I recently checked out the South African Technikons for a Masters of Technology in Chemical Engineering (Technikon SA). The program and cost seem too good to be true. They emailed me back within a few days, and tenatively agreed to my acceptance. In fact, I was so impressed with the Technikon (research degrees, very courteous, not very burecratic, and less than 1K pr year) that I even now have my wife checking out Technikon Pretoria for a teaching degree. How are Technikon Degrees (Masters and Doctorate) treated in the US? For my wife, the State of South Carolina requires it to be RA. Since RA really only applies in the US, How do I figure out if it is an equivalent? I asked the Department of Education in South Carolina about accepting the technikon degree, an their response was, "If it is RA?"
TSA is a recognized tertiary institution in South Africa. The MTech and DTech degrees are typical of polytechnics, or equivalents (like TSA). While TSA's degrees should be considered comparable to RA degrees, there may still be some acceptance/recognition issues. Be sure the degree is really what you want and need. Be sure the degree is really obtainable from the U.S. I like TSA.
Technikon SA I have found getting in touch with them to be impossible. I am also concerned as to whether they will be in existance in a year from now, That merger with UNISA? Does anyone have any updates? Kane
I don't think that the Unisa/TSA merger should be a concern. This will be a good thing for TSA students. Without the merger, doing a TSA degree outside of Africa could be difficult -- they currently have essentially no students outside SA (as described in thread: Technikon Southern Africa (SA)).
