The campus and facilities are conducive to learning, research, recreation and sport, art and culture, and community service.

The campuses have lecture halls, laboratories, a number of auditoriums and office space situated on 46,000 m2 (500,000 sq ft).

Situated in Vanderbijlpark in South Africa's industrial heartland, it opened to 189 students (taught by 15 members of staff ) in 1966.

In 1975, new buildings – including a library, gymnasium, laboratories and lecture halls – enabled growth to continue, so that by 1978 student enrolments reached 3,000 and the staff complement 137.

[2] By 1987, as new facilities continued to be added to the core institution, student numbers reached 6 000, and nearly 15,000 twelve years later.