About the IIE

The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd © is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a private further and higher education and training institution under the Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006 (reg. no. 2009/FE07/003, prov. to 31/12/2014) and the Higher Education Act, 1997 (reg. no. 2007/HE07/002).

It is predominantly a higher education provider offering a range of full qualifications and short courses on 19 campuses across the country.

Accredited IIE Higher Education qualifications are offered on the 19 campuses organised into the four well known and well established brands of Varsity College©, Vega©, Rosebank College © and College Campus. See the links below to these websites.

Tuition for other institutions such as UNISA and IMM is available on Varsity College sites and some College Campus sites.

In addition, some further education programmes are offered on the Imagination Lab sites associated with Vega and on some of the Rosebank College sites (visit their websites by using the links below).

An extensive range of short learning programmes/ short courses is offered on all higher education sites and short courses in photography are offered at the Vega campuses and on the Vega National College of Photography campus (www.photocollege.co.za). Forbes Lever Baker (www.flb.co.za) is a specialist tuition provider for accountancy based courses and works with Varsity College in this regard. The Design School Southern Africa (www.designschoolsa.co.za) is also part of The IIE (Pty) Ltd stable but is a registered provider in its own right. The IIE is a wholly owned subsidiary of AdvTech Limited and in that capacity is proudly associated with these high quality school groups: Crawford Schools (www.crawfordschools.co.za); Abbotts College (www.abbotts.co.za), Trinity House (www.trinityhouse.co.za) and Junior College.