The Tshwane University of Technology (Acronym: TUT) is a higher education institution in Pretoria, South Africa.

It that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria in 2004.

Its theatre and performance departments have been key training departments for stage technicians, designers, theatre managers, etc, as well as actors and directors.

The University offers a Diploma in Performing Arts qualification (Faculty of Arts and Design) that offers an opportunity to specialise in a performing arts discipline or related inter-disciplinary areas in the performing arts creative sector. Students have the opportunity for multi-disciplinary collaboration that serves the core of the qualification or to select and specialise in one of three discipline streams, namely Dance (including a variety of dance styles and techniques), Theatre Arts & Design (including further selection into either a performer stream, or a technician and design stream) and Music (including jazz and opera).