It was founded as a branch of the Transvaal University College in 1908. Students earned the nickname "Tuks" or "Tukkies" from the abbreviation of the Afrikaans name of the university: Transvaalse ...

The old University of the Cape of Good Hope ... the Natal University College at Pietermaritzburg (1182), the Transvaal University College at Pretoria (1001), and the South African School of ...