Sarua
Associations in Johannesburg

SARUA, Southern African Regional Universities Association, is an association for 63 public universities in SADC region.

SARUA’s aim is thus to strengthen the leadership and institutions of higher education in the southern African region. Founded in 2005, SARUA is a membership-based organisation which is open to all the public universities of the 15 countries that make up the Southern African Development Community (SADC). SARUA was established to assist in the revitalisation and development of the leadership and institutions of higher education in the southern African region, thus enabling the regional higher education sector to meaningfully respond to the developmental challenges facing the region. SARUA’s overall aim is thus to strengthen the leadership and institutions of higher education in the southern African region, thereby consolidating a southern African agenda for higher education, and enabling higher education to make a significant contribution to national and regional development. To assist in the revitalisation and development of the leadership and institutions of Higher Education in the Southern African region, thus enabling the regional Higher Education sector to meaningfully respond to the developmental challenges facing the region. To strengthen the leadership and institutions of Higher Education in the Southern African region, thereby consolidating a Southern African Agenda for higher education which results in a significant contribution by Higher Education to national and regional development.