Университеты Южной Африки: Список и история развития

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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. 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, 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, Sol Plaatje University and the University of Mpumalanga. They are tentatively classified in the universities of technology category, pending clarification of their programs.

Public universities in South Africa are divided into three types: traditional universities, which offer theoretically oriented university degrees; universities of technology ("technikons"), which offer vocational oriented diplomas and degrees; and comprehensive universities, which offer a combination of both types of qualification.

League tables of South African universities are largely based on international university rankings, because there have not as yet been published any specifically South African rankings.

Institution Location Founded Closed Notes Bond South Africa Sandton 2004 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 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 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