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MUT in

2025

In 2025, MUT would be well on its way to becoming one of the

preeminent Universities of Technology in South Africa, drawing

national and international recognition as a leader in career-focused

education, research, and public service. Known for its commitment

to the advancement of technical knowledge, MUT will be a

leader in developing innovative partnerships responsible for the

distribution of new ideas and creative endeavours that will improve

the lives of its communities.

Strategy statement

Our approach to Strategy is defined by

Eric van Den Steen, Harvard Business

School Strategy:

“Strategy is the smallest set of choices

and decisions sufficient to guide all

other choices and decisions”.

Our future is shaped by our Strategy

Statement “To Shape and Own the

Future”. This Strategy has the following

pillars. Firstly, we seek to: revitalise our

academic value chain for the Fourth

Industrial Revolution by providing

knowledge and learning that advances

the professions, business, industry,

government, and our communities; align

our academic endeavour with fields of

knowledge and scholarship emerging in

the Fourth Industrial Revolution; advance

knowledge and understanding among

our communities; and offer a decolonised

curriculum that inspires a truly African

identity. Secondly, we seek to embed

a value-driven institutional culture that

puts our people first as the major asset of

the University; embraces and promotes

diversity; and ensures sustainable use

of resources. Strategic partnerships and

engagement are key to the success of

our Strategy.

Academic identity of MUT

We would have embedded the academic

identity of MUT as a quality University of

Technology in the South African context.

The academic identity of MUT has two

prominent features:

The first feature will be a largely

undergraduate focus in the three

faculties in which the research

function seeks to inform teaching

rather than to shape it. It is within

this context that MUT strives to

be a research-informed University

of Technology. Our institutional

arrangement and prioritisation will

be as follows: firstly, the professions,

business, and industry will inform

teaching, so that applied research

and industry exposure enhance

learning as well as the student

experience; and secondly, the

curriculum will be work-integrated

to provide experiential learning and

exposure to professional practice.

Thus, the learning will be research-

inspired and integrated.

Strategy is the smallest set of choices and

decisions sufficient to guide all other choices

and decisions”.