Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
- Malcolm X
GAUTENG
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
Vibrant, multicultural and dynamic, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) shares the pace and energy of cosmopolitan Johannesburg, the city whose name it carries. Proudly South African, the university is alive down to its African roots, and well-prepared for its role in actualising the potential that higher education holds for the continent’s development. UJ has transformed into a diverse, inclusive, transformational and collegial institution, with a student population of over 50 000, of which more than 3000 are international students from 80 countries. This makes UJ one of the largest contact universities in South Africa of the 26 public universities that make up the higher-education system.
The vision of the UJ is to be “an international University of choice, anchored in Africa, dynamically shaping the future”. The mission can be described as follows: “inspiring its community to transform and serve humanity through innovation and the collaborative pursuit of knowledge”. These are underpinned by four values, namely: imagination, conversation, regeneration, and ethical foundation.
The University has seven faculties and a college: education, law, humanities, art, design and architecture, health sciences, science, engineering and the built environment, as well as the College of Business and Economics, housing the newly established Johannesburg Business School. The University has four campuses, namely Auckland Park Bunting Road, Auckland Park Kingsway, Doornfontein, and Soweto. Fees: Fees payable at registration (All full-time, part-time, extracurricular and semester programmes): Day students (tuition fees – all students not residing in residences) –R3870
Residence students (only students with acceptance letters from residences) – R6 470
TUITION FEES ARE PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS:
An upfront payment of 30% of tuition fees is to be paid at registration. 65% of the tuition fees is to be paid by 30 April. 100% of the tuition fees is to be paid by 31 July.
TUITION FEES (The average cost for degrees per year in the different faculties, is as follows). Fees may vary depending on the composition of the particular degree:
Humanities: R41 177
College of Business and Economics: R23 050
Science: R 43 121
Law: R 41 661
Education: R 41 661
Health Science: R 51 115
Engineering and the Built Environment: R 48 689
Art, Design & Architecture: R 50 840
Funding and bursaries are also available for students.
Website: www.uj.ac.za
Email: mylife@uj.ac.za
Tel: +27 (0) 86 110 2421
Address: PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006
SOCIALS:
Facebook: @go2uj
Twitter: @go2uj
Instagram: @university_of_johannesburg
LinkedIn: University of Johannesburg
YouTube: @filmdivision1
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
The history of Wits is linked with mining, academic excellence, and with political and civic activism. The origins of Wits University lie in the South African School of Mines, which was established in Kimberley in 1896 and transferred to Johannesburg as the Transvaal Technical Institute in 1904, becoming the Transvaal University College in 1906 and renamed the South African School of Mines and Technology four years later.
Over the years, the University of the Witwatersrand became internationally recognised for academic excellence and extensive research activities. During the Second World War, members of the University and staff took an active part in the original development and construction of radar. Wits was the first South African university to have a nuclear accelerator, to have a computer, to study building materials and early Afrikaans, to produce a systematic climatological atlas of Southern Africa, and to achieve a successful graft of plastic cornea.
Today, with five faculties (commerce, law and management; engineering and the built environment; health sciences; humanities; science) and 33 schools, Wits offers approximately 3 400 courses to 41 000 students. Over a third of the student body comprises postgraduate students. Library facilities consist of two central libraries and 12 branch libraries, with students having access to over 1,5 million books. Approximately 5 000 students are accommodated in several residences and student villages. There are 42 sports clubs and many cultural opportunities in the form of over 60 student societies, the Wits Theatre, art galleries, a concert hall and seven museums.
Fees:
Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management starts at R50 120 – R56 510 for the first year for BCom.
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and start at R62 370 for first year BAS degree.
Faculty of Humanities start at R45 252 for first year BA degree.
Faculty of Health Sciences start at R67 660 for first year BDS degree.
Faculty of Science starts at R50 920 for first year BSc degree.
Funding and bursaries are also available for students.
Website: www.wits.ac.za
Email: ssc@up.ac.za
Tel: +27 (0)11 717 1000
Address: 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa
SOCIALS:
Facebook: @witsuniversity
Twitter: @WitsUniversity
Instagram: @wits__university
LinkedIn: University of the Witwatersrand
YouTube: @WitsWebmaster
MINING QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY(MQA)
The Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) is a statutory body established in terms of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996 and is a registered Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) for the mining and minerals sector.
The MQA supports the objectives of the National Skills Development Plan (NSDP) 2020-2030 as guided by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). It also supports the objectives of the Mining Charter in terms of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 1996.
The MQA is responsible for administering several skills-development initiatives. Skills programmes and learnerships aim to develop a skilled and educated workforce whose skills are recognised and valued in terms of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). This is to ensure that the mining and minerals sector has sufficient competent people who will improve health and safety and employment equity, and increase productivity.
The following six strategic priorities were adopted by the MQA Board to promote skills development in the sector:
▸ Promote efficient and effective governance and administration.
▸ Improve skills-development planning and decision making through research.
▸ Promote work-based skills development to support transformation in the mining and minerals sector.
▸ Facilitate access to occupationally directed learning programmes for the unemployed.
▸ Support mine community training initiatives to access economic opportunities.
▸ Ensure the delivery of quality learning programmes in the mining and minerals sector.
The MQA’s activities are funded by the skills levy collected from employers in the mining and minerals sector by the South African Revenue Service (SARS).
The MQA disburses the funds back to the industry in the form of grants for providing training and supporting learners in special projects.
Website: https://mqa.org.za
Email: info@mqa.org.za
Tel: +27 (0) 11 547 2600
Address: 7 Anerley Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193
SOCIALS:
Facebook: Mining Qualifications Authority
Twitter: @MQA_SA
LinkedIn: Mining Qualifications Authority
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SETA (LGSETA)
The Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA) provides an environment to facilitate the training and up-skilling of various employees and people involved in local government structures, as well as unemployed South Africans.
This entails creating and implementing a variety of skills-development interventions such as the Sector Skills Plan (SSP) and learning programmes aimed at local government employees and others working within the sphere, such as traditional leaders and ward councillors. SA’s local government workforce plays a key role in service delivery, hence a skilled and capable workforce is essential.
LGSETA also focuse their efforts on ensuring that the way learners are trained and educated fulfils the requirements of the local government sector.
This is one of 21 such SETAs in the country. It falls under the executive authority structure of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and works closely with stakeholders to enhance training and education.
These stakeholders include the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (IMATU) and the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU).
Website: https://lgseta.org.za
Email: Info@lgseta.org.za
Tel: +27 (0) 11 456 8579
Address: Gillooly’s View Office Park 1 Osborne Lane, Bedfordview 2007
SOCIALS:
Facebook: @LGSeta
Twitter: @LGSETA_official
CONSTRUCTION ETA (CETA)
The CETA provides skills-development services to the construction sector, to implement the objectives of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS III) and to ensure that people obtain the critical or scarce skills that are needed to build the capacity of the construction sector to become economically sustainable and globally competitive.
To better understand the skills needed in the construction industry, CETA researches the skills that employers need. CETA is responsible for identifying skills gaps and developing the education and training programmes that are appropriate to address the skills shortage in line with the skills needs of the construction industry.
CETA also funds several learning programmes including skills programmes, learnerships, apprenticeships, internships and bursaries at various public education and training institutions such as Universities and TVET Colleges.
Website: www.ceta.org.za
Email: Danisam@ceta.co.za
Tel: +27(0) 11 265 5948
Address: 52 14th Road, Noordwyk, Midrand 1687
VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Vaal University of Technology (VUT) attracts students from all over the country. It is one of the largest residential universities of technology, with about 25 000 students, and 300 programmes, all primarily taught in English. The campus and facilities are conducive to learning, research, recreation and sport, art and culture, and community service.
VUT offers courses and programmes leading to officially recognised higher-education degrees such as pre-bachelor (i.e. certificates, diplomas, associate or foundation), bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees in several areas of study. This 56-year-old South African higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations and
