Walter Sisulu University

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Walter Sisulu University (WSU) was established on 1 July, 2005 in terms of the Higher Education Act No 101 of 1997, as amended. WSU, a comprehensive university, resulted from the merger of the former University of Transkei (Unitra); Border Technikon and Eastern Cape Technikon. The new university was named in honour of an icon of the South African liberation struggle and close comrade of Nelson Mandela, the late Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu.

From 2002 to 2005, the South African higher education landscape underwent an extensive merger and incorporation process to bring about a more equitable dispensation to meet the requirements of a fast-developing new nation. The thirty-six universities and ‘technikons’ were merged in various ways to produce twenty-three universities in three categories:

Traditional academic universities;
Universities of Technology and
Comprehensive Universities (which offer both academic and technological qualifications).

Equipment at this Institution

1	Veeco AFM CP-II Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

Locations

Agricultural Research Council	North West University	University of Johannesburg
Cape Penninsula University of Technology	Oceanographic Research Institute	University of KwaZulu-Natal
Central University of Technology	Rhodes University	University of Limpopo
Centre for Proteomics and Genomics Research	Sefako Makgato Health Sciences University	University of Pretoria
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	South African Astronomical Observatory	University of South Africa
Durban University of Technology	South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)	University of the Free State
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO)	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)	University of the Western Cape
iThemba LABS	South African National Space Agency (SANSA)	University of the Witwatersrand
Mintek	South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA)	University of Venda
National Institute for Communicable Diseases	Stellenbosch University	University of Zululand
National Museum	Tshwane University of Technology	Vaal University of Technology
National Zoological Gardens	University of Cape Town	Walter Sisulu University
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	University of Fort Hare