Mission
Develop technically excellent, ethically grounded graduates through applied teaching, research, and industry partnership.
About
EASTECH Institute
Advanced technical and future-focused learning within the EASTC Technocentric Varsity ecosystem.
Who we are
EASTECH Institute is the higher-education and advanced-skills institution of EASTC. We prepare graduates who can design, build, code, maintain, and lead in a technology-intensive economy.
The Institute sits alongside EASTC Technical Schools and EASTC Artisan College. Learners can enter at school or artisan level and progress into Institute diplomas and advanced programmes. EASTC Foundation NPC funds access for students who would otherwise be excluded.
Institutional commitments
Quality assurance, programme review, assessment and moderation, student support, language, RPL/CAT, work-integrated learning, and certification policies are published in the policy library. Institute programmes are designed to DHET standards. DHET registration and CHE programme accreditation for Institute qualifications are to be confirmed.
Teaching philosophy
Learning by doing: laboratories, workshops, studios, simulations, and workplace modules in every qualification.
Public purpose
Expand African technical capacity, with Foundation-backed access for rural and female students.
Institute leadership
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
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Chief Executive Officer
Name to be confirmed
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Managing Director
Name to be confirmed
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Before you enrol
Courses, accommodation and accreditation
Published EASTC facts only. Where a fact is not on the sites, it is marked to be confirmed.
Course availability
EASTECH Institute lists higher certificates and degrees in Water Engineering, Information Technology, Cyber Security, and Digital Marketing. Modes on this site include contact, blended, distance, and work-integrated learning where the programme table says so. The news page says founding-cohort applications are open for 2026 in engineering, computing, and energy.
Institute fees, class sizes, and the next start date are to be confirmed.
EASTC Technocentric Varsity, the campus college, publishes short practical courses. Its 2026 brochure says new courses start every Monday, with Saturday part-time classes. The college FAQ states short courses at R11,250. The brochure also lists other prices. Those figures are not Institute tuition.
Student accommodation
The EASTC 2026 brochure states shared accommodation at R2,100 for short courses only, and that students supply their own food and bedding. The college FAQ also states shared accommodation at R2,100, with 24-hour security at the premises and accommodation.
A room for EASTECH Institute higher-certificate or degree students is to be confirmed.
Accreditation
Institute programmes are designed to DHET standards. DHET registration and CHE programme accreditation for these Institute qualifications are to be confirmed.
EASTC Technocentric Varsity publishes accreditation number ACC17/07/00004 in its 2026 brochure, and eastech.co.za shows DHET 2019/FE07/D33. The brochure also labels some short training courses non-accredited. Those campus registrations are not published as covering Institute higher certificates or degrees.