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15 December 2021: University closes for Summer recess.
3 January 2022: University opens
View 2022 teaching cycles, assessment and recess periods
Take a short tour of our new Medical School
Find out all about the Medical School launch event
Developing healthcare professionals with a heart for the community and its healthcare needs, and an opportunity for urban renewal in Gqeberha’s Missionvale area and surrounds are some of the major spin-offs of the country's newest medical school, based at Nelson Mandela University.
Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Mandela Uni Geosciences PhD student, Carla Dodd, was selected for the specialised African/German field training programme (Train-ME2) as part of a group of only eight postgraduate students from across Africa.
Nelson Mandela University Chancellor, Dr Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, was lauded with an honorary doctorate by the North West University (NWU) last week.
Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: The newly established Nelson Mandela University Steelpan Ensemble, conducted by Siyamthanda Xotyeni, recently won several awards at the 10th world-renowned International Marimba & Steelpan Festival, with 1615 participants this year.
A country in crisis: the rolling blackouts and ongoing crippling drought.
Nelson Mandela University will host hybrid mask-to-mask graduation sessions for its masters and doctoral students on 14 and 15 December.
See what options are available to you, look at the prospectus and quick guides, make your career choice, find out which courses (qualifications) can get you there and see if you meet the requirements.
Decided what you want to study and meet the requirements? Right, now you can apply online for admission, for accommodation and for funding.
Submitted your application? Now you can view your admission status, change your study choice or confirm any admission offer you may have received so that we can reserve a place for you.
Been admitted to study at Nelson Mandela University? Take part in the orientation programmes, go through the registration process to enrol in your chosen subjects and find out when lectures start.
Our approach is to allow all students to achieve their learning outcomes through multiple, blended pathways.
A full array of credible resources to enable better understanding of the new vaccines and roll-out processes nationally and on our University campuses.
Due to the pandemic, most staff members are working from home. Here are the contact email addresses for various University sections.
Information regarding the return to campus for staff and students.
Mandela University’s #MaskUpMandela movement is part of a collective drive to save lives by wearing a mask and help prevent further spread of the coronavirus. This includes our informative cartoon series, eRona Times.
These photo galleries document some of the measures that have been put in place across our campuses to combat COVID-19.
The University has established a multi-stakeholder task team to lead the efforts to fight against the COVID-19 virus.
The purpose of the Mandela University Convergence Fund is to mobilise resources to assist in addressing serious societal issues like hunger and deprivation in communities.
COVID-19 posters for downloading
The CEO of Universities South Africa (USAf) has requested universities to respond to a call to rapidly provide assistance to the public against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Realising our vision as a dynamic and comprehensive African institution, which responds to local, national and global needs.
Nelson Mandela University has adopted a humanising pedagogy as the philosophical underpinning for curriculum transformation.
Both staff and students engage in practices that harness the full potential of technology and modern methodologies.
Nelson Mandela University prioritises student voices and supports student involvement in core projects and in curriculum renewal.
A fundamental aspect of Nelson Mandela University, is producing high quality research that makes an impact.
Innovation is a fundamental part of the education landscape, allowing us to engage in creating new knowledge.
Enriching diversity by drawing postgraduate students from SADC, other African countries, and the global community.
We are committed to working toward making the combined global and continental vision of sustainability a reality.
Co-creating the transformative, responsive University.
Engaging and forming partnerships, interacting with stakeholders and reaching out and contributing towards the sustainable development of the communities we serve.
Promoting institutional transformation through programmatic interventions focusing on the Constitutional principles of human dignity, equality, fairness, non-racism, non-sexism, and redress.
The HoC offers physical and intellectual spaces to explore, experiment and reimagine the process of engagement between the University and its communities.
Drone flybys, events, student life and more, see all the pictures and videos of life at Nelson Mandela University.
For a 360° view of our campuses and various buildings, take a virtual tour through our interactive maps.
Find out more about our six campuses located in the Nelson Mandela Metropole and one in the city of George.
Printed or digital, online or offline, find all the library resources you need to support assignments and projects.
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