College/University Name : University of South Africa (UNISA)
Street Address : Preller Street, Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South Africa
City : Pretoria State : np
Zip : 0003 Country : South Africa
Email :
Phone : 124293111 Fax : 124292323
Accreditation : DETC
ETS Code : 0
Degrees Offered : Bachelors, Masters, Doctoral
Year Established : 1873
Enrollment : 140000
College/University Profile :
The University of South Africa is a distance education university, with headquarters in Pretoria, South Africa. With approximately 130,000 enrolled, it qualifies it as one of the World's mega universities.
Founded in 1873 as the University of the Cape of Good Hope, the University of South Africa (or Unisa as it is commonly known) spent most of its early history as an examine agency for Oxford and Cambridge universities and as an incubator from which most other universities in South Africa are descended. In 1946 it was given a new role as a distance education university and today it offers certificate, diploma and degree courses up to doctoral level in six faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Economic and Management Sciences, Law, Science, Education and Theology.
In January 2004 Unisa merged with Technikon RSA and the distance education component of Vista University (VUDEC). The combined institution is still known as the University of South Africa (Unisa).
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Online Distance Education Page : http://www.unisa.ac.za
College/University Main Page : http://www.unisa.ac.za