Who we are and what we do
The Postgraduate Forum for Southern Africa (PGFSA) is a registered non-profit organisation. Find the certification document here. The Forum’s main focus is to promote quality postgraduate education in Southern Africa. We benchmark postgraduate processes and issues and engage with international bodies that promote postgraduate education.
The PGFSA was launched during October 2015, at a meeting attended by 26 representatives (mainly directors of Postgraduate schools/centres and research/innovation offices) from 18 South African universities. The meeting took place at the Postgraduate School of the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein. Dr Henriëtte van den Berg, former director of the UFS Postgraduate School, initiated the establishment of the forum in response to a need for an interest group that can promote and support the work of postgraduate support and development departments at universities in Southern Africa. A steering committee, elected at the inaugural meeting, finalised the constitution of the Forum in 2016. The first executive committee was elected in March 2017. During the past years the membership of the Forum has grown significantly.
Read about of our 2019 – 2021 PGFSA executive committee members, here.
Nominate a current member to be an executive committee member (2022 – 2024)
Complete and submit one of the following forms by 15 January 2022:
Nomination form (print version)
Nomination form (electronic version)
Find descriptions of the executive committee members’ portfolios here.
Become a member or renew your membership annually
Members’ form (print version)
Members’ form (electronic version)
First meeting of the Postgraduate Forum for Southern Africa, October 2015:
