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DIT to DUT
NEGOTIATIONS TO MERGE BEGIN.
The councils of the former ML Sultan Technikon and Technikon Natal vowed to join the the two institutions.
The official merger of ML Sultan Technikon and Technikon Natal on 1 April 2002.
The establishment of the Durban Institute of Technology positioned the institution as a leader and forerunner of change in the tertiary sector.
More than graduates in 2003 2003 5000 received the first DIT diplomas
and degrees, including higher degrees up to doctoral level.
1996
2002
2005
2007 2020
DIT to amend the nomenclature
to identify itself more explicitly as a University of Technology. Accordingly, the Durban Institute of Technology changed its name to the Durban University of Technology.
Durban University of Technology reached a milestone: ML Sultan Technikon and Technikon Natal separately celebrated
100 years as educational and higher education institution and it marked the fifth anniversary of the
merger of these two illustrious institutions.
In 2020, DUT was
ranked amongst the Top 500
Universities globally, and 10th for citations globally and 5th Nationally.
seven campuses
1 Brickfield Campus, Durban
2 City Campus, Durban
3 Indumiso Campus, Pietermaritzburg
4 ML Sultan Campus, Durban
5 Ritson Campus, Durban
6 Riverside Campus, Pietermaritzburg
7 Steve Biko Campus, Durban Six Faculties
1 Faculty of Accounting & Informatics
2 Faculty of Applied Sciences
3 Faculty of Arts & Design
4 Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
5 Faculty of Health Sciences
6 Faculty of Management Sciences
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