South African Department of Education: http://www.education.gov.za/

Higher Education Associations
Cape Higher Education Consortium -Adamastor Trust (CHEC)
http://www.chec.ac.za/

Higher Education South Africa (HESA)
http://www.hesa.org.za

International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA)
http://www.nu.ac.za/ieasa/

Joint Education Trust (JET)
http://www.jet.org.za/


Higher Education Related Statutory Bodies
Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA)
http://www.bankseta.org.za

Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA)
http://www.chieta.org.za

Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA)
http://www.ceta.org.za

Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (UMALUSI)
http://www.umalusi.org.za

Education,Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority (ETDP SETA)
http://www.etdpseta.org.za

Energy Sector Education and Training Authority
http://www.eseta.org.za

Financial Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (FASSET)
http://www.fasset.org.za

Forestry Industries and Training Authority (FIETA)
http://www.fieta.org.za

Information Systems,Electronics and Telecommunication Technologies Sector Education and Training (IS
http://www.isett.org.za

Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority (INSETA)
http://www.inseta.org.za

Manufacturing,Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (MERS SETA)
http://www.merseta.org.za

Media,Advertising,Publishing,Printing and Packaging Sector Education and Training Authority (MAPP-SE
http://www.mappp-seta.co.za

Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA)
http://www.mqa.org.za

National Advisory Council on Innovation
http://www.naci.org.za

National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS)
http://www.nsfas.org.za
(A statutory body established with the aim of providing financial assistance to academically deserving and needy students of South Africa.)

Police,Private Security,Legal and Correctional Services Sector Education and Training Authority
http://www.poslecseta.org.za

Sector Education and Training Authority for Secondary Agriculture (SETASA)
http://www.setasa.co.za

Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SSETA)
http://www.serviceseta.org.za

South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
http://www.saqa.org.za
(A statutory body established with the aim of overseeing the development and implementation of the NQF.)

Tourism and Hospitality Education and Training Authority (THETA)
http://www.theta.org.za

Transport Education Training Authority (TETA)
http://www.teta26.co.za

Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&R SETA)
http://www.wrseta.org.za


Higher Education Research and Development Organisations
Centre for Education Policy Development, Evaluation and Management (CEPD)
http://www.cepd.org.za/

Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED)
http://www.ched.uct.ac.za/

Centre for Higher Education Studies and Development (CHESD)
http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/index.php?FCode=12&DCode=405&DivCode=0

Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET)
http://www.chet.org.za/

Centre for Research on Science and Technology (CREST)
http://academic.sun.ac.za/crest/

Centre for the Study of Higher Education (Formerly Education Policy Unit - EPU: UWC)
http://www.cshe.uwc.ac.za

Education Policy Unit (EPU: Wits)
http://www.wits.ac.za/epu/

Higher Education HIV/AIDS Programme (HEAIDS)
http://www.heaids.org.za/

Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)
http://www.hepi.ac.uk/

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
http://www.hsrc.ac.za/

National Research Foundation (NRF)
http://www.nrf.ac.za/

South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (SAARDHE)
http://www.saardhe.ac.za/

South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE)
http://www.saide.org.za/

The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE)
http://www.cde.org.za/


International Organisations
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
http://www.ashe.ws

Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
http://www.acu.ac.uk/

Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
http://www.cqaie.org/

Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS)
http://www.utwente.nl/cheps/

Centre for Higher Education Research and Development (CHERD)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/

Centre for Higher Education Research and Information (CHERI)
http://www.open.ac.uk/cheri/index.htm

Centre for International Higher Education (CIHE)
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/index.html

Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE)
http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/

European University Association (EUA)
http://www.unige.ch/eua/

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
http://www.daad.de

Global Alliance for Transnational Education (GATE)
http://www.edugate.org/index.html

Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
http://www.ihep.org/

International Association of Universities
http://www.unesco.org/iau/

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org/home/

Students Forum.net
http://www.studentsforum.net/College-Scholarships-forum-4.html

The Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE)
http://www.cihe-uk.com/

The Global Higher Education Exchange (GHEE)
http://www.ghee.org/

The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education
http://www.obhe.ac.uk/

The University Grants Committee (UGC-Hong Kong)
http://www.ugc.edu.hk/

VSNU (Association of Universities in the Netherlands)
http://www.vsnu.nl/web/show

World Bank - Higher Education
http://www1.worldbank.org/education/tertiary/

World Trade Organization (WTO)
http://www.wto.org/


National Government Departments
Agriculture
http://www.nda.agric.za

Arts and Culture
http://www.dac.gov.za/

Communications
http://www.doc.gov.za/

Correctional Services
http://www.dcs.gov.za

Defence
http://www.dod.mil.za/

Education
http://www.education.gov.za/

Environmental Affairs & Tourism
http://www.environment.gov.za

Foreign Affairs
http://www.dfa.gov.za

Government Communications (GCIS)
http://www.gcis.gov.za

Health
http://www.doh.gov.za

Home Affairs
http://www.home-affairs.gov.za/index.asp

Housing
http://www.housing.gov.za

Justice & Constitutional Development
http://www.doj.gov.za

Labour
http://www.labour.gov.za/

Land Affairs
http://land.pwv.gov.za

Minerals and Energy
http://www.dme.gov.za

National Intelligence Agency
http://www.nia.org.za

National Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov.za/

Provincial and Local Government
http://www.dplg.gov.za

Public Enterprises
http://www.dpe.gov.za/home.asp

Public Service & Administration
http://www.dpsa.gov.za

Public Service Commission
http://www.psc.gov.za

Public Works
http://www.publicworks.gov.za

SA Management Development Institute
http://www.samdi.gov.za

SA Police Service
http://www.saps.gov.za

SA Revenue Services
http://www.sars.gov.za

Science & Technology
http://www.dst.gov.za/

Secretariat for Safety and Security
http://www.gov.za/sss/

Social Development
http://www.welfare.gov.za

Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA)
http://www.srsa.gov.za

Statistics South Africa
http://www.statssa.gov.za

Trade and Industry
http://www.dti.gov.za/

Transport
http://www.transport.gov.za

Water Affairs and Forestry
http://www.dwaf.gov.za/default.asp


Other Statutory Bodies
Commission on Gender Equity (CGE)
http://www.cge.org.za

South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)
http://www.sahrc.org.za


Private Higher Education Institutions
Register of Private Higher Education Institutions
http://www.education.gov.za/dynamic/dynamic.aspx?pageid=326&dirid=47
(A list of registered Private Higher Education Institutions with accredited programmes.)


Public Higher Education Institutions
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
http://www.cput.ac.za

Central University of Technology, Free State
http://www.cut.ac.za

Durban University of Technology
http://www.dut.ac.za

Mangosuthu University of Technology
http://www.mantec.ac.za/

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
http://www.nmmu.ac.za

North-West University
http://www.nwu.ac.za/

Rhodes University
http://www.ru.ac.za/

Stellenbosch University
http://www.sun.ac.za/

Tshwane University of Technology
http://www.tut.ac.za

University of Cape Town
http://www.uct.ac.za/

University of Fort Hare
http://www.ufh.ac.za/

University of Johannesburg
http://www.uj.ac.za

University of KwaZulu-Natal
http://www.ukzn.ac.za

University of Limpopo
http://www.ul.ac.za/

University of Pretoria
http://www.up.ac.za

University of South Africa
http://www.unisa.ac.za/

University of the Free State
http://www.uovs.ac.za/

University of the Western Cape
http://www.uwc.ac.za/

University of the Witwatersrand,Johannesburg
http://www.wits.ac.za/

University of Venda
http://www.univen.ac.za

University of Zululand
http://www.uzulu.ac.za/

Vaal University of Technology
http://www.vut.ac.za/

Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science (Border Technikon Campus)
http://www.bortech.ac.za/

Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science (Eastern Cape Technikon Campus)
http://www.bortech.ac.za/

Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science (University of Transkei Campus)
http://www.bortech.ac.za/


Quality Assurance Agencies
Akkreditierungstrat or Akkreditierungstrat (Germany)
http://www.akkreditierungsrat.de/

Association of Accrediting Agencies of Canada
http://www.aaac.ca/

Australian Universities Quality Agency
http://www.auqa.edu.au/

Center for Quality Assurance in International Education (CQAIE)
http://www.cqaie.org/

Comité National d'Évaluation (France)
http://www.cne-evaluation.fr/

Consejo Naciónal de Acreditación (CNA) (Colombia)
http://www.cna.gov.co/

Consejo Superior de Educación (Chile)
http://www.cse.cl/

Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
http://www.chea.org/

Danish Evaluation Institute (Denmark)
http://www.eva.dk/

Korkeakoulujen Arviointineuvosto (Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council) (Finland)
http://www.minedu.fi

National Accreditation Board (NAB) (Ghana)
http://www.ghana.edu.gh/present/moeAgencies.html

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
http://www.naac-india.com/

National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency at the Council of Ministers (Bulgaria)
http://www.neaa.government.bg/

New Zealand Qualifications Authority
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/

Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (UK)
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/

Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (VL.I.R.) [Belgium]
http://www.vlir.be/

Zentrale Evaluationsagentur der niedersächsischen Hochschulen
http://www.zeva.uni-hannover.de/


Science Councils
Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
http://www.arc.agric.za
(Promoting agriculture and related sectors through research,technology development and technology transfer.)

Council for Geoscience (CGO)
http://www.geoscience.org.za
(Geological,geophysical and palaeontological research supplying geological information to the Government and the public)

Council for Mineral Technology (Mintek)
http://www.mintek.co.za
(Enabling the minerals industry to operate more effectively,by developing and making available the most appropriate and cost-effective technology.)

HSRC Press (Open access publisher)
http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
http://www.hsrc.ac.za
(Facilitating problem solving and enhancing decision making through research excellence in the human sciences.)

Medical Research Council (MRC)
http://www.mrc.ac.za
(Improves the nation's health status and quality of life through relevant and excellent health research aimed at promoting equity and development.)

National Research Foundation (NRF)
http://www.nrf.ac.za
(South Africa's premier agent for investing in knowledge and innovation across all disciplines of the natural sciences and engineering,as well as social sciences and humanities.)

South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
http://www.sabs.co.za
(Responsible for the development and publication of standards for products ands services.)


Universities in South Africa
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
http://www.upe.ac.za

North West University
http://www.nwu.ac.za

Rhodes University
http://www.ru.ac.za

University of Cape Town
http://www.uct.ac.za

University of Fort Hare
http://www.ufh.ac.za

University of Johannesburg
http://www.uj.ac.za

University of KwaZulu-Natal
http://www.ukzn.ac.za

University of Limpopo
http://www.ul.ac.za

University of Pretoria
http://www.up.ac.za

University of South Africa (UNISA)
http://www.unisa.ac.za

University of Stellenbosch
http://www.sun.ac.za

University of the Free State
http://www.uovs.ac.za

University of the Witwatersrand
http://www.wits.ac.za

University of Venda
http://www.univen.ac.za

University of Western Cape
http://www.uwc.ac.za

University of Zululand
http://www.uzulu.ac.za

Walter Sisulu University
http://www.wsu.ac.za/


Universities of Technology (Technikons) in South Africa
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
http://www.cput.ac.za

Central University of Technology
http://www.cut.ac.za

Durban University of Technology
http://www.dut.ac.za

Mangosuthu University of Technology
http://www.mantec.ac.za

Tshwane University Technology
http://www.tut.ac.za

Vaal University of Technology
http://www.vut.ac.za