College of Science, Engineering & Technology
Unisan awarded the 2022 L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Award
Bezalem Eshetu Yirdaw, a PhD student in Unisa’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology, was announced as one of the top 20 scientists awarded the 2022 L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Award for her work in child morbidity. Read more
Up-and-coming Unisa postgrad physicist earns science award in Italy
Masedi Masekane, a joint doctoral student from Unisa’s Department of Physics and the University of Zagreb, was recently awarded a young scientist award in Trieste, Italy. Read more
Unisa promotes globally recognised engineering qualifications
To ensure the quality of its programme offerings, Unisa’s School of Engineering works with advisory boards that consist of members from industry, other institutions of higher learning and accreditation bodies. Read more
Impacting lives through water treatment research
In his quest to find solutions for the treatment of wastewater, acid mine drainage and surface water pollution, Unisa’s Prof Bhekie Mamba has been generating and imparting scientific knowledge to those who come after him in academia, as well as to the water industry and society. Read more
Key stakeholders ponder water solutions at Unisa conference
Unisa’s Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability recently hosted the highly successful 2022 iNanoWS Guvhangano under the theme Think Globally, Research Locally, which attracted the attendance of more than 200 key stakeholders from industry, academia and government; all working in the field of water treatment and sustainability. Read more
Unisa's engineering disciplines best in SA: Times Higher Education global ranking
The globally respected and widely referenced Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which rates over 1 700 universities across 104 countries and regions, has placed Unisa's engineering disciplines across the board in joint first place in South Africa. Read more
Unisa donation will improve science education at Lebogang Secondary School
As part of its engaged scholarship initiatives, Unisa's Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability recently donated a human skeleton and 10 multi-meter devices for monitoring water quality to Lebogang Secondary School, thus contributing towards improving the quality of science education in the school. Read more
Unisa engineering students set out on Africa's biggest solar vehicle challenge
Students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Unisa's College of Science, Engineering, and Technology set out on the Sasol Solar Challenge to showcase the solar-powered car that they designed and built to travel without using a single drop of fuel. Read more
Major boost for renewable energy research at Unisa
Prof Tonderayi Matambo has received two major grants for his ground-breaking research on the production of biogas, a renewable energy source that can be used to power vehicles, heat homes and generate electricity. Read more
Unisa stakes its claim at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show
The university is continuing its internationalisation drive by participating in this premier showcase which will be attended by more than 400 exhibitors from, among others, Malawi, Botswana and India. Read more