The Durban University of Technology student who fell to his death from a building at the Steve Biko campus on Tuesday had not been defunded.
There were reports the incident was a result of financial pressure due to the student being defunded but the institution on Wednesday denied those reports.
Mr Sphiwokuhle Madela, a third-year student enrolled in the BHSc diagnostic radiography programme in the Faculty of Health Sciences, tragically lost his life during the incident in the S-Block building.