List of universities in South Africa information

This is a list of universities in South Africa. In this list, colleges and universities are defined as accredited, degree-granting, tertiary institutions. As at September 2022, only South African public degree-granting institutions may call themselves a "university", whereas other accredited private for-profit or not-for-profit degree-granting institutions tend to call themselves colleges, institutes or business schools.^[1]

Some of these private institutions are local campuses of foreign universities. Degree-granting institutions (both public and private) must be registered with, and have their specific degree programs accredited by, the Council on Higher Education.

In 2004 South Africa started reforming its public higher education system,^[2] merging and incorporating small public universities into larger institutions, and renaming all higher education institutions "university" (previously there had been several types of higher education institution). The country's universities and "technikons", which were incorporated with others and thus no longer exist, are listed at the end of the article.

Two new universities launched in 2013,^[3] Sol Plaatje University and the University of Mpumalanga. They are tentatively classified in the universities of technology category, pending clarification of their programs.

^ "Draft Policy For The Recognition Of South African Higher Education Institutional Types. Determined In Terms Of Section 3 Of The Higher Education Act (act 101 Of 1997, As Amended)" (PDF). Republic of South Africa: Department of Higher Education and Training. April 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^ The restructuring of South African higher education: rocky roads from policy formulation to institutional mergers, 2001-2005. Terri Barnes, Narend Baijnath, Kalawathie Sattar (1st ed.). Pretoria: Unisa Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-86888-524-4. OCLC 631055581.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "South Africa's new universities named". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

[1] "Draft Policy For The Recognition Of South African Higher Education Institutional Types. Determined In Terms Of Section 3 Of The Higher Education Act (act 101 Of 1997, As Amended)" (PDF). Republic of South Africa: Department of Higher Education and Training. April 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

[2] The restructuring of South African higher education: rocky roads from policy formulation to institutional mergers, 2001-2005. Terri Barnes, Narend Baijnath, Kalawathie Sattar (1st ed.). Pretoria: Unisa Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-86888-524-4. OCLC 631055581.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[3] "South Africa's new universities named". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

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