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The University of KwaZulu-Natal ( UKZN; Zulu: INyuvesi yakwaZulu-Natali, Afrikaans: Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal) is a university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. [ 7][ 6] It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville.
Now part of University of KwaZulu-Natal: University of North-West, formerly the University of Bophuthatswana Mafikeng: 1 January 2004 [14] Now part of North-West University: Port Elizabeth Technikon. Port Elizabeth, George: 1882 [31] 2005 Now part of Nelson Mandela University: University of Port Elizabeth: Port Elizabeth: 31 January 1964 2005
The University of Zululand or UniZulu is a comprehensive tertiary educational institution north of the uThukela River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.The university has established partnerships with schools in the United States and Europe such as the University of Mississippi, Radford University, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and Chicago State University.
Impactful. The Durban University of Technology (DUT) is a multi-campus university situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was formed in 2002 following the merger of Technikon Natal and ML Sultan Technikon and it was initially known as the Durban Institute of Technology. It has five campuses in Durban, and another two in Pietermaritzburg.
The University of South Africa ( UNISA) [ a ] is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. Through various colleges and affiliates, UNISA has over 400,000 students, including international students from 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's ...
USAf represents all 26 public universities and universities of technology in South Africa and is a Section 21 company. Previously known as Higher Education South Africa (HESA), this voice of universities in South Africa was constituted on 9 May 2005 as the successor to the two statutory representative organisations for universities and technikons (now universities of technology), the South ...
There have been a number of controversies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal since its foundation. Firstly, there have been several strikes and demonstrations on the part of both staff and students. Some strikes from 2009 onward have involved police intervention and the use of riot control measures, as well as violence on the part of some strikers.
In 2001, as part of the central government's rationalisation of the higher education landscape, the Edgewood College of Education was incorporated into the University of Natal. Then in 2004, with the merger of the Universities of Natal and Durban-Westville to form the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Edgewood became the new University's 5th campus ...