Question to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology - NW738

11 April 2019 - NW738

Mente, Ms NV to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

What was the total number of graduates for each degree and diploma at each university in each of the past 25 years?

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Information on the total number of students who graduated with 3-year diplomas, 3-year degrees, Bachelor of Technology and 4-year degrees by institution from 1993 to 2017 are attached as Annexure A.

Annexure A: Number of students graduated with 3-year diplomas, 3-year degrees and 4-year degrees by institution from 1993 to 2017

3 Year Diploma Graduates (UNIVERSITIES)
Institution	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
University of Cape Town	120	76	115	83	67	65	169	102	64	324	441	356
University of Durban-Westville	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	20	n.a.
University of KwaZulu-Natal	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	870
University of Fort Hare	3	21	19	2	10	1	1	4	4	5	10	237
Medical Uni. of South Africa	29	21	22	26	11	10	5	3	36	5	39	6
University of Natal	161	163	184	232	273	246	0	505	248	436	1087	n.a.
University of the North	17	58	95	108	65	33	20	106	262	152	206	308
University of the Free State	10	18	26	9	6	6	5	5	13	224	475	371
University of Port Elizabeth	48	130	108	102	81	312	739	897	1012	526	1019	1627
Potchefstroom University	31	28	32	35	120	344	1443	898	1444	1093	1057	n.a.
North West University	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2578
University of Pretoria	132	153	252	351	377	508	4461	3625	3002	2980	1751	2437
Rand Afrikaans University	27	867	2272	2390	2096	2823	1952	1574	1358	1099	1381	1596
Rhodes University	41	40	162	209	83	124	391	88	260	145	788	241
University of South Africa	600	536	497	525	668	835	2830	694	3079	4746	2297	4274
University of Stellenbosch	63	101	96	102	98	104	153	84	65	85	115	42
University of Western Cape	282	214	196	191	228	139	149	174	187	326	513	272
University of Witwatersrand	84	96	77	84	154	206	165	119	273	436	407	180
University of Zululand	204	152	221	237	261	176	187	72	193	173	387	126
Vista University	4970	4840	4783	4431	3337	3167	2033	2077	1384	883	373	n.a.
University of Transkei	n.a.	n.a.	124	199	121	n.a.	36	57	32	140	821	575
University of North West	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	46	202	231	333	n.a.
University of Venda	n.a.	n.a.	147	277	167	127	54	32	352	190	443	359
TOTAL	6823	7516	9430	9594	8223	9227	14793	11165	13472	14201	13963	16455

3 Year Diploma Graduates (TECHNIKONS)
Institution	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Cape Technikon	1541	1483	1612	1630	1562	1540	1504	1539	1646	1740	2009	2220
Northern Gauteng Technikon	326	673	778	948	941	1078	1062	1051	1071	1225	1276	n.a.
Mangosuthu Technikon	234	29	430	481	706	817	860	874	845	865	856	926
M.L. Sultan Technikon	753	869	959	942	1069	908	1157	1156	1076	1270	n.a.	n.a.
Natal Technikon	1135	967	n.a.	n.a.	1073	n.a.	1053	1026	941	927	n.a.	n.a.
Technikon Free State	596	585	767	759	777	690	649	654	744	868	893	1041
Peninsula Technikon	798	n.a.	n.a.	918	777	1025	1081	1090	1428	1228	1392	1275
Port Elizabeth Technikon	867	924	1041	1063	1117	1124	1083	1067	1115	1088	1126	1225
Pretoria Technikon	2076	2032	2108	2056	1903	2288	2186	2043	2204	2476	2789	n.a.
Technikon SA	286	2248	3221	3746	4260	3285	4003	2478	1493	1317	1624	n.a.
Vaal Triangle Technikon	788	572	640	903	441	925	997	393	1290	1529	1775	1876
Witwatersrand Technikon	1273	1533	1434	1521	1477	1539	1433	1051	1170	1248	1211	1478
Border Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	117	162	353	n.a.	14	520	574	676	675
Technikon North West	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	187	36	71	407	287	339	451	622	n.a.
Eastern Cape Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	178	440	429	872	435	683	861	1309	1061
Durban Institute of Technology	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2315	2629
Tshwane University of Technology	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	5133
TOTAL	10673	11915	12991	15449	16741	16072	18347	15158	16565	17667	19873	19539

3 Year Diploma Graduates (UNIVERSITIES POST MERGER)
Institution	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	3496	3984	3933	3810	4112	3650	3921	4088	4141	4093	4127	4091	4177
Central University of Technology, Free State	1186	1360	1240	1392	1121	1209	1418	1492	1419	1378	1443	1498	1400
Durban University of Technology	2952	2928	3298	3008	3836	3297	3499	3936	4061	4207	3858	4148	4372
Mangosuthu University of Technology	1140	1779	1792	1732	1731	1530	1800	1858	2110	2203	2262	2082	2088
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	1410	1205	1121	1157	1631	1574	1534	2059	2261	1925	1835	1836	1756
North West University	334	520	586	825	743	886	1071	1272	1609	1874	2394	3738	3338
Tshwane University of Technology	4796	4922	5434	6120	6149	6293	6272	6522	6666	6611	7125	7469	8034
University of Cape Town	55	90	25	21	22	25	18	15	24	37	28	27	31
University of Fort Hare	267	419	13	82	156	93	53	106	126	85	42	45	27
University of Free State	544	480	18	69	165	158	158	136	148	196	395	509	532
University of Johannesburg	1886	2047	2113	2351	2485	2492	2852	3061	3227	3260	3052	3038	3042
University of KwaZulu Natal	8	9	14	18	11	7	30	17	10	9	13	1	3
University of Limpopo	868	910	1047	258	119	329	260	177	130	163	17	0	0
University of Pretoria	2911	12	4	15	4	10	8	9	2	3	9	5	3
University of South Africa	1938	1773	1862	2642	1541	3613	3755	3404	3958	4292	4624	4225	3442
University of Stellenbosch	0	0	0	0	0	47	11	10	19	22	13	4	8
University of Venda	487	14	214	103	96	154	171	91	106	172	100	102	112
University of Western Cape	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
University of Witwatersrand	154	6	28	7	6	7	5	3	3	1	2		1
University of Zululand	115	4	8	41	225	320	361	410	335	271	296	290	257
Vaal University of Technology	1885	1890	2103	2410	2381	2221	2678	2875	2797	2947	2813	2747	2764
Walter Sisulu University	1664	1856	1554	1696	1248	1540	2048	2198	2211	2346	2097	2451	2505
Sol Plaatje University, Northern Cape	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	41
University of Mpumalanga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	145	85
TOTAL	28100	26208	26409	27758	27784	29455	31923	33739	35363	36095	36545	38500	38018

B Tech Graduates
Institution	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Cape Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	155	318	378	407	558	442	543	741	959	1031
Northern Gauteng Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	90	146	269	225	240	221	276	303	n.a.
Mangosuthu Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	8	7	5	10	2	3	4	9	21	26
M.L. Sultan Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	17	86	150	227	209	231	278	301	n.a.	n.a.
Natal Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	242	n.a.	249	374	494	377	n.a.	n.a.
Technikon Free State	n.a.	n.a.	12	99	116	166	188	172	271	366	442	701
Peninsula Technikon	66	n.a.	n.a.	104	236	373	340	380	473	514	592	761
Port Elizabeth Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	71	201	285	333	374	322	393	468	441	472
Pretoria Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	176	354	456	2192	3317	2178	1762	2364	n.a.
Technikon SA	n.a.	n.a.	51	174	221	254	644	916	672	719	1060	n.a.
Vaal Triangle Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	48	86	78	109	110	33	195	249	320	399
Witwatersrand Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	93	219	338	378	504	427	476	543	545	563
Border Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	10	n.a.	9	40	49	45	80
Technikon North West	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	7	2	18	33	30	n.a.
Eastern Cape Technikon	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2	5	3	89	100	106
Durban Institute of Technology	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	642	925
Tshwane University of Technology	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	3662
TOTAL	66	n.a.	455	1560	2549	2992	5604	6873	6259	6496	7864	8726

B Tech Graduates (POST MERGER)
Institution	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	1726	1952	2018	2175	1989	2172	2231	2351	2458	2639	2651	2706	2974
Central University of Technology, Free State	576	579	536	518	602	672	698	821	874	977	1005	1026	1084
Durban University of Technology	928	989	1118	1127	1545	1873	1790	1834	2162	2235	2149	2534	2712
Mangosuthu University of Technology	38	29	56	64	68	59	164	93	164	242	221	131	122
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	542	418	449	449	530	584	660	874	930	883	877	923	986
Tshwane University of Technology	2800	2417	2118	2224	2426	2434	2549	2627	2691	3050	3847	3900	4727
University of Johannesburg	682	719	798	926	1072	1106	1093	1252	1358	1435	1470	1727	1661
University of South Africa	764	612	795	1091	1278	1692	2005	2079	2008	1685	1379	1300	1488
Vaal University of Technology	372	478	523	547	699	830	895	1006	1268	1100	994	1123	1181
Walter Sisulu University	67	107	183	294	320	352	333	262	390	494	489	751	881
TOTAL	8495	8300	8594	9415	10529	11774	12418	13199	14303	14740	15082	16121	17816

3 Year Degree Graduates
Institution	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
University of Cape Town	1339	1303	1172	1170	1162	1220	1121	1089	1192	1258	1522	1646
University of Durban-Westville	829	936	1069	973	946	851	750	684	665	680	696	n.a.
University of KwaZulu-Natal	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2757
University of Fort Hare	501	487	549	496	554	487	565	376	271	228	349	406
Medical Uni. of South Africa	131	147	149	142	147	120	128	130	111	101	120	105
University of Natal	1464	1652	1667	1645	1789	1823	0	1648	1662	1749	1984	n.a.
University of the North	293	1636	1811	2324	2378	1811	1360	1047	669	415	328	502
University of the Free State	737	752	652	643	730	730	810	702	688	777	943	1119
University of Port Elizabeth	604	582	555	490	519	511	475	435	408	460	524	848
Potchefstroom University	974	923	839	804	866	902	814	1124	1234	1262	1176	n.a.
North West University	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2032
University of Pretoria	1737	1593	1553	1709	1950	1997	1874	2011	2062	2394	2687	2968
Rand Afrikaans University	1138	1005	1048	851	1030	1083	1129	1283	1391	1749	1929	2292
Rhodes University	658	570	510	507	491	507	570	596	610	711	720	635
University of South Africa	4077	5226	5920	6374	6586	6731	5482	5564	4792	4709	4232	4330
University of Stellenbosch	1199	1303	1190	1191	1168	1208	1311	1288	1263	1384	1503	1413
University of Western Cape	1239	1076	1264	1380	1484	903	759	714	498	462	575	630
University of Witwatersrand	1549	1455	1266	1174	1126	1051	1099	1002	981	956	1022	1306
University of Zululand	455	328	405	317	230	618	576	411	432	428	627	552
Vista University	872	975	1171	1404	1549	1890	2121	1860	1640	1377	1229	n.a.
University of Transkei	n.a.	n.a.	514	497	511	n.a.	485	334	327	221	192	205
University of North West	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	561	389	258	367	n.a.
University of Venda	n.a.	n.a.	493	661	517	495	720	501	382	283	457	521
TOTAL	19795	21948	23797	24753	25733	24938	22149	23360	21667	21862	23182	24267

3 Year Degree Graduates (POST MERGER)
Institution	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Central University of Technology, Free State	119	146	149	185	100	46	2	0	4	0	1	0	0
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	916	875	869	916	853	884	954	983	992	1057	989	1163	1191
North West University	2068	2424	2380	2454	2613	2711	2796	3003	3599	3610	3840	4011	3872
Rhodes University	799	807	844	745	797	854	950	1036	1026	1009	956	1090	1146
University of Fort Hare	531	416	450	557	568	635	719	943	932	969	960	988	1121
University of Cape Town	1789	1589	1732	1556	1544	1686	1738	1942	1870	1833	1786	1791	1802
University of Free State	951	1320	1299	1442	1535	1713	1834	2058	2352	2368	2303	2187	1978
University of Johannesburg	2373	2794	2568	2653	2671	2944	3015	3304	3423	3600	3524	3563	3525
University of KwaZulu-Natal	2661	3500	3155	2931	2757	2717	2905	3324	3646	3321	3283	3726	3885
University of Limpopo	723	990	1359	1447	1128	1219	1315	1828	1970	2137	2040	1971	2200
University of Pretoria	3121	3324	3179	3225	3291	3235	3432	3400	3836	3519	3791	3976	3856
University of South Africa	3310	4153	4157	4448	5275	5725	6031	5745	8289	9079	9198	9729	8189
University of Stellenbosch	1555	1833	1851	1979	2012	2113	2097	2276	2220	2100	2152	2412	2570
University of Venda	631	723	841	997	1003	980	681	561	522	832	913	906	1107
University of Western Cape	840	1015	1054	985	990	1162	1182	1269	1420	1537	1764	1698	1691
University of Witwatersrand	1441	1495	1689	1688	1549	1672	1735	1995	2106	2159	2172	2416	2637
University of Zululand	459	669	575	724	680	600	739	1445	1264	1212	1444	1500	1424
Walter Sisulu University	193	282	308	477	419	557	532	504	456	302	370	491	484
Sefako Makgatho University	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	270	205	269
University of Mpumalanga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	35
Sol Plaatje University, Northern Cape	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
TOTAL	24480	28355	28459	29409	29785	31453	32657	35616	39927	40644	41756	43848	42995

4 Year Degree Graduates
Institution	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
University of Cape Town	771	827	833	817	793	931	1013	871	997	1157	1126	1110
University of Durban-Westville	360	500	645	608	557	506	462	525	423	467	432	n.a.
University of KwaZulu-Natal	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	1175
University of Fort Hare	171	249	170	178	174	176	133	180	133	338	352	433
Medical Uni. of South Africa	142	150	266	299	350	362	449	362	368	397	448	422
University of Natal	647	592	582	549	595	542	0	642	664	601	769	n.a.
University of the North	221	363	388	537	683	596	412	382	281	285	271	277
University of the Free State	547	549	536	498	458	458	470	455	391	408	378	546
University of Port Elizabeth	133	143	177	191	232	212	242	523	499	518	699	883
Potchefstroom University	348	410	405	415	481	454	508	513	407	433	584	n.a.
North West University	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	1000
University of Pretoria	1538	1600	1578	1575	1520	1532	1450	1528	1566	1417	1398	1746
Rand Afrikaans University	338	361	407	341	443	469	435	506	266	324	303	410
Rhodes University	87	101	147	125	140	167	158	196	207	356	286	206
University of South Africa	882	1030	1184	1098	1105	1054	1172	557	659	690	580	1717
University of Stellenbosch	762	842	770	817	783	776	754	864	906	960	984	970
University of Western Cape	255	308	340	397	403	367	379	453	511	493	428	546
University of Witwatersrand	1194	1210	1162	954	1015	968	914	960	875	903	958	1019
University of Zululand	426	142	318	144	133	323	365	211	205	126	203	347
Vista University	249	283	431	627	563	733	741	357	281	257	175	n.a.
University of Transkei	n.a.	n.a.	341	513	377	n.a.	518	417	362	263	205	258
University of North West	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	659	285	162	154	n.a.
University of Venda	n.a.	n.a.	122	193	212	133	154	147	187	198	189	222
TOTAL	9071	9660	10802	10876	11017	10759	10729	11308	10473	10753	10922	13287

Institution	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
University of Cape Town	1278	1341	1312	1362	1267	1295	1339	1389	1440	1471	1503	1528
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	0	0	0	0	398	491	567	572	661	654	648	733
Central University of Technology, Free State	25	18	49	85	87	108	218	301	301	292	278	449
Durban University of Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	320	24
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	759	663	672	514	529	463	493	543	677	649	738	760
North West University	1167	1295	1266	1244	1289	1451	1453	1768	2025	2015	2229	2236
Rhodes University	219	233	237	231	232	212	224	250	263	230	270	234
Tshwane University of Technology	98	70	57	126	311	370	486	362	485	490	537	577
University of Fort Hare	648	694	707	529	749	844	900	697	805	909	789	826
University of Free State	819	686	640	691	635	687	798	792	912	1065	1187	1118
University of Johannesburg	459	553	507	534	523	516	637	682	850	1078	1094	1177
University of KwaZulu Natal	1765	1523	1525	1602	1464	1540	1651	1912	1897	1882	2095	2184
University of Limpopo	799	838	882	986	1070	1017	1041	1193	1335	1673	1342	1468
University of Pretoria	1870	1893	2021	2081	1981	2061	2127	2204	2534	2391	2637	2866
University of South Africa	1815	808	917	1054	1186	1360	1654	2227	3549	5079	6665	8517
University of Stellenbosch	1047	1083	1056	938	1073	1085	1131	1201	1310	1335	1397	1513
University of Venda	291	300	345	566	828	1084	883	819	820	928	957	1375
University of Western Cape	658	589	690	763	771	807	925	853	965	1141	1159	1222
University of Witwatersrand	1210	1208	1432	1301	1291	1415	1448	1550	1861	1794	1948	2064
University of Zululand	306	510	577	732	681	808	739	1602	1144	1273	1298	1526
Vaal University of Technology	0	12	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walter Sisulu University	236	270	319	432	512	460	762	1011	1072	1100	1319	1117
Sefako Makgatho Health Science University	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	469	432
TOTAL	15469	14587	15239	15771	16877	18074	19476	21928	24906	27472	30879	33946

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11 April 2019 - NW738

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