Institutional Advancement aims to enhance the university's profile and secure resources for its sustainability. The department plays a crucial role in optimising third-stream income generation, which encompasses various activities. Some of these activities fall directly under the department's purview, while others benefit from its support in enhancing visibility and appeal.

Our Focus Areas

1. Fundraising
2. Development
3. Alumni Relations
4. Stewardship

Why give to CUT

Giving to CUT is an excellent way to invest in the University’s social commitment.

Gifts like yours sustain the university and bolster the value of a CUT degree. They are investments in the future of the university and the students and staff who will shape the future of South Africa.

Philanthropy fuels our progress at the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) - Your gift, whatever its size, makes a difference in assuring the CUT experience will be available to new generations of students.

The publication below highlights the transformative power of strategic partnerships and collective fundraising at CUT throughout 2025. It stands as a testament to how donor support, bursaries, and targeted development initiatives create tangible, lasting change for our academic community. 

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Tax benefits

CUT is a public benefit organisation and so any bona fide donations and/or grants made to CUT are tax-deductible. Upon confirmation of your donation, we will gladly issue a Section 18a Tax concession certificate. Or, should you wish to donate more than once, we can issue a tax certificate at the end of the tax year. Corporate donors receive BEE Scorecard Points for their gifts.

Gifts and grants are tax-deductible in South Africa, UK, the US and Canada.

Ways to give

Donate through online payment to a specific cause. Sport, applied research, or estates and infrastructure.

Sport

Applied Research

Estates and Infrastructure

CUT Annual Fund