Technikons in South Africa, now being renamed Universities of Technology are higher education institutions that provide and promote, in co-operation with the private and public sectors, quality career and technology education and research for the developmental needs of a transforming South Africa and the changing world. [ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ] As institutions of technological higher education, their tertiary educational programmes cover a variety of specialised occupations and careers in the applied engineering; biological, chemical and physical sciences; and applied commercial sciences; humanities, arts and teacher education.[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ]

在南非的理工大学（Technikon）， 即将重新命名为理工大学（Universities of Technology）等，为高等教育机构， 和私人和公共部门合作， 高品质职业和技术教育对改变南非和改变的世界的发展的需要进行研究。作为技术上的高等教育的机构，[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ] 他们的第三方教育计划包括多种专业的职业和应用的工程工作，例如生物学、化学和物理科学，及商业学、 人文、艺术和师范教育。

Technikons/Universities of Technology are renowned for their career-focused, hands-on approach to education and training. Their interface with industry has enabled them to structure courses with practical applications and to deliver graduates with knowledge that is immediately relevant in the workplace.[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ] Technikons/Universities of Technology, as a specific education sector and also as an integral part of higher education,[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ] have a unique and important contribution to make with regard to the challenges facing South Africa, particularly within the framework of reconstruction and development. The development of the required human resources, and appropriate expertise development through research and development, is central to all endeavours. [ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ]

理工大学（Technikons及Universities of Technology）以他们的职业精神，[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ] 对教育和训练的实践方法闻名。 与工业密切联系已经使他们能够用申请组织课程并传授给毕业生在工作场所必须的知识。[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ] 理工大学（Technikons及Universities of Technology）， 作为一个具体的教育部门以及作为高等教育的组成部分，[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ] 为南非所面临的挑战作出了独特且重要的贡献，特别是在重建和发展的范围内。社会对人力资源需求的增加，和通过研究和发展培养出专家，是其办学重点。[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ]

In South Africa, Technikons/Universities of Technology are the equivalent of universities of technology, technological universities, technical universities or institutes of technology found in countries such as the USA, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Hungary; the Hogescholen in Belgium and the Netherlands; [ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ] or the Fachhochshule in Germany. Technikons/Universities of Technology are administered along with the other traditional universities in South Africa, by the Higher Education Branch of the National Department of Education.[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ]

在南非，理工大学（Technikons及Universities of Technology）相当于其它国家（ 例如美国，英国，澳大利亚，新西兰和匈牙利）的理工大学、技术大学或者工学院，或比利时和荷兰的Hogescholen，[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ] 或德国的Fachhochshule。 理工大学（Technikons及Universities of Technology），由国家教育部的高等教育分部分配到其它传统的大学管理。[ 南非故事 Cooltang.com ]

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