Bunting Road Campus Auckland Park
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Bunting Road Campus Auckland Park, also known as APB, is one of the 5 urban campuses of the University of Johannesburg
. The ABP was originally a campus of the Technikon Witwatersrand
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Unique about the campus is the fact that the campus is an enclosed section of a suburb. The main throughfair of the suburb is Bunting Road. The name Bunting Road, according to the City of Johannesburg archives is derived from a subspecies of bird and not the decorative banner it is currently associated with.
When on campus the visual impression one gets is not of an education institution but rather of a middle class
South African suburb as with the surrounding suburbs.
The Campus is informally known as the creative campus or campus of the arts of UJ.
After being incorporated into UJ, construction began and the FADA Building, the prized "jewel of APB" was added to the east end of the campus along with the Kirtzner School of Hospitality building. FADA is an acronym for the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture.
A misconception, as with Kingsway Campus Auckland Park
, is that the campus itself is not technically within the demarcated suburb of Auckland Park but rather the suburb of Cottesloe. The roads within the campus are Lark Street, Jay Street, Vista Close, Ibis Street, Katjiepiering Street, Falcon Street and Dorbie Street.
APB has 2 entrances. The east and main entrance is located on Annet Road (M71) and the west entrance is located on Canary street, opposite the SABC Headquarters, in Auckland Park.
Located within the campus is a Netcare
Clinic which, along with The Faculty of Health Sciences of Doornfontein Campus, serves the City of Johannesburg. Opposite Lark Street on Bunting Road is the Cottesloe Boer Memorial, National Monument
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University of Johannesburg
The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Technikon Witwatersrand and the Rand Afrikaans University . Prior to the merger, the Daveyton and Soweto campuses of the former Vista University had been incorporated into RAU...
. The ABP was originally a campus of the Technikon Witwatersrand
Technikon Witwatersrand
The Technikon Witwatersrand was a technikon located in Johannesburg, South Africa. On 1 January 2005, it merged with Rand Afrikaans University and some campuses of Vista University to form the University of Johannesburg, and is now one of many campuses of the new university.-Origins:Technikon...
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Unique about the campus is the fact that the campus is an enclosed section of a suburb. The main throughfair of the suburb is Bunting Road. The name Bunting Road, according to the City of Johannesburg archives is derived from a subspecies of bird and not the decorative banner it is currently associated with.
When on campus the visual impression one gets is not of an education institution but rather of a middle class
Middle class
The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class....
South African suburb as with the surrounding suburbs.
The Campus is informally known as the creative campus or campus of the arts of UJ.
After being incorporated into UJ, construction began and the FADA Building, the prized "jewel of APB" was added to the east end of the campus along with the Kirtzner School of Hospitality building. FADA is an acronym for the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture.
A misconception, as with Kingsway Campus Auckland Park
Kingsway Campus Auckland Park
Kingsway Campus Auckland Park, also known as APK, is the largest and most populated campus of the University of Johannesburg. It is also the seat of the administration and governance body of the university. The campus was formerly the only educational campus of the Rand Afrikaans University...
, is that the campus itself is not technically within the demarcated suburb of Auckland Park but rather the suburb of Cottesloe. The roads within the campus are Lark Street, Jay Street, Vista Close, Ibis Street, Katjiepiering Street, Falcon Street and Dorbie Street.
APB has 2 entrances. The east and main entrance is located on Annet Road (M71) and the west entrance is located on Canary street, opposite the SABC Headquarters, in Auckland Park.
Located within the campus is a Netcare
Netcare
Netcare is a South African health care company. It is the largest provider of private healthcare in both South Africa and the UK...
Clinic which, along with The Faculty of Health Sciences of Doornfontein Campus, serves the City of Johannesburg. Opposite Lark Street on Bunting Road is the Cottesloe Boer Memorial, National Monument
National monument
A National monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of national importance such as a war or the country's founding. The term may also refer to a specific monument status, such as a National Heritage Site, which most national monuments are by reason of their cultural...
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