{"id":1387,"date":"2021-01-28T14:08:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T12:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2021-01-28T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T12:08:41","slug":"nelson-mandela-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/nelson-mandela-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Mandela University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Key Information<\/i><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Name of University<\/td>\nNelson Mandela University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Motto<\/td>\nChange the world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Established<\/td>\n1 January 2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Country<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Province<\/td>\nEastern Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/td>\nPublic university<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculties<\/td>\nHumanities; Business and Economic Sciences; Education; Engineering, The Built Environment And Technology; Health Sciences; Law; Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campuses<\/td>\nBird Street Campus; George Campus; Missionvale Campus; North Campus; Second Avenue Campus; South Campus; Ocean Sciences Campus<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nelson Mandela University Official Website<\/td>\nwww.mandela.ac.za<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n

Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nelson Mandela University founded on the 01st January 2005<\/strong> is a public university in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape with campuses which includes Bird Street Campus; George Campus; Missionvale Campus; North Campus; Second Avenue Campus; South Campus and Ocean Sciences Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nelson Mandela University is the result of the merging of the PE Technikon the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE) and the Port Elizabeth campus of Vista University (Vista PE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PE Technikon has its roots in the country\u2019s oldest art school, the PE Art School founded in 1882; the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), the country\u2019s first dual-medium residential university, came into being on 31 January 1964; and the Port Elizabeth campus of Vista university, which opened up access to higher education for disadvantaged students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 20 July 2017, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University was officially renamed Nelson Mandela University: the only higher education institution in the world to carry the name of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nelson Mandela University Faculties and Courses offered<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The list of faculties and courses offered by the Nelson Mandela University is given below (click each school for full details of courses or programme):<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty of<\/strong> Humanities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n