UKZN University

UKZN University, The University of KwaZulu-Natal was formed on 1 January 2004 as a result of the merger between the University of Durban-Westville and the University of Natal. The new university brings together the rich histories of both the former Universities.
The University of Durban-Westville was established in the 1960s as the University College for Indians on Salisbury Island in Durban Bay. Student numbers throughout the 1960s were low as a result of the Congress Alliances’ policy of shunning apartheid structures. This policy gave way in the 1980s to a strategy of “education under protest” which sought to transform apartheid institutions into sites of struggle. Student numbers grew rapidly and in 1971, the College was granted University status. The following year, the newly-named University of Durban-Westville moved into its modern campus in Westville and was a site of major anti-apartheid struggle. UDW became an autonomous institution in 1984, opening up to students of all races.
Founded in 1910 as the Natal University College in Pietermaritzburg, the University of Natal was granted independent University status in 1949 owing to its rapid growth in numbers, its wide range of courses and its achievements in and opportunities for research. By that time, the NUC was already a multi-campus institution, having been extended to Durban after World War 1. The distinctive Howard College building was opened in 1931, following a donation by Mr T B Davis, whose son Howard Davis was killed during the Battle of Somme in World War I. In 1946, the government approved a Faculty of Agriculture in Pietermaritzburg and, in 1947, a Medical School for African, Indian and Coloured students in Durban.
The two KwaZulu-Natal universities were among the first batch of South African institutions to merge in 2004 in accordance with the government’s higher educational restructuring plans that will eventually see the number of higher educational institutions in South Africa reduced from 36 to 21. Confirmed by a Cabinet decision in December 2002, the mergers are the culmination of a wide-ranging consultative process on the restructuring of the Higher Education Sector that began in the early 1990s.
 

VISION

To be the Premier University of African Scholarship.

MISSION

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.

PRINCIPLES AND CORE VALUES

The University aspires to be a positively transformed institution based on a clear understanding of its goals for broad and comprehensive change underpinned by shared values. These values serve as a framework for all its endeavours.
As the University community we pledge ourselves to:

1. Actively encourage and respect the right of all scholars, staff and students to engage in critical inquiry, independent research, intellectual discourse and public debate in a spirit of responsibility and accountability, in accordance with the principles of academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
2. Promote access to learning that will expand educational and employment opportunities for all.
3. Embrace our responsibility as a public institution to support and contribute to national and regional development, and the welfare and upliftment of the wider community, through the generation and dissemination of knowledge and the production of socially-responsible graduates.
4. Conduct ourselves according to the highest ethical standards, and provide education that promotes an awareness of sound ethical practice in a diverse society.
5. Manage and run our institution in conscious awareness of the environment, and foster a culture of responsible, ethical and sustainable use of natural resources.
6. Ensure effective governance through broad and inclusive participation, democratic representation, accountability, and transparency that serves as an example that contributes to building the democratic ethos of our country.
7. Acknowledge the value of the individual by promoting the intellectual, social and personal well-being of staff and students through tolerance and respect for multilingualism, diverse cultures, religions and social values, and by fostering the realisation of each person’s full potential.

GOALS

The goals of the University are:

1. African-led Globalisation:
   To promote African-led globalisation through African scholarship by positioning the University, through its teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and innovation, to enter the global knowledge system on it.
2. Responsible Community Engagement:
   To contribute through knowledge to the prosperity and sustainability of our province, and to nation-building, by connecting with and committing ourselves to the communities we serve in a manner that adds value and earns their respect, admiration and trust.
3. Pre-eminence in Research:
   To build a research ethos that acknowledges the responsibility of academic staff to nurture its postgraduate students, and to be a pre-eminent producer of new knowledge that is both local and global in context, and defines UKZN as the premier university of African scholarship.
4. Excellence in Teaching and Learning: To promote excellence in teaching and learning through creative and innovative curriculum design and development, pedagogical strategies, and assessment
   practices in accordance with the highest quality management principles.
5. Institution of Choice for Learners:
   To establish the University as an institution of choice that values students in all their diversity and has a student-centred ethos, providing students with curricula, teachers, infrastructure and support services designed around their needs and producing well-educated, competent, sought-after graduates.
6. Institution of Choice for Staff:
   To establish the University as an institution of choice that attracts and retains academic and support staff of the highest calibre by creating an intellectual environment that fosters and stimulates academic life, and a climate of organisational citizenship in which all staff recognise and understand their role in ensuring the success of the University.
7. Efficient and Effective Management:
   To establish and maintain efficient, effective management systems and processes that provide a caring and responsive service to meet internal and external needs in a pragmatic and flexible manner.

The contact details for the institution is provided below, please dont hesitate to call or email us when facing trouble.

GENERAL ENQUIRIES

EDGEWOOD	HOWARD COLLEGE	MEDICAL SCHOOL	PIETERMARITZBURG	WESTVILLE
DBN: +27 31 260 1111  |  PMB: +27 33 260 5111  |  or Call +27 31 260 8596 and follow the voice prompts
EMAIL:
[email protected]	[email protected]	[email protected]	[email protected]	[email protected]
CAMPUS WIDE ADDRESS
Corner of Richmond & Marianhill Rd, PinetownPrivate Bag X03 Ashwood 3605	Mazisi Kunene Road, Glenwood DurbanUniversity of KZN Durban 4041	Umbilo Road DurbanPrivate Bag 7 Congella 4013	King Edward Avenue Scottsville PietermaritzburgPrivate Bag X01 Scottsville 3209	University Road WestvillePrivate Bag X 54001 Durban 4000
UNIVERSITY WIDE APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION
Physical Address Mazisi Kunene Road, Glenwood Durban		Postal Address University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban 4041

 

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

VICE-CHANCELLOR (Acting) Professor Nana Poku Acting PA / Secretary Ms Julie Reddy Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 2228 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 262 2192 Email [email protected]
	DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR AND HEAD OF COLLEGE: HUMANITIES Professor Nhlanhla Mkhize PA / Secretary Ms Darniel Small Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 2874 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 260 1495/3381 Email [email protected]
	DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR AND HEAD OF COLLEGE: LAW AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES (Acting) Professor Brian McArthur PA / Secretary Ms Silindile Dube Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 8059 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 260 1177 Email [email protected]
	DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR AND HEAD OF COLLEGE: HEALTH SCIENCES Professor Busisiwe Ncama PA / Secretary Ms Mhlophe Sithole Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 2798 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 260 7727 Email [email protected]
	DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR AND HEAD OF COLLEGE: AGRICULTURE, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE Professor Albert Modi PA / Secretary Ms Nokukhanya Shinga Contact Number +27 (0) 33 260 5199 Email [email protected]
	DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: RESEARCH Professor Deresh Ramjugernath PA / Secretary Ms Celeste Manuel Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 3270 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 260 3325 Email [email protected]
	DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: TEACHING AND LEARNING (Acting) Professor Bala Pillay PA / Secretary Ms Corlia Ogle Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 8231 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 260 3360 Email [email protected]
	REGISTRAR Mr Simon Mokoena PA / Secretary Mrs Prem Chetty Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 7971/2206 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 260 7824 Email [email protected] or [email protected]
	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: CORPORATE RELATIONS (Acting) Ms Normah Zondo Acting PA / Secretary Ms Nozipho Khumalo Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 7958 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 260 8739 Email: [email protected]
	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: HUMAN RESOURCES Dr Siphelele Zulu PA / Secretary Mrs Thandazile Mkhulise Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 3267 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 260 3269 Email [email protected]
	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: STUDENT SERVICES Dr Mmakgomo Roseline Laka-Mathebula PA / Secretary Mrs Priscilla Cele Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 3572 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 260 2190 Email [email protected]
	CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER Ms Nontuthuko (Thuthu) Mbhele PA / Secretary Mrs Shrista Haripersad Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 2271 Fax Number +27 (0) 31 260 2890 Email [email protected]
	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING & GOVERNANCE (Acting) Mr Kishore Gobardan PA / Secretary Ms Deborah Mkhwanazi Contact Number +27 (0) 31 260 7961 Email [email protected]