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 part 1 of the Research Report 2008 (6.47 MB).
• Click here to download part 2 of the Research Report 2008 (3.77 MB).
• Click here to download the Research Report 2007 (6.59 MB).

Contact us Secretary to the Director Edwina Felix Tel: +27 21 460 3128 Fax: +27 21 460 3887 Email: felixe@cput.ac.za Office: Room 2.8, Administration Building, Cape Town Postal address: PO Box 652, Cape Town, 8000