Our vision is to become a centre of excellence offering accredited, high quality cutting-edge technology training through multi-site campuses in collaboration with local, provincial, national and international partners. Service provision is being tailored to meet the demands of the labour market and in particular to access Learnerships and NQF accredited skills training. Strategic partnerships to access further education and training opportunities are being established with other TVET Providers, HE institutions, organized labour, the community, relevant government departments and non-governmental organizations, business and industry, SMME's and SETAs.

DUT is the preferred university for developing leadership in technology and productive citizenship.

Our school motto is 'Attitude is Everything! ' and this is the work ethos that we instil in our students, which is one of the reasons our students are highly sought after by top chefs.