There are three institutions in Namibia considered universities:[1] The four Colleges of Education are since 2010 part of the University of Namibia; They provide teacher education.
[1] The Polytechnic of Namibia was de jure not a university as no provision was made in the Act by which it was created (Act 33 / 1994)[3] to carry this name.
A motion for name change into Namibia's University of Science and Technology was rejected by cabinet in August 2010,[4] but approved by the same body in December 2012.
The transition to university happened in subsequent years.
Some of the artisan training is done by the Namibia University of Science and Technology.