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The Faculty consists of three schools with 11 departments, focussing on promoting health and social wellbeing through education, research, and community engagement.
Our Faculty advances patient-centered care, interprofessional education, and health research through collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches.
Our Faculty provides comprehensive support to staff and students for academic excellence. Learn more about the Faculty’s unique approach to guiding and inspiring a new generation of leaders.
Our mission goes beyond producing fit-for-purpose professionals and shaping the sectors we serve. Our Faculty is driving transformative change through stakeholder engagement and commitment to serving society.
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We are building a network of change agents committed to creating a better and more equitable society through partnerships and collaboration.
We foster and encourage engagement with communities, continuously exchanging knowledge and resources to promote sustainable outcomes, while working together to improve societal well-being and create transformative impacts in both academic and social practices
Transdisciplinary transcends traditional academic boundaries by integrating diverse perspectives, knowledge systems, and methodologies for holistic problem-solving. Internationalisation is promoted through partnerships that focus on a global student body, internationally oriented staff, curricula, and research, fostering a globally engaged university.
Madibaz coach Jason le Roux drew on more than two decades of experience when he mentored South Africa’s next generation of squash stars at the World Squash Federation U23 Championships in Pakistan.
For Idah Hlabangwane and her younger sister Nyathela, this graduation season at Nelson Mandela University is more than just academic achievement; it’s a miracle dressed in black gowns and bright futures.
Fighting depression, while mourning the tragic death of her brother, graduate Nukeri Rivoningo,25, proved that, despite tragedy, there is always light at the end of the darkest tunnel, as she successfully completed her studies.
“It’s just an extra chromosome: we are not different.” This was the plea by award-winning Gqeberha paediatrician Dr Nomlindo Makubalo at a public lecture hosted by Nelson Mandela University to mark World Down Syndrome Day.