Helpful Contacts and Dates

To assist you with your inquiries, please look at the dates below and follow the links below or e-mail your questions or concerns to the relevant offices as listed below:

4 Jan - Nelson Mandela University Opens https://www.mandela.ac.za/
15 Jan - Online registration begins FOR FIRM OFFERS https://www.mandela.ac.za/Registration
19 Jan - Matric results are released https://www.education.gov.za/MatricResults/ExamResults.aspx
19 Jan - Dispatching of 1st SMS notifications to First-Years from 10:00 onwards every hour
22 Jan - Finalisation of ‘firm offers’ process to First-Years
22-26 Jan - Finalisation of offers and responses for all 2024 Matriculants
31 Jan - NSFAS funding applications close https://www.nsfas.org.za/content/how-to-apply.html
02 Feb - Mandela University on-campus residences open to new first-year students https://www.mandela.ac.za/
03 Feb - Vice-Chancellor Professor Sibongile Muthwa’s Welcoming Address https://www.mandela.ac.za/
05-09 Feb - Assisted registration for First-Years
05-09 February - First Year Success (FYS) Orientation Thrive Programme https://orientation.mandela.ac.za/
12 Feb - Lectures begin https://www.mandela.ac.za/

All Access and Enrolment related enquiries should be directed to admissions@mandela.ac.za

Helpful registration, accommodation information

To support new students and their parents at the start of the 2024 Academic Year (#AY2024), you may find the following information useful.

Registration process

Students should ensure they have received a final acceptance SMS or have been officially informed of this before attempting to register.

Students should ensure they have received financial clearance through SMSs before attempting to register. NSFAS students must track their funding status via their NSFAS portal.