The HDP Outside World Guidebook

The HDP Outside World Guidebook
A Matriculant’s Concise Guide to the Major Tertiary Institutions
of South Africa
· 2011 ·
The HDP Outside World Guidebook is distributed as part of the HDP’s Education Support Programme and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 South
Africa licence
THE HDP OUTSIDE WORLD GUIDEBOOK
Preface
This booklet contains important contact details of the major tertiary institutions of South
Africa. The information contained herein was obtained from trusted websites and may
be helpful to learners who have no access to the internet especially in rural areas. We
hope that learners from disadvantaged schools will find the information in this booklet
useful as they navigate their way to a bright future. It should be ensured that all grade
12 learners who have limited or no access to the internet or other information resources
have a free copy of it.
Prospectuses of most institutions do not have contact details of other institutions found
in South Africa. The Central Applications Office (CAO) deals with the major tertiary
institutions found in KwaZulu-Natal. One may wish to study in another province e.g.
Gauteng or Western Cape. This booklet has contact details of all major tertiary institutions of South Africa to give learners more options. In this first edition of the HDP
Outside World Guidebook there may be limited information on bursaries, careers, etc.
More information will be added in subsequent editions. Nonetheless, all institutions have
financial aid and career counselling offices. When contacting the institutions, you are
advised to request application forms, enquire about funding opportunities, careers, accommodation, closing dates for applications, etc. They will give you all the information
you need. It is in your interest to do this as soon as possible.
The information in this booklet was compiled as part of the HDP’s education support
strategies. HDP stands for Hlokozi Development Programme. The HDP is a public, nonprofit organisation that intends to accomplish the following goals through its programmes
i) Enterprise Development, ii) Education Support, iii) Leadership and human development, iv) Sport, Art, Culture and Recreation, vi) Infrastructural Development, vii) Legal
Awareness, etc. The HDP is not affiliated with any political party and is made of students
and working professionals who come from Hlokozi. Our main goal is to improve the lives
of the people of Hlokozi in all aspects. If there is something you would like the HDP to
do for you or the Hlokozi community, let us know and we will do our best to help.
We would like feedback from the learners/teachers. We would like to know what you
think of this booklet and what information you would like to see in next year’s edition.
Please send your comments or suggestions to [email protected].
THE HDP OUTSIDE WORLD GUIDEBOOK
Contents
1 Applying for admission to Tertiary institutions in KwaZulu-Natal
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2 Tertiary Institutions of South Africa
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2.1
Universities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2
Comprehensive Universities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.3
Universities of Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.4
Further Education and Training Colleges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1
Applying for admission to Tertiary institutions in
KwaZulu-Natal
The Central Applications Office (CAO) facilitates the application process, allowing you
to apply to five institutions using one application form. If you do not have the CAO
handbook, you are advised to get it as soon as possible.
The CAO telephone number is 031 268 4444. We believe it is possible for you to call them
and request their handbook and the application form. They can be e-mailed at [email protected]. The handbooks can also be obtained from the member institutions
listed below:
Member institutions1
• Durban University of Technology
• Mangosuthu University of Technology
• University of KwaZulu-Natal
• University of South Africa
• University of Zululand
If you would like to apply for admission to institutions outside KZN, the list of tertiary
institutions of South Africa is provided in the next section. You should call or e-mail
them to request application forms and enquire about the courses they offer, funding,
accommodation, etc.
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This information was obtained from the Central Applications Office’s website (Central Applications
Office. Online 2010. http://www.cao.ac.za/institute.aspx)
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Tertiary Institutions of South Africa2
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2.1
Universities
Name of Institution
Telephone number
Website
/email address
University of KwaZulu-Natal
(031) 260 2212
www.ukzn.ac.za
[email protected]
Rhodes University
(046) 603 8111
www.ru.ac.za
[email protected]
University of Fort Hare
(040) 602 2011
www.ufh.ac.za
[email protected]
University of the Free State
(051) 401 3000
www.ufs.ac.za
[email protected]
University of Limpopo
(012) 521 4111
www.ul.ac.za
(015) 268 9111
North-West University
(018) 299 4910
www.nwu.ac.za
Amanda.vandermerwe
@nwu.ac.za
University of Pretoria
(012) 420 3111
www.up.ac.za
[email protected]
University of Witwatersrand
(011) 717
web.wits.ac.za
1030/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8
[email protected]
University of Cape Town
(021) 650 2128
www.uct.ac.za
[email protected]
University of the Western Cape
(021) 959 3900
www.uwc.ac.za
(021) 959 2911
University of Stellenbosch
(021) 808 9111
www.sun.ac.za
[email protected]
Make sure you call or e-mail these institutions and enquire about the closing dates, the
application process, bursaries, scholarships and loans, etc. Try to do this as early as
possible. Applications to some courses close very early e.g. for Medicine the closing date
for applications is 30 June in most universities. The closing dates for applications to
other courses in most institutions are in September and October. You are encouraged to
contact the institution(s) of your choice as soon as possible.
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Contact details of each institution were obtained from its website.
The list of institutions was obtained from Wikipedia (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
Online 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_South_Africa).
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Comprehensive Universities
Name of Institution
Telephone number
Website
/email address
University of Zululand
(035) 902 6430
www.unizulu.ac.za
University of
(011) 559-4555
www.uj.ac.za
Nelson Mandela
(041) 504 1111
www.nmmu.ac.za
Metropolitan
[email protected]
Johannesburg
Universities
University of South Africa
0861 670 411
www.unisa.ac.za
[email protected]
University of Venda
(015) 962 8000
www.univen.ac.za
[email protected]
Walter Sisulu University
(047) 502 211
for
[email protected]
www.wsu.ac.za
Technology and Science
2.3
Universities of Technology
Name of Institution
Telephone number
Website
/email address
Durban University of
0860 10 31 94
www.dut.ac.za
Technology
[email protected]
Mangosuthu University of
(031) 907 7111
www.mut.ac.za
Cape Peninsula University
[email protected]
www.cput.ac.za
of Technology
(021) 959 6230
Tshwane University of
012 382 5911
Technology
[email protected]
Central University of
(051) 507 3911
Technology
[email protected]
Vaal University of
(016) 950 9000
Technology
Technology
www.tut.ac.za
www.cut.ac.za
www.vut.ac.za
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2.4
4
Further Education and Training Colleges
There are many further education and training (FET) colleges in South Africa. However,
in this booklet we listed only one, Coastal KZN. More FET colleges may be added in
later editions when more research on them has been done.
FET colleges3 allow people with or without matric to further their studies while improving their technical skills, thereby improving their employability. The minimum entrance
requirement for admission to an FET is Grade 9. With Grade 9, one can enrol for a National Certificate Vocational (NCV) level 2 (an equivalent of Grade 10) at an FET. NCV
level 3 and NCV level 4 are equivalent to Grades 11 and 12 respectively although someone
who studied at an FET has relatively better technical skills. A person graduating from
an FET (NCV level 4) may be admitted to a university of technology or university if they
qualify.
Uma kukhona umuntu omaziyo ohlezi ekhaya engenzi lutho ebe eno-Grade 9, 10, noma
11, mtshele azame ukuthola ulwazi mayelana namathuba anawo okuthuthukisa imfundo
kanye namakhono akhe kwi-FET.
Name of Institution
Telephone number/
Website
email address
Coastal KZN
(031) 905 7000/1
(Central Administration
[email protected]
www.coastalkzn.co.za
Office)
3
Coastal KZN
(031) 462 2333
(Swinton Campus)
[email protected]
Coastal KZN)
(031) 206 0616/7/8
(Durban Campus)
[email protected]
www.coastalkzn.co.za
www.coastalkzn.co.za
This information was obtained from the Coastal KZN website (Coastal KZN. Online 2010
http://www.coastalkzn.co.za/index.htm)