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Participatory design and joint action projects for sustainable development.
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.
Nelson Mandela Bay, including Nelson Mandela University, is presently experiencing a severe drought, and our taps have run dry. This webpage seeks to help you navigate the present crisis on our campuses.
The Naming and Renaming programme of the University symbolically signals its commitment to transformation in naming places, spaces and buildings that enhance the Mandela name while entrenching the institution’s ever-growing intellectual identity.
Our approach is to allow all students to achieve their learning outcomes through multiple, blended pathways.
Information regarding the return to campus for staff and students.
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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