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INSPIRING GREATNESS

To be the Premier University of African Scholarship.

A truly South African university that is academically excellent, innovative in research, critically engaged with society and demographically representative, redressing the disadvantages, inequities and imbalances of the past.

VISION MISSION

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Pietermaritzburg campus

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UKZNUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal is one of the largest contact universities in sub-Saharan Africa. The University is located in two cities (Durban and Pietermaritzburg) on five campuses:

Edgewood Howard College Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine Pietermaritzburg Westville

UKZN’s total consolidated revenue in 2013 amounted to R3.7 billion. As at December 2013 the University had aggregate assets of R6.5 billion.

BUDGET

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Westville campus

A TOP UNIVERSITY TRANSFORMATION CHARTERUKZN is rated amongst the top 500 universities of the world according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and is recognised as the third most productive university in South Africa in terms of research output.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed UKZN within the top 400 for the first time. The University has also been rated number five in Africa for the first time in the recent Webometrics Rankings. UKZN has international partnerships with institutions in 46 countries.

The University shall be a place where:

Research, teaching, learning and scholarship are a vocation for all; Race and gender representation are evident in all structures; A socially cohesive and inclusive institutional culture thrives; Good modes of governance are enshrined; The right to freedom of expression is

guaranteed; and Advancement of the

transformation agenda is the responsibility of all.

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Mr Kofi Anan (right) awards the AGRA Forum award to Professor Mark Laing on behalf of UKZN’s African Centre for Crop Improvement, for contributions to capacity

building with an impact on food security.5

COLLEGESUKZN is organised on a College model.

The four Colleges are:

The College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science; The College of Health Sciences ; The College of Humanities; and The College of Law and

Management Studies.

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As one of South Africa’s pre-eminent research institutions, UKZN provides a dynamic environment for all facets of the research and innovation spectrum. Research activities span the natural and biomedical sciences, social sciences and the humanities.

Research income in 2013 totalled R631,500 million. This includes R115,194 million raised by the UKZN Foundation in project-related funding. In terms of the weighted research publications, UKZN’s output of 1424.22 units was highest in the country and about 11.5% of the national total. UKZN was placed fourth in terms of book publication units.

RESEARCH

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South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChi)The University holds the following 10 South African Research Chairs, an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation:

Systems Biology of HIV and AIDS Evolutionary Biology Quantum Information Processing and Communication Economic Development Fluorine Process Engineering and Separations Technology Gravitating Systems Land Use Planning and Management Rural Agronomy and Development Indigenous Healthcare Systems Research Development Economics

Research Focus Areas HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Health Promotion Social Development and Economic Studies Water, Environment and Biodiversity Biotechnology Agriculture and Food Security

Energy and Technology for Sustainable Development Gender, Race and Identity Studies African Indigenous Knowledge Systems Maritime Studies

RESEARCH

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Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine

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RESEARCHResearch Centres include the:

African Vision Research Institute (AVRI) African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) Centre for African Literary Studies Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit (ACRU) Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity (ccrri) Centre for Quantum Technology (CQT) Ujamaa Centre for Contextual Hermeneutics Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies Pollution Research Group (PRG).

Major HIV and AIDS Research Centres

info4africa (under the School of Applied Sciences) Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research In

South Africa (CAPRISA) Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH)

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Africa Centre

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FACT FILE The University has also been rated number five in Africa in the recent Webometrics Rankings.

The University offers nearly 2 000 academic programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

International partnerships with institutions in 46 countries provide an opportunity for direct interface and global academic exchange that enhances scholarship and the student experience.

UKZN is the only university in South Africa to offer a degree in Agricultural (Bioresources) Engineering that is fully accredited by the Engineering Council of South Africa.

The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked UKZN 3rd in South Africa.

The multimillion-rand KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS (K-RITH), an international centre of scientific research, is located on the University’s Medical School campus. K-RITH is a groundbreaking partnership between UKZN and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States.

UKZN is one of the largest contact universities in sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2012-2013 the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, UKZN was placed “within the Top 400 for the first time”.

UKZN is ranked within the top 2.4 – 3% of the World’s Universities by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the QS World University Rankings, and The Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

UKZN is one of three African universities rated amongst the top 500 universities of the world according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

The Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) located on the Medical School campus is among the largest and most successful research institutes in Africa.

The University enjoys over a century of academic advancements.

As at 2013 UKZN employed 3 379 permanent and long-term contract staff, of whom 1 427 (42%) were academic and 1 952 (58%) support staff.

Women constituted 1823 (54%) of staff. Several women occupy senior leadership positions at the University.

UKZN has developed equity strategies and programmes, including the Equity Acceleration Programme, UKZN’s key mechanism for nurturing and developing the next generation of academics.

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Of the 44 327 students registered at UKZN in 2013, 11 176 (25%) were postgraduate students. Women made up 25 874 (58%) of the student body.

Alternative access programmes cater for learners from socially and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds and who are academically under-prepared. A total of 362 disabled students were registered at the University in 2013. The Disability Unit has developed and facilitated a range of services for the special needs of disabled students.

STUDENTS

Law & Management Studies 10 738 (24%)

Agriculture, Engineering & Science 9 370 (21%)

Health Sciences 6 436 (15%)

Humanities 17 783 (40%)

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Ms Lucia Duma was one of the 2013 recipients of the Frene Ginwala Scholarship.

In 2013, out of all the awards made to students, 55% was made to females, 78% to African students and another 73% to undergraduates.

R 316 352 213 (R 316 million) was awarded to students in terms of LOANS (National Student Financial Aid Scheme of South Africa [Nsfas] administered, including final-year student funding and UKZN Loan funding); an amount of R 365 473 184 (R 365 million) in BURSARIES (corporates, Nsfas administration, social responsibility,deceased estates) and an amount of R 93 053 375 (R 93 million) for SCHOLARSHIPS (UKZN, National Research Foundation and deceased estates).

STUDENT FUNDING

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The University is a multicultural environment. In 2013, it was home to 2 848 international students from 83 countries. While the majority of our full-time students are from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region and the rest of Africa, UKZN attracts full time students from China, India, Europe, the USA, and other parts of the world. The University’s international partnerships in 46 countries provide an opportunity for direct interface and global academic exchange that enhances scholarship and the student experience.

The major exchange partners are: Millersville University – USA, University of Calgary – Canada, Pitzer College – USA and University of Erlangen-Nuremburg – Germany.

The major exchange partners have been identified because of a high number of exchange students that we send abroad and the amount of students we recieve. The exchanges are also active.

INTERNATIONAL

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Mogoeng Mogoeng

The University has one of South Africa’s largest groupings of alumni, with 140 512 graduates spread across 120 countries. Our graduates hold prominent positions in government, industry, academia, civil society, the media and the sporting world.

ALUMNI

Phumla Mnganga Stephen Saad

Navi Pillay

Pravin GordhanWarren Clewlow

Zweli Mkhize

Vincent Maphai Malegapuru Makgoba

Leona Theron

Mamphela Ramphele Sbu Gule

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Lwazi Bam: ..................................... CEO, Deloitte SAGuy Brazier: ................................... Regional Leader, Deloitte KwaZulu-NatalWarren Clewlow: ....................... Chair, Barloworld SAKuseni Dlamini: ........................... Former CEO, Old Mutual: SA and Emerging MarketsLebo Gunguluza: ....................... Group Chairman, The Gem Group Sol Kerzner: .................................... International HotelierVincent Maphai: ........................ Former Chair, BHP Billiton SA, former Chair of Council,

UKZN and Member of the National Planning CommissionSibongiseni Myeni: ................... President and CEO, SeniNhle Occupational Health

Services (Pty) LtdBen Ngubane: ............................. Former Chairperson, South African Broadcasting

CorporationAlan Olivier: ................................... CEO, Grinrod GroupStephen Saad: ............................. Group Chief Executive, Aspen Pharmacare HoldingsPhilip Hourquebie: .................... CEO, Ernst & Young

CIVIL SOCIETYYasmin Essop Bacus: ............. HOD, Community Safety and Liaison, KwaZulu-NatalVasu Gounden: ......................... Executive Director of the African Centre for the

Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)Pregs Govender: ....................... Former parliamentarian and gender activistThe late Fatima Meer: ........... Activist, academic and authorKumi Naidoo: .............................. Executive Director of GreenpeaceThe late Phyllis Naidoo: ....... Activist and lawyerImtiaz Sooliman: ....................... Founder: Gift of the GiversAndrew Philip Zaloumis: ...... ConservationistGuy Balme: ................................... Director of Lion Program in Africa, Panthera Rt Rev Michael Nuttall: ......... Former Anglican BishopJeremy Sarkin: ............................ Former Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Working

Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance, United Nations

Beauty Sekete: ........................... Shoprite Checkers Women of the Year and rural community upliftment campaigner

Winnie Kubayi: ........................... Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice KZN

Penelope Andrews: ................. President and Dean, Albany Law SchoolAhmed Bawa: .............................. Vice-Chancellor of the Durban University

of TechnologyCheryl De La Rey: ..................... Vice-Chancellor & Principal: University of PretoriaEla Gandhi: .................................... Activist and former Chancellor of the Durban

University of TechnologyNtombifikile Mazibuko: ......... Vice-Chancellor of the University of ZululandMalegapuru Makgoba: ....... Former Medical Research Council (SA)

President, UKZN’s founding Vice-Chancellor and Member of the National Planning Commission

Adam Habib: ................................ Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand.

Ephraim Mokgokong: ............ Former Chancellor of the Medical University of South Africa (Medunsa)

Mamphela Ramphele: .......... First black woman Vice-Chancellor in South Africa and former World Bank Director

Mvuyo Tom: ................................... Vice-Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare.Phumla Mnganga: ................... Chair of the UKZN Council Johannes van Staden: .......... UKZN’s Top Published researcher and Director

of UKZN’s Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development

Trevor Letcher: ............................. Emeritus Professor in the School of Chemistry and Physics

Colleen Downs: .......................... UKZN’s Top Published female researcher from the School of Life Sciences

Mark Brown: .................................. Honorary Researcher in the School of Life Sciences

Hoosen Coovadia: ................... Member of the National Planning Commission

EDUCATION AND SCIENCEBUSINESS

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Ina Cronje: ................................. Former KwaZulu-Natal MEC, Finance Siyabonga Cwele:................Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Sibongiseni Dhlomo: ...........KwaZulu-Natal MEC for HealthZanele Gasa: ............................Member of the National Planning CommissionMalusi Gigaba: .......................Minister of Home Affairs Trueman Goba: ......................Member of the National Planning CommissionRobert Godsell: .......................Member of the National Planning CommissionPravin Gordhan: .....................Minister of Co-operative Governance and

Traditional Affairs Philip Harrison: .........................Member of the National Planning CommissionMduduzi Manana: ................Deputy Minister of Higher Education Ben Martins: ............................... Former Minister of Energy Rhulani Clifford Mkasi: ....... Former Mpumalanga MEC, HealthHlengiwe Mkhize:..................Deputy Minister: Economic Development Zwelini Mkhize: ........................ Former Premier of KwaZulu-Natal and UKZN ChancellorGareth Morgan: ..................... Former Shadow Minister, Water and Environmental

Affairs for the Democratic AlliancePakishe Motsoaledi: ............Minister of HealthBlade Nzimande:...................Minister of Higher Education and Training Joseph Phaahla: ....................Deputy Minister of Health Mohamed Enver Surty: ......Deputy Minister: Basic EducationVivienne Taylor: ......................Member of the National Planning CommissionMamphela Ramphele: ......Change the description to: Former Vice-Chancellor

of University of Cape Town, former World bank Director and founder of Agang SA

John Jefferey: ..........................Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development

Thembekile Makwetu: .......Auditor-General of South Africa

GOVERNMENTSelby Baqwa: ......................................... Former Public Prosecutor, South AfricaMogoeng Mogoeng: ........................ Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of

South AfricaSandile Ngcobo: ................................. Former Chief Justice of the Constitutional

Court of South AfricaChiman Patel: ........................................ Judge President: KwaZulu-NatalNavanethem Pillay: ........................... United Nations High Commissioner for

Human RightsRenuka Subban: .................................. Vice-Chair, Equality Court Training

Commission, DurbanLeona Theron: ........................................ JudgeVuka Tshabalala: ................................ Chancellor of the Durban University of

Technology, former Judge-President, High Court, KwaZulu-Natal

Zakeria Mohammed Yacoob: .. Judge, South African Constitutional Court Sbu Gule: ................................................... Global Chairman of Norton Rose Fulbright

Law Firm in South Africa

THE JUDICIARY

Concord Nkabinde: ................................Winner of the 2006 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz

Mark Killian: ............................................. Music writer for the film TsotsiThe late Mazisi Kunene: ................. Poet, writer and scholarBridgeman Mthunzi Namba: .......Pastor, singer, songwriter and producerDevi Sankaree-Govender:........... Investigative Journalist and columnist Barbara Trapido: .................................. AuthorJohn Van de Ruit: ................................ Author Lara Logan: .............................................. Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CBS News

LITERATURE AND THE ARTS

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Letlape Tebogo Kgosietsile: ........ Former Chairperson, South African Medical Association

Bongani Mayosi: .................................. Professor of Medicine at the University of Cape Town

Virendh Somers: ................................... Cardiologist, Mayo Clinic

MEDICAL The University is also proud of its association with founders of the Black Consciousness

Movement – the late Steve Biko and the late Strini Moodley, both of whom studied at the University but due to apartheid politics were

unable to complete their degrees.

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SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT Tommy Bedford: ................................... Former Springbok Rugby playerAndrew Birkett: ...................................... Triple Dusi Marathon WinnerOregan Hoskins: .................................. President, South African Rugby UnionCraig Jamieson: ................................... Former Sharks rugby playerPaula Newby-Fraser: ........................ Triathalon World ChampionShaun Pollock: ....................................... CricketerJonty Rhodes: ........................................ CricketerShaun Tomson: ...................................... Professional Surfer

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TITLES PUBLISHED BY THE UKZN PRESS

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The University has committed itself and all its resources to the common good of society.

More than 350 outreach projects are managed by UKZN, ranging from HIV and AIDS projects and upgrading the skills of Science and Mathematics teachers, to food security and community tourism projects.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Rural Communities in Umbumbulu are benefitting from an outreach programme co-ordinated by Professor Albert Modi.

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Howard College campus