Strategic overview
Overview
Who we are
Where we come from
Vision for the future
Our history
Our history
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University opened on 1 January 2005, the result of the merging of the PE Technikon the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE) and the Port Elizabeth campus of Vista University.
Our history
Who we are
On 20 July 2017, NelsonMandela University wasofficially renamed: the onlyuniversity in the world to carrythe name of the global icon,Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.
With this name we will behonouring Nelson Mandela byleading our University boldly intothe future in service to society.
Who we are
Our leadership
Our iconic namesake
One of 6 comprehensive universities in South Africa
28 404 students74% of our students come
from the Eastern Cape1516 international students
from 56 countries 4870 staff7 faculties
7 wi-fi enabled campuses (including the 1st dedicated ocean sciences campus in
South Africa)
Our institutional profile: 2018
Our student profile
Totalenrolledstudents28 404
Female53%
Male47%
GENDER DISTRIBUTION
68%
14%
1%
17%
STUDENT HEADCOUNT
African19 344Coloured3 814Indian390White4 856
43%57%
DISTRIBUTION OF UNDERGRADUATE ENROLMENTS BY QUALIFICATION TYPE
UNDERGRADUATECERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA
UNDERGRADUATEDEGREE
Our staff profile
2017-2022 equity targets:African: 42%
Coloured: 17%Indian: 4% White: 34%
Foreign nationals: 3%
By population group
24%
12%
3%
61%
2005
African Coloured Indian White
48%
18%3%
29%
2%2018
African Coloured Indian White Foreign
Our permanent academic staff profile
AFRICAN20%
COLOURED15%
INDIAN4%
WHITE56%
FOREIGNERS 5%
2018 AFRICAN
9% COLOURED6%
INDIAN3%
WHITE82%
2005
Our staff profile
2017-2022 equity targets:
Male: 44%Female: 56%
50%50%
2005
Female
Male
59%
41%
2018
By gender
Academic staff qualification profile
45%
35%
20%
2018
31%
39%
30%
2005
Doctoral Degree
Masters Degree
Less thanMasters
Our staff profile
Our location: Nelson Mandela Bay & George Nelson Mandela Bay:• 6 campuses are located in Nelson Mandela Bay.• Known for its pristine coastline and rich marine biodiversity.• Only city in South Africa with two ports and an IDZ.• One of six (6) tourism development nodes in South Africa.
George:Our George Campus is located at the foot of the OuteniquaMountains in the Southern Cape.
Our faculties
ArtsBusiness & Economic Sciences
EducationEngineering, Built Enviro
& Information Technology
Health Sciences Law Science
Our vision
Our mission
To offer a diverse range of life-changing educational experiences for a better world.
Our student experience
Our diversity
Our humanising pedagogies
Our scholarship
Our engagement
Our infrastructure and facilities
In excess of R2 billion invested in new infrastructure over past 12 years
Our international links
International students, student and staff exchanges, and research partnerships
Our new strategic directions: Ocean sciences
Our new strategic directions: Medical school
T&L and curriculum
Scholarship and
engagement
Governance Institutional culture
Student support
Language
Disability Diversifying staff profile
M&E and reporting
Complaints mechanisms
Our transformation priorities
Strategic positioning
Programme viability & curriculum
transformation
Fit-for-purpose, strategy-aligned organisational
design
Revenue mobilisation &
cost management
Re-engineered business
processes & innovative operating
models
Our sustainability plan
Our future imperatives
• Craft Vision 2030 to boldly articulate our desired future directions
Redirections
• Reconceptualise key imperatives that will strategically position the University nationally, on the African continent and globally (e.g. transdisciplinarity, engagement, decoloniality, etc.)
Reconceptualisations
• Build trust, cultivating an affirming institutional culture, collective commitment to social inclusion
Relationships
• Shift from maintenance to strategic change agenda to serve the imperatives of social justice and improved efficiencies
Redesign
• Given the centrality of people, ensure that HR is fit for purpose
Radically rethinking HR
• Resource mobilisation and budgeting in support of strategic redirections and sustainability
Resourcing and remodelling
2017• Vision 2020 review • Institutional
Transformation Plan approved by Council
2018/2019• VC's listening campaign• VC’s inaugural address• Revised Vision 2020
strategic plan approved by Council
• Organisational redesign
2019/2020• Craft Vision 2030 in
consultation with key internal and external stakeholders
• Vision 2030 approved by Council
Our planning milestones
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