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Dear Student and Staff members - CUT supports innovators & entrepreneurs
You will be contacted via the ideagenerator@cut.ac.za email to arrange a one-on-one meeting in person or online to discuss your idea/project and advise you on how to become an entrepreneur; AND/OR | |||
| Innovation Services, idea-GYM offer training programs in Entrepreneurship Development, Social Enterprise and Technical Innovation Entrepreneurship for registered CUT students and staff. | |||
| Please visit our EVENT page (click on button at the top) for more info regarding EDP challenge winners and SEP challenge winner. | New program 2024 no winners yet! | ||
Not a registered CUT student or staff member? Please note on offer at a fee is an Entrepreneurship Training program:Please follow this link https://cutis.co.za/short-courses/ for more information on this course and other short courses on offer! | |||
Registered CUT students and staff can post an innovation idea or project by completing the CUTis' Idea Generator Idea Posting form available at 
Please click on the Competition button at the top of the page.
CUT: turning job seekers into job creators
Education in innovation and entrepreneurship has become part of Universities of Technologies (UoTs) with the aim of turning more graduates from job seekers into job creators.
The Idea Generator was officially launched on 31 March 2017, with the intention of introducing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among the CUT community.
The Idea Generator offers a developmental hub where students, staff as well as the public, with the assistance of experts and lecturers develop their innovative ideas, projects and products into products that can be commercialised.
Innovative Ideas are the pipeline to CUT units such as PDTS, CRPM, FabLab, CUTis and the Technology Transfer Office, who are leaders in prototyping, research and business development.
A bi-annual Innovation and Entrepreneurship competition being hosted by the IdeaGym where entrants have the opportunity to present inventions and ideas to a panel of experts. These ideas are channelled through the IdeaGym and other support or academic units at the CUT if possible.
The IdeaGym supports Research Unit for Evolvable and Manumation Systems (RGEMS) in their Sasol Solar Challenge.
CUT Services Offered:
CRPM Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM).
CRPM: https://www.cut.ac.za/crpm
Information Share
South Africa’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Map
A survey of the support available for entrepreneurs in South Africa was undertaken by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) South Africa chapter in 2015. This infographic below highlights the updated 2017 version of the key findings with interactive buttons to provide a more detailed overview of the support available.
Success Stories
- Through its i-GYM facility, the Central University of Technology has created an entrepreneurial buzz on campus
- CUT Masters student flourish as dedicated start-up entrepreneur in Hydro-IT
Contact us
E-mail us your ideas: ideagenerator@cut.ac.za
i-Gym Competitions
i-Gym Training
i-Gym Events
Technology Transfer Office (TTO)
MedAdd
Fablab (Makerspace)
Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM)
Product Development Technology Station (PDTS)
Vision 2030
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