Start with the web address, because the wrong one is still in wide circulation. Thekwini TVET College is at thekwini.edu.za. The older thekwinicollege.co.za address, which still appears in some official listings, no longer belongs to the college: it now serves a browser-fingerprinting redirect into an advertising page. Do not enter personal or application details there.
Central contacts
- Email: [email protected]
- Central office telephone: 031 250 8400
- Address: 262 D’Aintree Avenue, Asherville, Durban, 4015
Campus telephone numbers
Six campuses sit within roughly ten kilometres of central Durban. Each has its own switchboard, and applications, registration and academic queries are handled by the campus rather than centrally.
- Asherville Campus: 031 250 8200, 262 D’Aintree Avenue, Asherville
- Cato Manor Campus: 031 273 3650, corner Booth and Ridgeview Roads, Cato Manor
- Centec Campus: 031 203 5500, 75 Earl Haig Road, Roseglen, Durban, 4000
- Melbourne Campus: 031 327 5700, 47 Melbourne Road, Dalbridge
- Springfield Campus: 031 263 7700, 2 Bisasar Road, off Electron Road, Springfield Flats, Durban
- Umbilo Campus: 031 205 6841, 351 Umbilo Road, Umbilo, Durban
The college publishes no per-campus email address, so written queries go to [email protected]. Put the campus name and your student or application number in the subject line, since one mailbox serves all six.
Choosing a campus
Because the campuses are close together, the deciding factor is usually the programme rather than the distance. Engineering, business and utility studies are not offered everywhere, and the same qualification can run on a trimester timetable at one campus and a semester timetable at another. Phone the campus switchboard and ask which programmes it actually runs this intake before you apply, rather than applying to the nearest one and being redirected.
Applications and funding
- Apply directly to the campus offering the programme; there is no fee to submit an application
- NSFAS bursary funding is applied for separately from the college application, with its own deadline
- The college cannot approve, release or delay an NSFAS allowance; that is decided by NSFAS
If something is not resolved
- Raise it with the campus manager first, then with the central office on 031 250 8400 or [email protected]
- Public TVET colleges fall under the Department of Higher Education and Training, which handles unresolved complaints about a college
- Anyone asking you to pay for a place, a registration slot or an NSFAS approval is running a scam; the college does not sell places