STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

Introduction

Student Support Services strives to ensure that Vaal University of Technology provides quality student experience in a collegiate environment.  Support programmes are provided from the time when students join the university until they complete their studies. The division is made up of the following units/departments that work together with an intention of achieving common goals:  VUT Sport, Student Accommodation, Student Counselling Services, HIV/AIDS Unit, Campus Clinic as well as Student Life and Governance. All these components collectively contribute towards serving a specific purpose, which is to prepare students for the world of work and life in general, through education.  Student Support Services strives to provide an array of effective programmes and services that are meant to support students from post-matriculation to the time when they complete their degrees.

OUR VISION

To be the preferred system of comprehensive and holistic student support and development for VUT students.

OUR MISSION / PURPOSE STATEMENT:

To achieve our vision we will focus on:-

• The provision of relevant and effective out-of-classroom learning and development services to students;
• The contribution to the creation of an environment that is conducive to living and learning;
• The development of programmes that impact positively on the communities of which we are part;
• The preparation of students for life-long

VALUE STATEMENT

We are committed to:

• Self-responsibility – choosing to be accountable, positive, and
• A culture of teamwork emphasizing consultation, openness, respect, and fairness, while valuing and promoting integrity and the dignity of all people at all