CUT | CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

This guide assists the CUT community, partners, business, industry, and affiliates with the correct use of commonly referred to phrases, building names, titles, and institutional designations.

How to Write the University Name

The officially registered name of the institution is The Central University of Technology, Free State.

Upon first use in a text, the full name should be stated with the abbreviation in brackets:

Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT)
OR: Central University of Technology (CUT)

Thereafter, the following are in order for subsequent mentions:

Central University of Technology
CUT

Campus Buildings & Facilities

Bloemfontein Campus

Buildings

Advancement and Marketing Building
Amoenitas
Artec Hall
Artis
Bethuel Setai Library and Information Services
BHP Billiton Lecture Block
Boet Troskie Hall
Dirk Coetzee Building
Ellen Khuzwayo Building
Genmin Building (BHP Billiton Building, corner of Suid and President Brand streets)
Hotel School Atrium
Hotel School
Humanitas Building
Idea Gymnasium (i-Gym) (Not a fitness gym.)
Japie van Lill Auditorium
Kopanong Building
Lapeng Student Centre
Orion Building
Petrus Molemela Building
Prosperitas Auditorium
Sanlam Auditorium
Student Academic Support Centre
Tataisong Building
Ya Rona Building
ZR Mahabane Building

Residences

Eendrag
Graduandi House
Gymnos
Huis Technikon
Loggies
Mannheim Ladies
Mannheim Men
Welgemoed

Sports Fields

Cricket field
CUT Rugby Stadium
Hockey field
Soccer field

Welkom Campus

Buildings

Alwyn Louw Auditorium
Clement Tsehloane Keto Library and Information Services
Hugh Africa Building
Lemmy Mule Building
Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe Building
Thutong Building

Residences

Ikhaya Lethu House
Maipato Mokatsane House
Maya Angelou House
Protea East House
Protea West House
Unity House

Titles and Designations

Note: If no abbreviation is indicated, the title is written in full. Internal abbreviations are not for public use.

Chancellor—

Chairperson of Council—

Vice-Chancellor and PrincipalVC

Deputy Vice-ChancellorDVC

Campus Principal (Welkom Campus)—

Registrar—

Assistant Registrar—

Deputy Registrar—

Chief Audit ExecutiveCAE

Chief Financial OfficerCFO

Executive Director—

Chief Risk OfficerCRO

Chief Transformation Officer—

Chief Advancement Officer—

Senior Director—

Director—

Deputy Director—

Senior Manager—

Manager—

Supervisor—

Faculty Administrator—

Faculty Officer—

Senior Administrative AssistantSAA

Departmental Administrator—

Administrator—

Senior Officer—

Administration Officer—

Officer—

Dean—

Assistant DeanAD

ProfessorProf.

Associate ProfessorProf.

Head of DepartmentHoD

Department ManagerDM

Senior Lecturer—

Lecturer—

New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP) Lecturer—

Junior Lecturer—

Lecturer’s Assistant—

Technical Assistant—

Institutional Directory

Official names and approved abbreviations for CUT's support services, research units, faculties, and academic support structures.

Support Services

Academic Administration—

Academic Enterprise—

Academic Structure and Student Enrolment Services—

Alumni Relations—

Assessment and GraduationsAGU

Centre for Global EngagementCGE

Communications and Marketing—

Committee Services—

Community EngagementCE

Estates and InfrastructureE&I

Fees and Financial AidFFA

Finance—

Finance and Procurement—

Financial Operations—

Financial Reporting—

Governance and Student Life—

Governance, Risk and Compliance SectionGRC

Human ResourcesHR

ICT—

Institutional Advancement—

Institutional Planning—

Institutional Planning and Quality EnhancementIPQE

Institutional Renewal and Transformation UnitIRTU

Language Services UnitLSU

Legal Services—

Library and Information ServicesLIS

Management Information SystemsMIS

Operational Sport—

Operations and Administration—

Quality Enhancement—

Registrar’s Division—

Research Development and Postgraduate StudiesRD&PGS

Research, Innovation and EngagementRIE

Residences—

Resources and OperationsResOps

Student Affairs—

Teaching and LearningT&L

Technology and Innovation—

Unit for Development—

Wellness Centre—

Units, Centres & Groups

Centre for Applied Food Safety and BiotechnologyCAFSaB

Centre for Diversity in Higher Education ResearchCDHER

Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship StudiesCEES

Centre for Rapid Prototyping and ManufacturingCRPM

Centre for Sustainable Smart Cities 4.0CSSC

Centre for Quality of Health and LivingCQHL

Entrepreneurship Development UnitEDU

Group for Sustainable Urban, Roads and TransportSURT

Group of Soil Mechanics—

Idea Generatori-Gym

Product Development Technology StationPDTS

Research Centre on Human-Centred Approaches to the Societal Impacts of Technological InnovationsHTI

Research Group in Engineering EducationAGREE

Research Unit for Evolvable and Manumation SystemsRGEMS

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics AcademySTEM Academy

Unit for Drug Discovery Research—

Unit for Enterprise Studies—

Unit for Foundations of Education—

Unit for Lean Construction and SustainabilityULCS

Unit for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Research—

Unit for Public Management and Administration—

Unit for Research in Scholarship of Teaching and LearningSoTL

Unit for Research on Informatics for Droughts in AfricaURIDA

Unit for Scholarship in Research Education—

Unit for Sustainable Water and EnvironmentUSWE

Unit for Tourism Destination and Management—

Academic Support

Centre for Innovation in Learning and TeachingCILT

Curriculum and Academic Staff DevelopmentCASD

Disability UnitDU

e-Learning and Educational TechnologyeLET

Scholarship of Teaching and LearningSoTL

Student Academic Development and SupportSADS

Teaching Development and Special Projects—

Work-Integrated Learning and Industry LiaisonWIL

Writing Centre—

Faculties & Qualifications

Our Faculties

Faculty of HumanitiesFHUM

Faculty of Health and Environmental SciencesFHES

Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & ITFEBIT

Faculty of Management SciencesFMS

Qualification Abbreviations

Advanced DiplomaAdvDip

Baccalaureus TechnologiaeBTech

Bachelor of EngineeringBEng

Bachelor of Health SciencesBHSc

Bachelor of Management SciencesBManSci

Bachelor of RadiographyBRad

DiplomaDip

Higher CertificateHCert

National Diploma (phasing out)NDip

Postgraduate DiplomaPGDip

Postgraduate CertificatePGCE

Bachelor of ScienceBSc

Bachelor of EducationBEd

Bachelor of Engineering TechnologyBEngTech

Bachelor of ConstructionBCon

Master of CommunicationMComm

Master of Construction—

Master of Public ManagementMPM

Master of AgricultureMAgric

Master of RadiographyMRad

Master of EducationMEd

Master of Management SciencesMManSc

Master of PhilosophyMPhil

Master of EngineeringMEng

Master of Health SciencesMHSc

Doctor of EducationDEd

Doctor of Management SciencesDManSc

Doctor of EngineeringDEng

Doctor of PhilosophyPhD

Doctor of Public ManagementDPubMan

Doctor of Human Resource ManagementDHRM

Doctor of Business ManagementDBA

Doctor of Health SciencesDHealthSc

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CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

CUT Terminology and Naming Conventions

Spelling, abbreviations and a guide to correctly use commonly referred to phrases at CUT.

How to Write the University Name

Campus Buildings & Facilities

Bloemfontein Campus

Welkom Campus

Titles and Designations

Institutional Directory

Support Services

Units, Centres & Groups

Academic Support

Faculties & Qualifications

Our Faculties

Qualification Abbreviations