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Research, Innovation & Internationalisation
Research
A fundamental aspect of Nelson Mandela University, is producing high quality research that makes an impact.
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Innovation
Innovation is a fundamental part of the education landscape, allowing us to engage in creating new knowledge.
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International Office
Enriching diversity by drawing postgraduate students from SADC, other African countries, and the global community.
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Institutional research themes
Positioning the unique advantage of the University to prospective students and external stakeholders.
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Research Chairs
Research Chairs strengthen and improve research and innovation capacity of public universities for producing high quality postgraduate students and research and innovation outputs.
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Research entities
Entities strengthen existing scholarly activities as well as open up new fields of research and scholarship that are consistent with the University’s strategic direction and priorities.
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Research Management
Research Management focuses on the needs of established researchers and manages issues such as grants, publication funding, research entities, internal research incentives and research information management systems.
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Research Development
RD focuses its activities around the development of new and emerging researchers and providing access to funding opportunities for postgraduate students.
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Virtual kick-off for a new dawn of entrepreneurism in higher education
The Forest21 project sees the five South African higher education institutes that teach forestry joining hands with three European universities in a €1 Million project to advance the quality of education in the field of forestry entrepreneurship through problem-based learning and provide students with a deeper understanding of climate-smart forestry.
International research award for Mandela Uni scientists #R2bP
Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Mandela University scientists from the Centre for High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, have been awarded the annual prize for the 2020 best paper in the field of Applied Physics Research from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Russia.
Zoology postdoc awarded prestigious scientific scholarship #R2bP
Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Dr Chris Oosthuizen, a Nelson Mandela University postdoctoral fellow hosted by Prof Pierre Pistorius, was recently awarded a prestigious CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Scientific Scholarship.
To women and girls in science
Following the celebration of woman in science, we caught up with George Campus, PhD Forestry student, Noxolo Ndlovu, to hear from her what bearing this day has to her as a female in the industry.
Computing Sciences at Mandela Uni part of international climate change project #R2bP
Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Mandela University’s Department of Computing Sciences has received funding from The British Council Creative Commission as part of Project-ArC – an international consortium of 12 universities that will collaborate to deploy local initiatives for Climate Change accountability and responsibility.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: from Anxiety to Hope
When Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, coined the phrase ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ (4IR), he argued that this new industrial revolution would happen at an exponential pace, and that new technologies would change society in unpredictable ways.
App helps nurses to track TB safely
An innovative app allows healthcare workers to remotely create an electronic medical record for a tuberculosis patient, capture patient data and record medication compliance.
Engineering student designs bespoke golf putter #R2bP
Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Mechanical Engineering student, Wian van Aswegen from Port Alfred, has designed and created a unique 3D metal printed golf putter.
INTERNATIONALISATION NEWS
Zimbabwean student honoured to receive Mandela Rhodes Scholarship
Mandela University final year Law student from Zimbabwe, Gamuchirai Mudehwe, has been selected as part of the 54 exceptional young African leaders to join The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship class of 2020.
Nelson Mandela University celebrating one of its values - DIVERSITY
The Office for International Education at Nelson Mandela University hosted its annual International Diversity Week on and off campus from 12- 17 August 2019. The objective of Diversity Week was to promote the concept, “Internationalization At Home”, and to celebrate the rich diversity of cultures present specifically at Nelson Mandela University, but also within the wider Nelson Mandela Metro.
China-South Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum
The second annual China-South Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum was held at Nelson Mandela University Business School in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, 10 September 2019. The Youth Forum was jointly organised by the Zhejiang Normal University from Jinhua, China and Nelson Mandela University.
New Senior Director: International Education
The University welcomes Dr Beata Mtyingizana-Buhlungu as its new Senior Director: International Education from 1 October 2019.