University of South Africa
| University of South Africa | |
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| motto | Pro Genticus Sapienta |
| founding | 1873 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Pretoria |
| country | South Africa |
| Vice Chancellor and Principal | Mandla S. Makhanya |
| Students | 337,612 (2015) |
| Employee | 6,218 (2015) |
| Networks | IAU |
| Website | www.unisa.ac.za |
The University of South Africa ( english University of South Africa , shortly UNISA ) is a public comprehensive university and open university in South Africa , based in Pretoria . It is the oldest open university and largest university in Africa. It is also one of the largest universities in the world with a very rapid growth in student numbers.
history
The University of South Africa was founded in 1873 on the model of the University of London under the name University of the Cape of Good Hope as a university examination institution. For much of its early history it served as an examination institution for the UK universities of Oxford and Cambridge .
Organization and campus
The university is headed by a vice-chancellor and principal, the management also includes a pro-vice-chancellor, six vice-principals and an examining officer. The chancellor has representative duties. The management is responsible to the university council .
In addition to the main campus in Pretoria, UNISA has regional locations throughout South Africa, including in Durban , Cape Town , Mbombela , Polokwane , Port Elizabeth , Bloemfontein and Mahikeng . It is divided into six colleges , which are the roof for different schools :
- College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
- School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- School of Environmental Sciences
- College of Economics and Management Sciences
- School of Accounting Sciences
- School of Economic Sciences
- School of Management Sciences
- College of Human Sciences
- School of Arts, Education, Languages and Communications
- School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Theology
- College of Law
- School of Law
- School of Criminal Justice
- College of Science , Engineering & Technology
- School of Science
- School of Engineering
- School of Computing.
The lowest academic units among the schools are the departments .
Well-known teachers
- David Bosch , Professor of Missiology (1971–1992)
- Hermann Jan Melania de Vleeschauwer , Philosophy and Library Science (1951–1966)
- Tobias Faix , Professor of Theology (since 2013)
- Heinz Hofmann , Lecturer at the Department of Classics (1971–1973)
- Volker Kessler , Professor for Christian Leadership (since 2012)
- Johannes Reimer , Professor of Missiology (since 1997)
Cooperations
The University of South Africa works internationally with various universities and academic institutions. In Germany, especially in the field of theology, a number of theological seminars and academies cooperate with UNISA via the Society for Education and Research in Europe , whose students can also obtain academic degrees at UNISA in this way in addition to their German or European degrees . Therefore, the study program of such educational institutions is closely coordinated with the University of South Africa. UNISA enjoys an international reputation in the field of missiology. The missiological department was founded and decisively shaped by the missiologist David Bosch .
Web links
- UNISA website . at www.unisa.ac.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ UNISA: Students enrollments , accessed August 26, 2017.
- ↑ UNISA: Staff statistics , accessed August 26, 2017.
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed August 17, 2019 .
- ^ Peter Duignan, Lewis Henry Gann: Colonialism in Africa 1870-1960 ( en ) Retrieved May 10, 2010. Cambridge University Press, London, p. 12
- ^ University of South Africa in the English language Wikipedia
- ↑ Management , accessed October 31, 2011.
- ^ Campus and Regional Offices , accessed October 31, 2011.
- ^ Colleges , accessed October 31, 2011.
- ↑ UNISA - Five Years Transformation 2004-2008, pp. 81–83 ( en ) Accessed May 10, 2010.
- ^ Missiology - About the College ( en ) UNISA . July 22, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2010.