In line with the strategic vision of Unisa and the NRF, within Africa, new ties have been established via implemented “small success stories”. The new cooperations are:
Africa
- The Nelson Mandela African University for Science & Technology (NM AUST-Arusha), Arusha, Tanzania
- Institut International pour l’Eau & l’Environement (2iE), Ougadougou, Burkina Faso
- Physics Dept, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
- Physics Dept, University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda
- Physics Dept, Khartoum University, Khartoum, Sudan
- Kigali Institute for Science & Technology (KIST), Kigali, Rwanda
- International University of Rabat (IUR), Rabat, Morocco
- Physics Dept, University of Limpopo, Limpopo, South Africa
- Physics Dept, University of Free State (UFS), Free State, South Africa
BRICS/IBSA regions
- International Research Center for Renewable Energy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an-P.R, China
- Nano Research Centre, B.S.Abdur Rahman University, Vandalur, Chennai/Madras, India
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai-P.R, China
- Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Surface & Nano Science Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
North America
- Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada
Europe
- Institute of Sciences and Molecular Technologies of Angers, University of Angers, Angers, France
- Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
- LUNAM, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM), Université du Maine, Le Mans, France,
- Université de Picardie Jules-Verne, Amiens, France
- Elettra synchrotron radiations source, Trieste, Italy,
- Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy,
- Laser Division, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland,
- Nottingham Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Asia-Pacific
- Ion Beam Physics & Nanotechnology Centre, National Isotope Centre, GNS Science, Lowe Hutt, New Zealand