Research Directorate
About Us
In March 2001, the then-Minister of Education, Prof Kader Asmal, announced the National Plan on Higher Education which was set to change the higher education landscape of South Africa.
By 2006 the Cape Peninsula University of Technology had emerged fully from a protracted merger process, with six new faculties.
With the dust slowly settling on merger issues, it is becoming increasingly important to establish CPUT as one that pursues excellence in research, in striving to be at the heart of technology and innovation in Africa.
Becoming a University of Technology encompasses measuring research performance, and some of the key indicators of a university research environment are:
- the establishment of research niche areas and research units
- the number of peer-reviewed journal publications and conference papers produced by staff and postgraduate students
- the throughput and quality of postgraduate students
- income generated through scholarly grants and contract funding
- the registration of intellectual property in the form of patents
- the recognition of the research standing of staff, by peers at other higher education institutions and through NRF ratings
Research Report
The CPUT Research Report is published by the institution every two years.
- Click here to download the Research Report 2010
- Click here to download the Research Report 2009
- Click here to download part 1 of the Research Report 2008
- Click here to download part 2 of the Research Report 2008
- Click here to download the Research Report 2007
Contact us
Secretary to the Director
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Tel: +27 21 460 3128
Fax: +27 21 460 3887
Email:
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Office: Room 2.8, Administration Building, Cape Town
Postal address: PO Box 652, Cape Town, 8000
