Unisa has for 150 years set the tone on the continent and globally as one of the premier exponents of the tried-and-test comprehensive, open, distance and e-Learning model.
Our vision "towards the African university shaping futures in the service of humanity" drives us to find answers to Africa's educational and developmental problems. By forming partnerships in Africa and throughout the world, we are able to help the people of Africa achieve their dreams.
I-Unisa iyisikhungo esihamba phambili e-Afrika sokufunda ukude nesikhungo esikhulisa abaholi abakhuthazayo bakusasa. Siyisikhungo esihloniphekile, esibanzi, esivumelana nezimo zokufunda ukude nesikhungo esifinyeleleka kalula esikhuthaza isizukulwane esizayo. Sinikezela okuzuziwe emfundweni okugunyazwe ngumhlaba wonke futhi sinezinsiza ezisezingeni lomhlaba.
Umbono wethu “obheke emfundweni ephakeme yase-Afrika ebumba ikusasa emsebenzini wobuntu” usiqhubela ukuthi sithole izimpendulo ezinkingeni zemfundo nentuthuko yase-Afrika. Ngokwakha ubudlelwano e-Afrika nasemhlabeni wonke, siyakwazi ukusiza abantu base-Afrika bafeze amaphupho abo.
Unisa ke setsi se etelletseng pele sa thuto ya hole Afrika se hodisang baetapele ba hosane bo kgothatsang. Re setheo se nang le botumo bo botle, bo felletseng, bo tenyetsehang le bo fumanehang habonolo ba thuto ya sebaka se bulehileng se kgothatsang moloko o tlang. Re fana ka mangolo a amohelehang a matjhaba mme re na le disebediswa tsa maemo a lefatshe.
Pono ya rona "ho ya ho yunivesiti ya Afrika e bopang bokamoso tshebeletsong ya batho" e re susumelletsa ho fumana dikarabo tsa mathata a thuto le ntshetsopele ya Afrika. Ka ho theha selekane Afrika le lefatsheng lohle, re kgona ho thusa batho ba Afrika ho fihlela ditoro tsa bona.
Unisa is Afrika se toonaangewende afstandsleerinstelling wat inspirerende leiers van die toekoms kweek. Ons is ’n gerespekteerde, omvattende, aanpasbare en toeganklike oop- en afstandsleerinstelling wat ’n toekomstige generasie aanspoor. Ons bied internasionaal geakkrediteerde kwalifikasies en beskik oor hulpbronne van wêreldgehalte.
Ons visie om die Afrika-universiteit te wees wat, in diens van die mensdom, vorm aan die toekoms gee, spoor ons aan om antwoorde op Afrika se onderwys- en ontwikkelingsprobleme te vind. Die vennootskappe wat ons in Afrika en in die res van die wêreld smee, stel ons in staat om die mense van Afrika te help om hulle drome te verwesenlik.