Talk:University of Johannesburg

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[edit] Question about admission

how do i get admission into the Univesity of johannesburrg

Look at http://www.uj.ac.za/index.asp?page=detail&id=229 as well as the other links under the "Admission" menu on that site. - htonl 15:20, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comprehensive universities

What is meant by Comprehensive university? Gregorydavid 15:05, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

In South Africa there are three types of university:

• traditional universities, which are normal universities which grant degrees in fields like Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Law and so on. (That is, what most people globally mean when they talk about a "university"). In general, traditional universties have more theoretically-oriented programmes.
• universities of technology (formerly known as technikons), which grant national diplomas and various other certificates on the National Qualifications Framework, as well as the BTech degree. Generally, universities of technology have more practically-oriented programmes.
• comprehensive universities, which offer a combination of both types of programme.

This system is a result of the government's decision to merge some tertiary institutions together. In some cases, universities (like Rand Afrikaans University) were merged with Technikons (like Technikon Witwatersrand); the resulting institution was neither just a traditional university, nor just a university of technology; the term "comprehensive university" was chosen to describe this type of institution.

For (brief) references see [1], [2] or [3]. I suppose I should really write an article about this. - htonl 18:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)