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CUT Contact Details
The CUT Bloemfontein switchboard is 051 507 3911 and the campus address is 20 President Brand Street, Westdene, Bloemfontein, 9300. The Welkom campus is 057 910 3500, at 1 Mothusi Road, Welkom, 9460. These details were read on cut.ac.za on 24 September 2026.
Central University of Technology contact details
| Route | Details |
|---|---|
| Bloemfontein switchboard | 051 507 3911 |
| Bloemfontein address | 20 President Brand Street, Westdene, Bloemfontein, 9300 |
| Bloemfontein main entrance | 1 Park Road, Westdene, Bloemfontein, 9300 |
| Welkom switchboard | 057 910 3500 |
| Welkom address | 1 Mothusi Road, Welkom, 9460 |
| Postal address, both campuses | The Registrar, Central University of Technology, Free State, Private Bag X20539, Bloemfontein, 9300 |
| Protection Services hotline | 0800 0600 60 (Bloemfontein), 0800 0600 61 (Welkom) |
| Website | www.cut.ac.za |
Two street addresses in Bloemfontein
CUT publishes two different addresses for the same Bloemfontein campus, and they are not interchangeable if you are driving there. The physical address is 20 President Brand Street, Westdene. The main entrance of the university is 1 Park Road, Westdene, which is the one CUT flags separately.
Navigate to the Park Road entrance if you are arriving by car. CUT also publishes a downloadable campus map in PDF for each campus, and says its buildings are tagged on Google Maps, which is worth doing before a first visit.
Where to send post for either campus
Both campus listings give the same instruction: address all correspondence to The Registrar, Central University of Technology, Free State, Private Bag X20539, Bloemfontein, 9300. There is no separate postal address for Welkom, so a letter about a Welkom matter still goes to Bloemfontein, which adds time. If something is urgent, phone the campus directly instead of posting it. Welkom is about 160 kilometres north-east of Bloemfontein, so these are genuinely separate places rather than two sites in one city.
CUT emergency and after-hours numbers
CUT publishes a proper set of emergency contacts, split by campus. These are the ones to save if you study or work there:
- Bloemfontein Protection Services hotline: 0800 0600 60, or 051 507 3237.
- Welkom Protection Services hotline: 0800 0600 61.
- Bloemfontein Protection Services after hours: 051 507 4417.
- Welkom Protection Services after hours: 057 910 3799.
The two hotline numbers differ by a single final digit, 60 for Bloemfontein and 61 for Welkom, so check it before you dial in a hurry.
CUT also lists two numbers that are not its own: Emergency Medical Services on 051 407 6000 and the Disaster Management Centre on 051 409 9600. These are municipal and provincial services rather than university desks, so use them for a medical or disaster emergency rather than for a campus security matter.
Type the www for the CUT website
Only www.cut.ac.za works. The address without the www does not load: the plain address refuses the secure connection outright and times out over an ordinary one. Checked on 24 September 2026: if you typed cut.ac.za and got nothing, that is why, and the university is not offline.
CUT departments and student services
CUT publishes no general email address on its contact page. Instead it lists Contact Details by Category, covering executive management, units and centres, teaching and learning, and the faculties.
Its administration functions are listed separately and are worth knowing by name, because asking for the right one at the switchboard is faster than describing your problem: Academic Administration, Finance, Human Resources, Estates and Infrastructure, ICT and Computer Services, Communications and Marketing, Institutional Advancement, Governance Risk and Compliance, Internal Audit, and Institutional Planning and Quality Enhancement.
For student matters there are dedicated routes on the site: Student Affairs, the Wellness Centre, the Disability Unit, Residences, and an Ask CUT enquiry service. Check Application Status and Register Online are self-service, and eThuto and Student Connect+ are the student portals.
CUT also runs a whistleblowing route, listed alongside the executive management contacts, for reporting misconduct rather than for ordinary complaints.
Before you call CUT
Say which campus. Bloemfontein and Welkom have separate switchboards, and the wrong one cannot help with the other’s records.
Have your student number, or your identity number if you are an applicant.
Name the department. CUT’s switchboard serves a university with a long list of separately listed units, and naming one saves a transfer.
CUT publishes no switchboard operating hours, so treat 051 507 3911 and 057 910 3500 as weekday business-hours lines. The Protection Services numbers are the after-hours route.
Frequently asked questions
What is the CUT contact number?
The Bloemfontein switchboard is 051 507 3911 and the Welkom switchboard is 057 910 3500. Say which campus you need.
Where is CUT located?
The Bloemfontein campus is at 20 President Brand Street, Westdene, Bloemfontein, 9300, with the main entrance at 1 Park Road, Westdene. The Welkom campus is at 1 Mothusi Road, Welkom, 9460.
What is the CUT postal address?
The Registrar, Central University of Technology, Free State, Private Bag X20539, Bloemfontein, 9300. Both campuses use this address; Welkom has no separate postal address.
How do I know these CUT details are correct?
The details were read from cut.ac.za, the university’s own website, on 24 September 2026. Confirm on the official site before you share personal information or make a payment.
Sources
- CUT contact page, www.cut.ac.za/contact-us, for both campus switchboards, the physical, main entrance and postal addresses, the Protection Services and hotline numbers, the emergency medical and disaster management numbers, and the department listings (read 24 September 2026)
- Direct checks of cut.ac.za and www.cut.ac.za, confirming that only the www address serves the site (checked 24 September 2026)