ZAMA MAJOLA
Kusukela yasungulwa ngo-2002, ngokuhlanganiswa kwe-ML Sultan Technikon kanye ne-Technikon Natal kulo nyaka i-DUT igubha ngokuziqhenya iminyaka engu-21 emfundweni ephakeme yaseNingizimu Afrika futhi isikhule ngamakhempasi ayisikhombisa eThekwini naseMgungundlovu. I-DUT ihlinzeka ngezinhlelo ezihlukene emazingeni ayisithupha: Accounting and Informatics, Applied Sciences, Arts and Design, Engineering kanye ne-Built Environment, Health Sciences, and Management Sciences.
I-DUT Business School, eyingxenye yeFaculty of Management Sciences, igunyazwe nguMkhandlu Wezemfundo Ephakeme (CHE) futhi iyilungu leSouth African Business School Association (SABSA). Ikharikhulamu esetshenziswayo yakhelwe ukukhiqiza abaholi bamabhizinisi abasabela emphakathini. Umnyombo wenhloso ye-DUT ukuzibophezela okujulile ekusunguleni izinto ezintsha kanye nocwaningo olusezingeni eliphezulu. Njengoba kunezindawo ezingu-20 ezigxile kakhulu ocwaningweni, kusukela ku-biotechnology kuya ekusimamiseni amandla, inyuvesi isaqhubeka nokuhlonishwa ezweni lonke nasemhlabeni jikelele, okuhlanganisa nendondo ehlonishwayo yokuthuthuka kocwaningo olugxile ku-National Research Foundation (NRF).
Iholwa uhlaka lwamasu lwe-ENVISION2030, olwaqalwa ngo-2020, i-DUT yakhela umphakathi wezemfundo onobuchule, osomabhizinisi nosabela emhlabeni wonke. Lelisu liveza umbono ogqamile wokuguqula izimpilo nezindlela zokuziphilisa ngemfundo, ukusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nokuxhumana nomphakathi. Ngezinkundla ezifana ne-Innobiz Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, abafundi bathola kokubili ukuqeqeshwa kwethiyori nokwenziwa ngezandla, okubahlomisa ukuthi babe abenzi bezinguquko emikhakheni yabo. Ngo-2024, lesi sikhungo sasikleliswe endaweni yesi-11 ku-Times Higher Education (THE) Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings, sathola indawo yaso njengenyuvesi yaseNingizimu Afrika ephezulu kwezobuchwepheshe kanye neyesihlanu ezweni lonke.
