List of universities in South Africa
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In 2004 South Africa started reforming its higher education system, merging and incorporating small universities into larger institutions, and renaming all higher education institutions "university" (previously there had been several types of higher education institution). The country's universities and technicons which were incorporated with others and thus no longer exist are listed at the end of the article.
Current universities
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- University of Cape Town, (Cape Town)
- Durban Institute of Technology,(Pietermaritzburg/Durban)
- University of Fort Hare, (Alice)
- University of Johannesburg, (Johannesburg)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal, (Pietermaritzburg/Durban)
- University of Limpopo, (Polokwane, Ga-Rankuwa)
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, (Port Elizabeth)
- North-West University, (Sebokeng, Mafikeng, Potchefstroom)
- University of Pretoria, (Pretoria)
- Rhodes University, (Grahamstown)
- University of South Africa, (Pretoria - Distance Education)
- University of Stellenbosch, (Stellenbosch)
- Tshwane University of Technology
- Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science
- University of the Western Cape, (Cape Town)
- University of the Witwatersrand, (Johannesburg)
- University of Zululand, (Empangeni)
Former universities and technicons
- University of Durban-Westville, (Durban) - now part of University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Medical University of South Africa, (Ga-Rankuwa) - now part of University of Limpopo
- University of the North, (near Polokwane) - now part of University of Limpopo
- University of Natal, (Durban) - now part of University of KwaZulu-Natal
- University of North-West, (Mafikeng) (formerly the University of Bophuthatswana)- now part of North-West University.
- University of Port Elizabeth, (Port Elizabeth) - to be merged into Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University January 2005.
- Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, (Potchefstroom) - now part of North-West University.
- Rand Afrikaans University, (Johannesburg) - now part of University of Johannesburg
- Vista University (Multi-city campus university, currently being merged with other universities).
See also: List of colleges and universities by country, List of colleges and universitieszh:南非大学列表