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History of DUT - the amalgamation of legacy Technikons
In 1912, the newly-completed buildings officially opened
12 AND THE INSTITUTE’S CREST AND MOTTO, ‘PER ADUA AD ALTA’ (THROUGH WORK TO THE HEIGHTS) WERE LAUNCHED.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH
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the Higher Education Act of 1923,
THE COLLEGE BECAME THE NATAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
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THE COLLEGE IS TAKEN OVER BY
national education authorities.
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1957 THE COLLEGE CELEBRATED ITS
golden Jubilee.
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NATAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE
exclusively white insitution.
First Diploma Ceremony,
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HELD AT DURBAN’S OCEAN CITY THEATRE, MARKED THE INSTITUTION AS A SERIOUS PLAYER IN SOUTH AFRICA’S EVOLVING TERTIARY EDUCATION LANDSCAPE.
REGISTRATION AT TECHNIKON NATAL IN 1995,
AN APPLICANT DID NOT HAVE TO STATE HIS OR 95 HER RACE OR COLOUR. STUDENT NUMBERS AT
TECHNIKON NATAL ROSE TO OVER 12 000,
40%
“NON-WHITE”.
1907
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1915
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1979
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THE NATAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED
by Dr Samuel george Campbel,
PROVIDING TUITION TO MORE THAN 350 PART-TIME STUDENTS.
IN 1915, THE INSTITUTE WAS RENAMED
the Durban Technical College.
The college took on the new designation of Technikon Natal;
THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF PART-TIME STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME
