CPUT & ASEZ STEAM Project

CPUT is already the largest university in the Western Cape, and we’re poised to scale new heights within the next five years. Growth in student enrolments will jump to 38 500 in 2019, about 5 000 more than current figures. Likewise, our research outputs are set to rise steadily, helping us to achieve our goal of being ranked in the top 10 publicly-funded universities in South Africa.

2015 sees CPUT celebrate ten years of excellence in career-focussed education and research. In the next decade, we will build on our strengths in Bio-economy and Biotechnology, Space Science and Technology, Energy, Climate-change and Environment, Human and Social Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Competitiveness and Design for Sustainability.

If you’d like to invest in our growth, consider the following areas.

• Teaching and learning: Fund a bursary, or engage CPUT in skills delivery
• Research: Fund one of our many research programmes or one of CPUT’s technology stations
• Community Engagement: Fund a service learning or community development project

The cost of higher education presents great challenges for our bright and eager students. Although academically deserving and full of potential, many students simply cannot afford to pay for their studies.

By pledging your support, you’ll be giving dignity and hope to those struggling to fund their education.

To donate to the CPUT Bursary Fund via debit order, direct deposit or EFT payment, please: Download the pledge form and post, fax, scan/email back to us.

If you’d like to make a donation via credit card, please click here. CPUT uses a secure electronic transaction system; no account details are stored online or shared with third parties.

Individuals may:

• make an online donation,
• download and sign a pledge form,
• join the My School Card campaign
• or make a bequest in your will.

Governments, trusts, foundations and corporates may:

• Fund bursaries
• Fund a community engagement programme
• Fund research
• Fund an infrastructural project

All donations to CPUT are tax-deductible. You can also claim Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment points for your donation and naming rights to funded projects.

American Fund for Charities

CPUT is supported by the American Fund for Charities, a US 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with EIN 52-2109597. Donations to the American Fund for Charities from US taxpayers are tax-deductible to the extent US law allows. The American Fund for Charities has reviewed CPUT, and the board has determined that CPUT is a suitable organization for receiving grants from a US public charity.

If you are a US taxpayer and want to supportCPUT, please print the Donation Form and send it with your check or credit card details to American Fund for Charities, 1000 N. West St., Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801. Alternatively you can make a safe online donation at http://www.americanfund.info/

You will be issued with the receipt you require for income tax purposes. CPUT’s AFC Charity No is AFC1098.

We thank you most sincerely for supporting the CPUT Bursary Fund. Your donation will help a deserving individual achieve their dreams.
You can claim a part of or the full amount of your donation made via an electronic transaction in the event of overpayment, double payment, or an incorrect entry of transaction data (e.g. you may make a grant of R1000 instead of an intended R100) an inadvertent repeat or a renewal payment setting error. This is subject to specific procedures.

Please double-check the details of your online donation as no claim will be entertained after 30 days from the transaction date. Should you make a claim within 30 days, a written affidavit and proof of deposit confirming the erroneous donation must be submitted to Ms Helena Pietersen at the Advancement Department, who is contactable at +27 21 460 3389 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

CPUT uses a secure electronic transaction system; no account details are stored online or shared with third parties.

We undertake to take reasonable steps to protect our donors’ personal information. We may store our donors' contact details so that we can send them “Thank You” letters for their donations, but we do not store their banking details.

Thanks again for your generosity and support!

CPUT is already the largest university in the Western Cape, and we’re poised to scale new heights within the next five years. 2015 marks ten years of excellence at the CPUT, a decade that has seen our fledgling university merge, consolidate and achieve many significant milestones. Join us in our mission to uplift the quality of our resources, education and the communities we serve.

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