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The Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) is a public technology university with campuses in
Bloemfontein Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongsi ...
and
Welkom Welkom () is a city in the Free State (province), Free State province of South Africa, located about northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The city' ...
, Free State province,
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
. It was established in 1981 as "
Technikon A technikon was a post-secondary institute of technology (polytech) in South Africa. It focused on career-oriented vocational training. There were 15 technikons in the 1990s, but they were merged or restructured as universities (especially universi ...
Free State." As part of the South African government's restructuring of tertiary education for the new millennium it was promoted to university of technology status. It is currently part of the BRICS Universities League, a consortium of leading research universities from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.


Campus

The university has two campuses – one in Bloemfontein, the judicial capital of South Africa, and one in Welkom, in the heart of the Free State goldfields. The two campuses offer education opportunities in a number of technological fields, including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); management sciences; humanities; and education.


Academics

The Central University of Technology employs over 800 academic and research staff spread across four faculties.http://www.sarua.org/?q=uni_Central%20University%20of%20Technology Central University of Technology Retrieved 31 December 2011


Faculties

* Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology * Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences * Faculty of Humanities * Faculty of Management Sciences


Student enrollment

The qualifications on offer reside in four faculties, namely Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences; Faculty of Humanities; Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (IT); and Faculty of Management Sciences. The university offers certificates and diplomas at undergraduate level, as well as advanced diplomas, postgraduate diplomas at honours level, and master's and doctoral degrees.


RGEMS

RGEMS (Research Group in Evolvable Manufacturing Systems) is a research group within the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the Central University of Technology, Free State. Established in 2006 by Prof. Herman Vermaak and Dr. Nicolaas Luwes. The group has also participated in national competitions, such as the Siemens National Cyber Junkyard.


References

Public universities in South Africa Universities in the Free State (province) Universities and colleges established in 1981 Education in Bloemfontein Matjhabeng Local Municipality 1981 establishments in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-university-stub