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Focus on the career world ►
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Focus on real needs►
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Focus on technology training ►
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Professional and specialist studies ►
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General studies ►
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Part-time and block format lectures ►
Focus on the career world
The success of our programmes lies in the relevancy of its content and the hands-on involvement of industry and business. Our students are trained with the purpose of practicing a specific profession or set of related professions.
The career-focused programmes include National Diplomas and BTech degrees, and Bachelors of Arts (BA), Commerce (BCom) and Science (BSc) programmes with a specific career focus such as human resource management, chartered accounting, financial planning, and media studies, as well as professional degree programmes in fields like pharmacy, nursing science, human movement sciences, law, architecture, music and psychology.
Focus on real needs
In order to ensure that the professional education provided by Nelson Mandela University will continually be acceptable and relevant to employers, the university and industry maintain a close working relationship as partners in the education and training of our students.
The system of co-operative education combines education, which is conducted on our campuses, with work experience and training, which takes place off campus in industry. Co-operative education provides employers with an opportunity to convey their specialised knowledge and expertise to our students thereby supplementing their formal academic training. Most of our national diploma programmes include a compulsory experiential learning component which extends over one to two semesters. The experiential period involves the solution of real problems, giving practical experience of the application and usefulness of knowledge gained.
Focus on technology training
In order to keep abreast with development in various career fields, our programmes also focus on the preparation of students in terms of the technological advancement that characterises the field of their choice.
Computer technology is used extensively throughout the university for teaching, learning and accessing of information and resources. It is advisable to familiarise yourself with the computer skills necessary for on-line information searches and the production of academic essays.
All our first diploma and degree programmes include some form of training in computer literacy and end-user computing in order to equip students with such necessary skills.
Professional and specialist studies
Some programmes are designed to meet the requirements of professional bodies whose accreditation are conditional for entering such career fields. These diplomas and degrees prepare candidates for professional careers in law, engineering, the building sciences, chartered accounting, architecture, education, pharmacy, nursing, social work, human movement sciences, radiography and psychology.
Other programmes focus on training in specialist areas where a set of skills and knowledge is required. These diplomas and degrees prepare candidates for careers in fields in the management sciences, music, art and design, journalism, and computer, agricultural, biological, earth, mathematical and physical sciences.
General studies
Some degree programmes, such as the BA, BCom and BSc, can be made up of modules from more than one discipline, giving students the freedom to tailor-make their studies to suit their own career needs. Although we offer a wide range of possible areas of study to consider for your general bachelors, it is advisable to keep a career focus in mind. Faculty Academic Administration Manager will assist you in compiling a suitable curriculum for such a programme.
Part-time and block format lectures
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Some programmes are offered on part-time basis on a continuous lecturing cycle or in block format to suit the needs of working students. Such study options are dependent upon demand and the availability of lecturing staff.
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Block format offering broadly entails short periods of concentrated study at Nelson Mandela University , the so-called contact sessions, alternating with longer periods of self-study off campus.
Part-time programmes are primarily offered after hours.