University reference

University of South Africa

University of South Africa, established in 1873, is an active ROR organization in Pretoria, ZA. ROR classifies the organization under education, funder. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.

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Key facts

ROR identifier
https://ror.org/048cwvf49
Country
ZA
City
Pretoria
Administrative area
Gauteng
Website
http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.html
Established
1873
Organization types
education, funder
Aliases
University of the Cape of Good Hope
Acronyms
UNISA
External identifiers
fundref501100008227, 501100023441
gridgrid.412801.e
isni0000 0004 0610 3238
wikidataQ677993
Organization relationships
Latitude
-25.74486
Longitude
28.18783
ROR last modified
2026-06-02

ROR identity context

Names, identifiers and relationships

These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.

AliasesUniversity of the Cape of Good Hope
AcronymsUNISA
FUNDREF identifiers501100008227, 501100023441
GRID identifiersgrid.412801.e
ISNI identifiers0000 0004 0610 3238
WIKIDATA identifiersQ677993

Wikidata structured context

Published identifiers and revision

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QIDQ677993
Revision2520568803
Modified2026-07-21T08:39:29Z
Structured labelUniversity of South Africa
Websitehttps://www.unisa.ac.za/
Country QIDQ258
Inception
after0
before0
calendarmodelhttp://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1985727
precision11
time+1873-06-26T00:00:00Z
timezone0

OpenAlex institution metadata

Works and research-topic context

Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.

49553Indexed works
921829Citations recorded

Published topics: Legal Issues in South Africa, South African History and Culture, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, African cultural and philosophical studies, Christian Theology and Mission, Religion, Society, and Development, African studies and sociopolitical issues, Online and Blended Learning, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, African history and culture studies

Annual indicator

Institution works indexed by OpenAlex

4,554.00 works2024

Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.

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PeriodworksSource flagConfidentiality
20244,554.00 works——
20233,664.00 works——
20223,258.00 works——
20212,956.00 works——
20202,713.00 works——
20192,403.00 works——
20181,984.00 works——
20172,200.00 works——
20162,031.00 works——
20151,879.00 works——
20141,874.00 works——
20131,589.00 works——
20121,350.00 works——
20111,016.00 works——
2010752.00 works——

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