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In 1946, UNISA was given a new role as a distance education university, and today it offers certificate, diploma and degree courses [7] up to doctoral level. In January 2004, UNISA merged with Technikon Southern Africa (Technikon SA, a polytechnic) and incorporated the distance education component of Vista University (VUDEC).
In the 2025 QS World University Rankings (published 2024), the university tied 340th place (22nd nationally) with a net decrease of 14 places. [176] In the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the university attained a position of #301-350 (tied 20th nationally). [177] The university had a negative trajectory since 2016. [177]
Times Higher Education 2011 to 2025 South Africa Rank SA Rank University World Rank; 2025 2024/2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 1 University of Cape Town: 167 160–167 183 155 136 136 171 148 120 124 126 126 103 107 =2 Rhodes University: 301–350 251–300 251–300 251–300 251–300 251–300 351–400 401-500
During the second phase between 1961 and 1965, negotiations were held with the University of South Africa (Unisa). The final campaign in 1965 and 1966 was aimed at obtaining its own, independent Afrikaans-medium university. [3] Nico Diederichs, first Chancellor.
The functionality of their two in-house developed CMSs (Unisa SOL and TSA COOL) was combined into a new system called "myUnisa" . myUnisa is built within the Sakai framework. The new myUnisa infrastructure was launched on 9 January 2006. By August 2006 myUnisa was one of the largest installs of Sakai with more than 110 000 students.
The South African Students Congress (SASCO) is a South African student organisation currently led by Alungile Kamtshe as the organization's President.SASCO was founded in September 1991 at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, through the merger of the South African National Student Congress (SANSCO) and the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS).
South Africa portal Vista University , South Africa was established in 1981 [ 1 ] by the apartheid government to ensure that urban black South Africans seeking tertiary education would be accommodated within the townships rather than on campuses reserved for other population groups.
And there is a strong and growing relationship with institutions in other countries in Africa, Europe and North America, leading to research partnerships, joint capacity building, and a flow of postgraduate students to UWC. In addition, UWC Honours and Master's graduates have won a number of major international scholarships.