Secunda is situated on the Highveld approximately 150 km from Johannesburg and Pretoria and 180 km from Vanderbijlpark, with one of the largest industries, SASOL, at its door step.

Secunda Campus (previously known as Highveld Ridge Campus) was established in 1987. Since then the Campus has expanded. Currently Secunda Campus has over 850 registered students.

The Secunda Campus is focused on serving the needs of the local industry and in this regard it is primarily a service provider to SASOL with particular emphasis on the delivery of Engineering and Technology related programmes to develop Technician and Engineering Human Resource capacity.