Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Prospectus 2024-2025

Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Prospectus 2024-2025

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History of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology was established on 1 January 2005, when the Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon merged. This merger was part of a national transformation process that transformed the higher education landscape in South Africa.

Today, this institution is the only university of technology in the Western Cape and is the largest university in the region, boasting more than 30 000 students, several campuses and service points and more than 70 programmes.

However, the institution has humble beginnings in the Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon, which dates back to the early 1900’s.

The Cape Technikon

The Cape Technikon has its roots in the Cape Technical College, which was established in Longmarket Street in 1920. The establishment of the college followed more than ten years of petitioning by the community for the consolidation of technical courses that had been offered in various venues in Cape Town.

In the late 1960’s this institution had its status changed to a College for Advanced Technical Education and was renamed the Cape College for Advanced Technical Education. However, a decade later, the Technikons Act was promulgated and in 1976 the institution become known as the Cape Technikon and was allowed to offer degree programmes.

During the apartheid era, all educational institutions were forced to serve a specific race group. The institution offered courses for white students; however, in 1987 the makeup of the student population changed after the institution applied for and was granted permission to have the Government’s regulation lifted on the quota for black students.

The 1990’s would usher in a new era for the Cape Technikon. This institution launched its new organisational structure, which featured six faculties, a new corporate identity as well as a new vision and mission statement. In 2001 the Boland and Mowbray Education Colleges were incorporated into the Cape Technikon, forming the Faculty of Education at sites in Wellington and Mowbray.

The Peninsula Technikon

In 1962 the Peninsula Technical College was established to cater for the steady growth in the number of coloured apprentices in a variety of trades. Classes were conducted in Cape Town until the relocation to a site in Bellville in 1967, which today is the administrative campus of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

In the 1970’s the institution had its status changed to a College of Advanced Technical Education and was rebranded as the Peninsula Colleges for Advanced Technical Education. However, this name and status change was short-lived and in 1979 the college was legally established as the Peninsula Technikon.Cape Peninsula University of Technology Prospectus

Primarily offering education to coloured people during the apartheid era, the institution opened its doors to all races in 1987. The 1990’s also ushered in more changes for the institution, which was empowered to offer degree programmes. The year 1997 saw the restructuring of the institution’s academic programmes into the faculties of Engineering, Business and Science.

The merger

During March 2001, the Minister of Education, Kader Asmal, announced the National Plan on Higher Education. This plan saw the merger of various higher education institutions across South Africa and the formation of Universities of Technology.

After lengthy processes, which involved the setting up of merger task teams and a renaming process, the Minister in 2003 approved the name, Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

In 2005, Cape Peninsula University of Technology was officially launched and on 1 February 2006, Prof Lineo Vuyisa Mazwi-Tanga was appointed as the first Vice-chancellor of the institution.

In May 2008 Dr Trevor Manuel was elected as the first Chancellor of the University.

Undergraduate Courses Offered:

• BTech (Chemistry)
• BTech: Agriculture 
• BTech: Chemistry 
• BTech: Consumer Science: Food And Nutrition 
• Bachelor: Environmental Health
• BTech: Environmental Health
• BTech: Environmental Management 
• BTech: Food Technology
• BTech: Horticulture
• BTech: Landscape Technology 
• BTech: Nature Conservation
• BTech: Oceanography
• BEd: Intermediate Phase Teaching
• BEd: Foundation Phase Teaching
• BEd: Senior Phase & Fet Teaching
• BEd: Honours In Educational Management And Leadership 
• BEd Hons: Educational Management And Leadership
• BEd Hons: Teaching And Learning
• Diploma: Agricultural Management
• Diploma: Agriculture
• Diploma: Analytical Chemistry (Extended)
• Diploma: Analytical Chemistry
• Diploma: Consumer Science In Food And Nutrition (Extended)
• Diploma: Consumer Science In Food And Nutrition
• Diploma: Environmental Management (Extended)
• Diploma: Environmental Management
• Diploma: Food Technology (Extended)
• Diploma: Food Technology
• Diploma: Horticulture (Extended)
• Diploma: Landscape Architecture (Extended)
• Diploma: Landscape Architecture
• Diploma: Nature Conservation (Extended) 
• Diploma: Nature Conservation
• Diploma: Mathematical Sciences (Extended)
• Diploma: Mathematical Sciences
• Diploma: Biotechnology 
• Diploma: Biotechnology (Extended)
• Diploma: Marine Science (Extended)
• Diploma: Marine Sciences
• Diploma in Hospitality and Hotel Management
• Diploma in Hospitality and Food and Beverage Management
• Diploma in Hospitality and Professional Cookery
• Diploma in Chemical Engineering
• Diploma in Civil Engineering
• Diploma in Construction(replacing ND: Building)
• Diploma in Industrial Engineering
• Diploma in Geomatics replacing Surveying and Cartography
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in Mechatronics
• Diploma in Chemical Engineering
• Diploma in Civil Engineering
• Diploma in Construction(replacing ND: Building)
• Diploma in Industrial Engineering
• Diploma in Geomatics(replacing Surveying and Cartography)
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in Mechatronics
• Diplomas in Fashion Design
• Diplomas in Product & Industrial Design
• Diplomas in Visual Communication
• Diplomas in Design and Jewellery Design & Manufacture
• Diploma in Architectural Technology
• Diploma in Interior Design
• AdvDip: In Agriculture And Crop Production
• AdvDip: Consumer Science In Food And Nutrition
• AdvDip: Environmental Management
• AdvDip: Horticulture
• AdvDip: Landscape Construction Management
• AdvDip: Mathematical Sciences.
• AdvDip: Biotechnology
• AdvDip: Marine Science
• Advanced Diploma in Architectural Technology
• Advanced Diploma in Interior Design
• Advanced Diploma in Hospitality and Hotel Management
• Advanced Diploma in Hospitality and Food and Beverage Management

Postgraduate Courses Offered:

• Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering
• MTech (Chemistry)
• MTech: Agriculture 
• Master: Agriculture
• MTech: Chemistry 
• Master: Applied Sciences In Chemistry
• MTech: Consumer Science: Food And Nutrition
• Master: Consumer Science In Food And Nutrition
• MTech: Environmental Management 
• Master: Environmental Management
• MTech: Food Technology
• Master: Food Science And Technology
• Master: Horticultural Sciences
• MTech: Nature Conservation 
• MTech: Oceanography
• MEd: Education
• Master of Construction
• Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering
• Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
• Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
• Master of Engineering in Quality
• Doctor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
• Doctor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering
• Doctor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
• Doctor of Engineering in Civil Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Doctor: Horticulture
• Doctor: Food Science & Technology
• DTech: Environmental Health
• DTech: Chemistry 
• PHD: Chemistry
• PhD (Chemistry)

• CPUT Undergraduate Courses Offered
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Diploma Courses Offered
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Advanced Diploma Courses Offered
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Postgraduate Courses Offered
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Masters Courses Offered
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT PhD Courses Offered

List of Faculties and Departments:

• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Faculty of Applied Sciences
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Faculty of Business and Management Sciences
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Faculty of Education
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT Faculty of Informatics and Design

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