Unisa Press is part of the University of South Africa’s Research Department, which consists of three directorates:

• Directorate: Unisa Press
• Directorate: Innovation and Technology Transfer
• Directorate: Research Management

Unisa Press publishes new academic and scholarly titles each year, screened and peer-reviewed through Unisa’s Senate Publications Committee.

Vision

• To publish and disseminate excellent research
• To find innovative solutions in an evolving publishing environment
• To deliver sustainable service

Mission

• Publish and disseminate research and knowledge development guided by integrity, quality, rigour and ethics;
• Cultivate and promote an institutional ethos, intellectual culture and research experiences that are conducive to critical discourse, intellectual curiosity, tolerance, and a diversity of views;
• Develop appropriate and efficient publication channels for research dissemination in the context of current global trends;Nurturing collaborative relationships with stakeholders in order to increase share and towards financial sustainability

Publishing model

Unisa Press functions within a classic university press model:

• The Senate Publications Committee oversees the acceptance of publications and the quality of peer review processes.
• Unisa Press publishes independent scholarly and academic books and has expanded into the broader specialist books arena. 
• Unisa Press is also the publisher of accredited and non-accredited academic journals.

It publishes within diverse subject fields, from art history, architecture and psychology to sociology and African studies. 
Unisa Press publishes within five focal areas

• knowledge generation and human capital development in response to the needs of South Africa and the African continent;
• the promotion of democracy, human rights and responsible citizenship;
• innovation and capacity building in science and technology;
• economic and environmental sustainability;
• open distance learning.