CTU Training SolutionsCTU

About the institution

CTU Training Solutions is a private education provider that has been operating in South Africa since 1987. The company is registered under number 2005/038944/07 and holds two separate registrations with the Department of Higher Education and Training: provisional registration as a private higher education institution in terms of section 54(3) of the Higher Education Act, 1997, under number 2014/HE07/004, and registration as a private college under number 2018/FE07/004.

The institution is recognised by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations and accredited by the Council on Higher Education, and its courses are set and monitored by the Umalusi Council. Occupational programmes run under accreditation from MICT SETA, whose accreditation number is ACC/2006/07/186, together with CETA, Services SETA and ETD SETA. Teaching is organised into five faculties: Information Technology, Design, Business Management & Humanities, Engineering and Sustainability, with the engineering faculty described in the 2027 prospectus as coming soon.

Study happens on campus at sites in Gauteng, the Western Cape, the Free State, the Eastern Cape, North West, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo, and students can enrol full time, part time or by distance learning. A separate division, Corporate Training Unlimited, delivers workplace and employer-funded training.

Qualifications include a BBA in Project Management, diplomas in IT Network Design & Administration and in Visual Communication, higher certificates in Graphic Design and in Management, and occupational qualifications in fields such as cybersecurity analysis, software development, data science, early childhood development, project management, environmental science and architectural draughting. Short courses lead to vendor certifications from partners including Microsoft, Cisco NetAcad, CompTIA, Autodesk and Adobe. NATED Report 191 engineering programmes at N4 to N6 closed to new applications and registrations after 30 June 2026.

There are two intakes each year, in February and July, and prospective students apply through a free online form rather than against a published closing date. Admission is also possible through Recognition of Prior Learning. Learnership applicants are ordinarily between 18 and 35 years old, hold a South African identity document and have completed Grade 12 or an equivalent.

Fees are not published; enrolment enquiries are answered with a formal quote. Bursaries and loans are offered, with study loans arranged through a partner at interest of between 10 and 16 percent depending on the sponsor's risk profile, and a PayJustNow option that splits payment into three interest-free instalments.

Faculties

• Business Management
• Design
• Engineering
• Information Technology
• Sustainability

Accreditation bodies

• Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA)
• Council on Higher Education (CHE)
• Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
• Education, Training and Development Practices SETA (ETDP SETA)
• Institute of Chartered IT Professionals (ICITP)
• Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA)
• Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)
• Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA)
• Umalusi

Campuses 12 campuses

• Menlyn Campus

  Glen Manor Office Park, Block 6, Frikkie de Beer Street, Menlyn, Pretoria, Gauteng, 0063

  +27 (0)12 361 6688 · contact no

• Bloemfontein Campus

  Pretty Suites Office Block, Du Plessis Road, 1st Floor, Langenhoven Park, Bloemfontein, Motheo Region, Free State

  +27 (0)51 451 2210 · contact no

• Boksburg Campus

  36 Edgar Street, Eveleigh, Boksburg, East Rand, Gauteng, 1459

  +27 (0)11 918 1176 · contact no

• Century City Campus

  13 Oxbow Crescent, Estuaries Building 13, Ground Floor, Century City, Blaauwberg, Western Cape

  +27 (0)21 671 0280 · contact no

• Cresta Campus

  Cresta Junction, Block C, Third Floor Suite T03, Cnr Beyers Naude Drive & Judges Avenue, Cresta, Randburg, Gauteng, 2195

  +27 (0)12 998 2424 · contact no

• Durban Campus

  892 Umgeni Road, Building 1, Lion Match Office Park, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

  +27 (0)31 303 1280 · contact no

• Gqeberha Campus

  26 Worraker Street, Newton Park, Gqeberha, Sunshine Coast, Eastern Cape, 6045

  +27 (0)41 363 2911 · contact no

• Polokwane Campus

  31 Bendor Drive, 2 Pro Park, Bendor Park, Polokwane, Capricorn, Limpopo, 0700

  +27 (0)15 297 3250 · contact no

• Potchefstroom Campus

  39 Buskus Street, Baillie Park, Potchefstroom, Central Region, North West, 2531

  +27 (0)18 290 5340 · contact no

• Roodepoort Campus

  Shop 59, The Village @ Horizon, Cnr Sonop & Ontdekkers Road, Horizon, West Rand, Gauteng

  +27 (0)11 760 4321 · contact no

• Stellenbosch Campus

  Memory Lane Building, Cnr Andringa & Banghoek Street, 1st Floor, Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, 7600

  +27 (0)21 887 5372 · contact no

• Three Rivers Campus

  140 Genl Hertzog Avenue, Vereeniging, Southern Gauteng, Gauteng, 1935

  +27 (0)16 423 7341 · contact no

Events 3 upcoming

• 03Oct

  Future Finder Day for Grade 11s @ Boksburg and Gqeberha Campus

  08:00–15:00

  A free hands-on day at the Boksburg campus for Grade 11 learners and a parent, built around working out what to study next.

  • Open Day
• 10Oct

  CTU Future Finder Day for Grade 11s

  08:00–15:00

  A free hands-on day at the Cape Town, Durban, Roodepoort, Stellenbosch, Vereeniging and Pretoria campus for Grade 11 learners and a parent, built around working out what to study next.

  • Open Day
• 17Oct

  CTU Future Finder Day for Grade 11s in Bloemfontein and Potchefstroom

  08:00–15:00

  A free hands-on day at the Bloemfontein and Potchefstroom campus for Grade 11 learners and a parent, built around working out what to study next.

  • Open Day

Programme types offered

• Higher CertificateNQF 5
• DiplomaNQF 6
• Bachelor's DegreeNQF 7
• Corporate Training
• Learnership
• Occupational Certificate1–6
• Short Learning Course

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