Walter Sisulu University Butterworth Campus

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Walter Sisulu University Butterworth Campus

Butterworth Campus Overview

The Butterworth Campus serves mainly the disadvantaged rural areas with a delivery site at Ibika.

It lies about 5 km away from the relatively small town of Butterworth. The countryside surrounding this small town is very beautiful and it has a fair share of tourist attractions.

The University campus serves mostly the food industry.

Faculties

WSU Butterworth Campus has three faculties that offer 35 programmes of study that includes BA Technology Degrees:

  • Business Management Science & Law
  • Science, Engineering & Technology
  • Education.

Facilities & Services

A wide variety of student services are offered:

  • Academic
  • Counselling
  • Health Services
  • Leadership Development
  • Outreach Programmes
  • Sport & Cultural Societies.

Programmes

  • ND: Consumer Science
  • ND: Building

Residences

The Butterworth Campus offers residential accommodation and off-site accommodation at the other satellite campuses.

History

1985 Established as an engineering campus of the Eastern Cape Technikon
1994 Received autonomy
2004 Butterworth Campus is home to 9,000 students
2005 Merger between ECT, Border Technikon and the University of Transkei forming the Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science, Eastern Cape
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