Vaal University of Technology | VUT

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In 2016, Vaal University of Technology celebrates its 50th anniversary as an institution of higher learning. Vaal University of Technology was originally founded as a College for Advanced Technical Education in 1966. It became a Technikon in 1979. With the advent of the new higher education landscape in 2004, the institution was granted the status of a University of Technology; hence, the name Vaal University of Technology (VUT). In 2014, the University celebrated its 10th anniversary as a University of Technology (UoT), the aspiration and strategy of which are encapsulated in its Vision and Mission Statement. The Technikon Act of 1993, empowered the University to provide degree studies and confer Technikon degrees at three levels; namely, Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral levels.