Which faculties and programmes does Walter Sisulu University offer?

Walter Sisulu University (WSU) lists six faculties on its site: Engineering, Built Environment & Information Technology; Management & Public Administration; Sciences; Economic & Financial Sciences; Law, Humanities & Social Sciences; and Medicine & Health Sciences. The clearest programme detail on the site sits under the Engineering, Built Environment & IT faculty, where departments publish their own diplomas, advanced diplomas, admission requirements and prospectuses. The site also separates undergraduate, postgraduate and extended-curriculum study paths, so the faculty list is a starting point rather than a full programme catalogue.

Faculties named on the WSU site

The site also lists Education as a study area in the analysis brief, but the page content provided does not show a separate Education faculty entry. Treat the six faculties above as the ones the site names directly, and confirm any education-related offering through the faculty pages or prospectus.

Programmes shown under Engineering, Built Environment & IT

This is the faculty where the site exposes department-level programme lists:

• Department of Civil Engineering: Diploma in Civil Engineering, Diploma in Civil Engineering – Extended Curricula Programme, Advanced Diploma in Civil Engineering
• Department of Built Environment: Diploma in Building Technology (ECP), Diploma in Building Technology
• Department of Network & Information Technology: Diploma in ICT in Communication Networks, Diploma in ICT in Support Services, Diploma in ICT Extended Programmes, Advanced Diploma in ICT in Communication Networks

Each department page links to its own overview, contact information, staff, programmes, admission requirements and prospectus. That structure is the practical route for checking entry rules: open the department, then the programme, then the admission requirements and prospectus links.

How extended curricula programmes are presented

WSU shows extended programmes as named variants of a standard diploma rather than as a separate faculty. Examples on the site include the Diploma in Civil Engineering – Extended Curricula Programme, Diploma in Building Technology (ECP), and Diploma in ICT Extended Programmes. They sit alongside the regular diploma in the same department, which suggests they share a subject area but follow a different curriculum path. The site does not state the admission thresholds or duration for these variants in the available content, so check the department's admission requirements and prospectus before choosing between the standard and extended route.

Where to check admission requirements and prospectuses

The site provides several entry points:

• How to Apply: The Process under Application and Registration
• Admission Requirement pages listed separately for undergraduate, new students, returning students and postgraduate programmes
• Prospectuses linked from the Fees & Financial Support and faculty sections
• Department pages with their own admission requirements and prospectus links

For a specific programme, the department page is the most direct source. For a general overview of what WSU offers, start from the faculty list and the undergraduate and postgraduate programme pages.

Practical next step

If you already know the field you want, go to the relevant faculty, open the department, and read the programme page together with its admission requirements and prospectus. If you are comparing options, use the same three checks for each programme: the qualification name (standard or extended), the admission requirements link, and the prospectus. That keeps the comparison consistent across faculties where the site gives less programme detail.