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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”.