As the number of students registering annually grows rapidly, records show that Tshwane University of Technology caters for approximately more than 60,000 students and it has become the largest residential higher education institution in South Africa.Tshwane University of Technology predominantly provides vocational qualifications in the form of three-year diplomas.Additional options exist in the form of advanced diplomas, postgraduate and masters and doctoral degrees.These qualifications are offered through the following faculties: In 2010 Webometrics ranked the university the 15th best in South Africa and 5662th in the world.The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) ranks the university's Department of Journalism as one of twelve Potential Centres of Excellence in Journalism Training in Africa.