University of South Africa

Country
South Africa South Africa
Thematic Groups
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

About the University

The University of South Africa (Unisa) is located primarily in Pretoria with a multicampus structure which includes Muckleneuk (main campus), Sunnyside, Florida Science campuses, and regional offices across all the nine Provinces and in Ethiopia. Unisa is one of Africa's largest open distance e-learning (ODeL) institutions. The university enrolls approximately 370,000–400,000 students and serves a third of South Africa's higher education population across diverse programs offered through the eight colleges and 2 Schools (Accounting Sciences, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Education, Economic and Management Sciences, Graduate Studies, Human Sciences, Law, Science, Engineering and Technology and two schools – Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) and Thabo Mbeki School of Public and International Affairs). Unisa's main research strengths lie in the 10 catalytic niche areas, these include Marine Studies; Aviation and Aeronautical Studies; Automotive Studies; Energy Studies; Space Studies and the Square Kilometre Array; Fourth Industrial Revolution and Digitalisation; Natural Sciences (Biotechnological Studies); Health/Pharmaceutical Studies; Feminist/Womanist/Bosadi Theorisations; and Student Support and Co-Curricular Activities.

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