College of Graduate Studies
College of Graduate Studies at the forefront of postgraduate supervision
Postgraduate students at the university will draw major benefit from the wide-ranging competencies with which 1 190 supervisors will be equipped during an intensive twelve-week programme that was recently launched. Read more
Top EPHA honours for Unisa PhD graduate
Ethiopian national and Unisa alumnus Dr Bekele Beayihun recently received a gold medal as a ‘Young public health researcher’ at the 33rd Annual Scientific Conference of the Ethiopian Public Health Association. Read more
CGS contributing to Unisa’s global ranking
The prestigious Nature Scientific Reports recently published two indigenous knowledge papers co-authored by the UNESCO-Unisa Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, a number of Unisa colleges and international partners. Read more
New Unisa journal gives a voice to Africa’s nanoscience expertise
Launched within the Postgraduate Studies, Innovation and Commercialisation Portfolio of the College of Graduate Studies, the journal Nano-Horizons will be a vehicle for scientific excellence in the multidisciplinary fields of nanoscience and nanotechnologies on the African continent and beyond. Read more
Extending mutual higher education quality expertise into Africa
Following discussions between Unisa's Principal and Vice-Chancellor and Ethiopia’s former Minister of Science and Higher Education, a high-level delegation from the Ethiopia Education and Training Authority recently visited Unisa to share in the institution’s expertise on issues relating to quality assurance during an intensive programme. Read more
Professor Maaza garners international award
Professor Malik Maaza, incumbent of the UNESCO-Unisa Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, has received the coveted 2022 Spirit of Abdus Salam Award for his major role in helping to shape Africa’s science and technology landscape. Read more
Emancipating ourselves from mental enslavement: What Mutwa said
Drawing on the wisdom of the late Credo Mutwa, a recent College of Graduate Studies indaba emphasised that Eurocentric knowledge is diametrically opposed to African indigenous knowledge. Read more
Rethinking the challenges of development in terms of decoloniality
The current series of onsite graduations at Unisa will see newly minted master’s and doctoral graduates joining the ranks of South Africa’s best and brightest.es graduate Read more
When the impossible becomes possible
Even after being diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, La-Portia Mahlangu-Matjila continues to efficiently lead a department with a staff component of 86 members. Read more
Celebrating the intellectual legacy of the late Prof Thandika Mkandawire
Unisa's Prof Jimi Adesina and other leading scholars participated in the recent Social Policy in Africa Conference, deliberating on development, democracy and social policy in remembrance of Prof Thandika Mkandawire. Read more