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Welcome to the Faculty of Health Sciences. This site connects first-year students to their programmes, support services, and the campus community. Everything you need for a confident start to your university journey.
The Faculty of Health Sciences offers short learning programmes for busy professionals and students to acquire new skills and knowledge in a condensed timeframe.
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.
Stay Informed. Be Inspired. Your gateway to Faculty updates and upcoming Faculty events.
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.
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Reasons to be Proud #R2bP - Third-year Human Movement Science student in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Nelson Mandela University, Sandakahle Sanchez Sivungu, has just returned from Kenya, where he represented South Africa at the Latitude59 global networking event.
Dr Itumeleng Zosela, the first student funded by the DSTI-NMU Nanomedicine Platform, recently graduated at Nelson Mandela University’s Summer Graduation.
This summer graduation, octogenarian Richard Borain received his master’s degree in pharmacy — more than 40 years after he originally set out to complete it.