Tertiary education Pretoria

1 tertiary education

1.1 university of south africa
1.2 university of pretoria
1.3 tshwane university of technology

tertiary education

pretoria 1 of south africa s leading academic cities , home both largest residential university in south africa, largest distance education university in south africa , research intensive university. 3 universities in city in order of year founded follows:

university of south africa

the muckleneuk campus of unisa.

the university of south africa (commonly referred unisa), founded in 1873 university of cape of hope, largest university on african continent , attracts third of higher education students in south africa. spent of history examining agency oxford , cambridge universities , incubator other universities in south africa descended. in 1946 given new role distance education university , in 2012 had student headcount of on 300 000 students, including african , international students in 130 countries worldwide, making 1 of world s mega universities. unisa dedicated open distance education institution , offers both vocational , academic programmes.

university of pretoria

old arts building (ou lettere gebou) of university of pretoria.

the university of pretoria (commonly referred up, tuks, or tukkies) multi campus public research university. university established in 1908 pretoria campus of johannesburg based transvaal university college , fourth south african institution in continuous operation awarded university status. established in 1920, university of pretoria faculty of veterinary science second oldest veterinary school in africa , veterinary school in south africa. in 1949 university launched first mba programme outside of north america. since 1997, university has produced more research outputs every year other institution of higher learning in south africa, measured department of education s accreditation benchmark.

tshwane university of technology

tshwane university of technology.

the tshwane university of technology (commonly referred tut) higher education institution, offering vocational oriented diplomas , degrees, , came being through merger of technikon northern gauteng, technikon north-west , technikon pretoria. tut caters approximately 60,000 students , has become largest residential higher education institution in south africa.