The Unisa building at Muckleneuk in Pretoria. Although Unisa was established to broaden educational opportunities, its history is closely intertwined with South Africa’s political and social evolution.
PERCHED on Pretoria’s Muckleneuk Ridge, the University of South Africa (Unisa) has grown into one of the world’s largest universities, providing higher education to more than 370 000 students across South Africa, the African continent and beyond.
According to the university’s published figures, Unisa awards nearly 13% of all degrees conferred by South Africa’s 26 public universities and universities of technology, making it the country’s largest producer of graduates.
As Africa’s leading Open Distance and e-Learning (ODeL) institution, Unisa has transformed access to higher education through a network of seven regional campuses, 28 learning centres across South Africa and an international campus in Ethiopia.
Its story stretches back more than 150 years.
