University of Technology,
Mauritius

Learn about our History

The University of Technology, Mauritius (UTM) was created in year 2000 with the merging of the Mauritius Institute of Public Administration and Management (MIPAM) and the SITRAC Ltd.

This historic step in the field of higher education was prompted mainly by the need to cater more vigorously for the increasing demand for ICT and Management Professionals in a country committed to accelerate the realization of its ambition to become a major service provider in the field of Information Technology, Management, Finance, Sustainable Development and other related fields.

The University of Technology, Mauritius operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Education and is governed by the provisions of the UTM Act 2000.

Learn about our History

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Vision

To become a university of national, regional and international renown, providing multi-level quality tertiary education and training including continuing professional education geared towards sustained capacity building for an increasingly technology-driven enterprise-based developments.

Mission

To offer a range of University programmes and activities in full-time, part-time and mixed modes to meet the changing needs of Mauritius and develop a regional and international dimension to its activities. UTM will aim for excellence along traditional as well as beyond traditional approaches to teaching, training, research and consultancy.

Aim

To provide access to a wide range of students for the acquisition of knowledge and skills with which they can make future professional contributions in various key sectors of the socio-economic and technological advancement of Mauritius and aspire to become dynamic players in regional and international activities.

Functions and Objectives of UTM

Provide multi-level tertiary education including continuing professional education, in such disciplines as it thinks appropriate to meet the needs of Mauritius, with emphasis on technology, sustainable development science and public sector policy and management, while making provision for the recognition of prior learning and flexibility of transition between programmes.

Foster and encourage the advancement and development of knowledge and skills, and their application to research and other means, through industry, the services sector, commerce and the public sector.

Provide research, development, consultancy and other services for industrial or commercial organisations, public bodies or individuals.

Exploit commercially for its benefit the services and resources of the University of Technology.

Serve as a centre for fostering co-operation, partnership and exchange of ideas between the academic community on the one hand and the public and private sectors on the other.

Promote entrepreneurship and a complete education amongst students

Give a regional and international dimension to its teaching, research, consultancy, development, service and other activities.

Develop into an institution of excellence in teaching, training, scholarship, research, consultancy, service and other services and products, with emphasis in its areas of operation.