Cats 20051  2005 32,000 Bellville, Cape Town Eng Central University of Technology  CUT/Ixias 1981 9,933 Bloemfontein, Welkom  Eng Durban University of Technology  DUT 20021 2002 23,000 Durban, Pietermaritzburg Eng Mangosuthu University of Technology  MUT 19792007  Umlazi Eng University of Mpumalanga UMP 2013 2013   Mbombela Eng Sol Plaatje University  SPU 2013 2013   Kimberley, Northern Cape Eng Tshwane University of Technology  TUT/Vikings  20031 2003 60,000 Pretoria, Mbombela, Polokwane, Ga-Rankuwa, Soshanguve, Witbank Eng Vaal University of Technology  VUT 1966 2003 17,000 Vanderbijlpark, Secunda, Kempton Park, Klerksdorp, Upington Eng

Note1: By merger of existing institutions

Private degree-granting seminaries, institutes and colleges
 Theological seminaries 
+ Institution Nickname Founded Enrollment Type Location(s) Medium  Auckland Park Theological Seminary ATS 1997 (1956) Theological seminary Johannesburg Eng Open Christian University OCU 2021 Rolling Enrollment Theological Online, HQ in Bethal Eng Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa  1951   Theological seminary Johannesburg Eng George Whitefield College  1989   Theological seminary Cape Town Eng South African Theological Seminary SATS 1996   Theological seminary Online (HQ Bryanston) Eng St Augustine College of South Africa  1999   Private Tertiary Academic Institution Johannesburg Eng

 Institutes 
+ Institution Nickname Founded Enrollment Type Location(s) Medium  Two Oceans Graduate Institute TOGI 2017   Registered private higher education institution Distance/Online (HQ Cape Town) Eng

University research collaboratives
Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC)
Foundation of Tertiary Institutions of the Northern Metropolis (FOTIM)
Higher Education South Africa (HESA)
Southern Education and Research Alliance (SERA)

Defunct institutions

 Institution Location Founded Closed Notes Bond South Africa  Sandton  2004The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (2004). Breaking News Archive – June 2004 . Retrieved 2 February 2008. Now Varsity College, part of IIE Border Technikon   2005 Now part of Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science University of Bophuthatswana    Now part of North-West University University of the Cape of Good Hope Cape Town 1873 1916 Renamed University of South Africa  Cape Technikon   Now part of Cape Peninsula University of Technology University of Durban-Westville Westville 1972  1 January 2004 Now part of University of KwaZulu-Natal Eastern Cape Technikon 1994 2005 Now part of Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science Medical University of South AfricaGa-Rankuwa 1976 1 January 2005 Now part of University of Limpopo Technikon Natal   Now part of Durban University of TechnologyUniversity of the NorthPolokwane 1959 1 January 2005 Now part of University of LimpopoUniversity of NatalPietermaritzburg, Durban 1910  1 January 2004 Now part of University of KwaZulu-NatalUniversity of North-West, formerly the University of BophuthatswanaMafikeng  1 January 2004 Now part of North-West University Port Elizabeth Technikon.Port Elizabeth, George 1882 2005 Now part of Nelson Mandela UniversityUniversity of Port ElizabethPort Elizabeth 31 January 1964 2005 Now part of Nelson Mandela UniversityPotchefstroom University for Christian Higher EducationPotchefstroom 29 November 1869 1 January 2004 Now part of North-West UniversityRand Afrikaans University Johannesburg 1967 2005 Now part of University of Johannesburg Technikon SA   1 January 2004 Now part of University of South AfricaTransvaal University College  Johannesburg, Pretoria 1906 1910/1930 Predecessor of the University of Pretoria and the University of the Witwatersrand. The University of the Witwatersrand was named the Transvaal University College from 1906 to 1910. The University of Pretoria was established as the Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College in 1908 and retained that name until 1930.University of Transkei  Transkei 1977 2005 Now part of Walter Sisulu University for Technology and ScienceUniversity of Gazankulu  Giyani ? ? Probably distributed between the University of Venda and the University of LimpopoVista University Multi-city campus university 1981  2004/2005 Now merged with the Nelson Mandela University, the University of the Free State, the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria, the University of South Africa and the Vaal University of Technology.Technikon Witwatersrand Johannesburg 1925 2005University of Johannesburg

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