About Southlea
A university built on technology, enterprise and the knowledge of our communities.
Our purpose
Southlea Technopreneurship University exists to educate people who can create value from technology: engineers who build, analysts who measure, and entrepreneurs who turn both into enterprises.
We call this technopreneurship. It means that every degree combines rigorous technical study with the skills to design a business model, raise and manage finance, reach customers and lead teams. Our graduates are prepared to found ventures of their own or to drive innovation inside established organisations.
Mission and vision
Mission
Frontiers in quality and equitable Blended, Online and Distance E-Learning of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Technopreneurship with a strong Regional and global presence.
Vision
To be the pacesetters in Blended Teaching and Learning of STEM incorporating Face-to-Face and Virtual Learning thus deconstructing space and time in Competency & Heritage-based Education 5.0 towards an industrialised economy.
Meet our Executive Management and Board of Trustees.
Heritage-based and innovative
Our motto describes how we think. We are heritage-based: we value the knowledge, culture and enterprise of our communities and expect our research and teaching to serve them. We are innovative: we teach with the tools that modern industry uses and encourage students to question, prototype and improve.
What makes Southlea different
Enterprise in every degree
Venture planning, market research and business simulation are built into the curriculum, not offered as optional extras.
Industry-standard technology
Students learn on ERP, CRM, business intelligence, CAD/CAM and simulation software in specialised laboratories.
Flexible, blended learning
A university-wide Learning Management System supports face-to-face, online and blended study.
Global knowledge, local impact
Authenticated access to international journals and databases, applied to challenges that matter at home.
Our faculties
Teaching and research are organised in two faculties. The Faculty of Technopreneurship & Business Management offers four technology-focused business degrees. The Faculty of Engineering offers degrees in polymer and in packaging science, engineering and technology.