{"id":5468,"date":"2024-10-31T04:12:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T04:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=5468"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:13:57","slug":"prospectus-faculty-of-applied-and-computer-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/nso\/prospectus-faculty-of-applied-and-computer-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospectus &#8211; Faculty of applied and computer sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5468\" class=\"elementor elementor-5468\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eea7369 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eea7369\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10c094b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10c094b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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