Higher Education · South Africa
Varsity College is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE), South Africa's largest private higher education provider. Founded in 1991 in Durban by Craig Duff and Odette Francesconi, it offers full-time, part-time, and distance learning programs across 12 campuses nationwide. Varsity College is now part of Emeris, a unified brand combining IIE Varsity College, IIE MSA, IIE-Vega School, and IIE School of Hospitality and Service Management, owned by the JSE-listed ADvTECH Group. The institution provides over 90 accredited programmes from Higher Certificate to Doctorate level, with an 82% pass rate and 60,000+ alumni. The IIE is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as a private higher education institution and accredited by the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) and South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).