Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Other name	CPUT
Motto	Creating Futures
Type	Public
Established	2005 as a merger of Cape Technikon (1920) and Peninsula Technikon (1962)
Academic affiliations	AAU, CHEC, HESA
Chancellor	Thandi Modise
Vice-Chancellor	Chris Nhlapo
Students	Over 33,569 (as of December 2013)[1]
Location	Cape Town , Western Cape , South Africa
Campus	Five campuses
Colours	Blue and White
Website	www.cput.ac.za

Cape Peninsula University of Technology (Afrikaans: Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van Tegnologie) is a university in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the only university of technology in the Western Cape province, and is also the largest university in the province, with over 32,000 students. It was formed by merging the Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon as well as a few other independent colleges.