The Durban University of Technology (DUT) is a technical university in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was formed in 2002 by the merger of Technikon Natal and ML Sultan Technikon and was previously known as the Durban Institute of Technology. It has four campuses in Durban, and two in Pietermaritzburg. In 2005, around 20 000 students were enrolled. The Durban University of Technology is a member of the International Association of Universities and is a multi-campus university of technology, technological training and research. The university aspires to be a “preferred university for developing leadership in technology and productive citizenship” and to “making knowledge useful”. DUT is in the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The Durban University of Technology is a result of the merger in April 2002 of two prestigious technikons, ML Sultan and Technikon Natal. It was named the Durban Institute of Technology and later became the Durban University of Technology on March 15, 2006. In 2010 Webometrics ranked the university the 14th best in South Africa and 4050th in the world.