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2026-02-17 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisa PhD student selected for prestigious UN programme

Based on her doctoral research into the cancer-healing properties of herbal compounds, the College of Science, Engineering and Technology's Kamogelo Mmereke has been selected to participate in the prestigious United Nations International Project Programme.

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2026-02-16 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate

Unisan selected for Future Professors Programme

The Institute for Catalysis and Energy Solutions' Dr Busiswa Ndaba-Vatsha has been selected by the Department of Higher Education and Training to participate in the Future Professors Programme for 2026.

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2026-02-05 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate

Seasoned meteorologist joins Unisa

Prof Mary-Jane Bopape, a meteorological expert with more than two decades of work experience in numerical weather predictions and regional climate modelling, has officially joined Unisa as a Distinguished Professor in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology.

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2026-01-16 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate

Distinguished scholar awarded prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship

Unisa's James Chibueze, a Distinguished Professor of Astrophysics, has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship to strengthen international research collaborations, expand global academic networks and enrich the United Kingdom's scientific research landscape.

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2025-12-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisa hosts international experts at applied research conference

The 4th International Conference on Applied Research and Engineering brought together professional engineers, technologists, academics and postgraduate students to forge collective solutions towards common global challenges using the power of materials science and engineering.

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2025-12-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Science Campus hosts successful international conference

The recent International Conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Research brought together academics, students and professionals from across the world.

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2025-12-02 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, College of Education, Lead, Featured, Featured, Featured, Corporate

Unisans gain membership of prestigious science academies

Recently, four leading Unisa researchers were inaugurated as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa and the South African Young Academy of Science for their outstanding scientific contributions designed to benefit society at large.

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2025-11-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Featured, Featured, Corporate

Unisa awarded prestigious water and environmental research chair

The university was recently awarded the prestigious DSTI-NRF SARChI Chair in Water and Environmental Biotechnology following a proposal submitted by the College of Science, Engineering and Technology's Prof Ilunga Kamika.

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2025-11-21 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Alumni, Corporate

Unisa graduates forge new frontiers in safer and smarter blasting in mines

Three Master of Engineering graduates from the university’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology are advancing mining engineering research with projects that tackle real-world challenges in blasting safety, efficiency and environmental control.

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