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  Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) is a South African tertiary education institution with its main administration in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth.
NMMU formed in January 2005 through the merger of University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth Technikon, and the Port Elizabeth campus of Vista University.
NMMU has more than 20,000 students and approximately 2,000 staff members, based on seven campuses or delivery sites in the Nelson Mandela Metropole and George.
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 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Port Elizabeth is just south of the expanding Addo Elephant National Park, and boasts the highly successful Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, formed in 2005 by the merger of the University of Port Elizabeth, PE Technicon and the city’s branch of Vista University.
In 2001, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality (NMMM), was formed, an administrative are covering Port Elizabeth, the neighbouring towns of Uitenhage and Despatch and the surrounding agricultural areas.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University stadium (formerly University of Port Elizabeth)
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 Study SA - Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) was established in January 2005 through the merger of the University of Port Elizabeth (incorporating Vista University) and Port Elizabeth Technikon, and is the largest higher education institution in the eastern and southern Cape, with some 20,000 students enrolled.
NMMU is one of the few really comprehensive universities, not only in South Africa but also in the world, and can thus offer an extensive range of internationally recognised certificates, diplomas and degrees to match students' academic interests and career aspirations.
NMMU prides itself on being at the forefront of the political and educational transformation of higher education in South Africa.
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 Nelson Mandela Bay - Tourism
Nelson Mandela Bay hosts a number of education and training facilities to students on many different levels of their educational careers this includes universities, universities of technology, colleges, private colleges as well as government and private schools.
The University of Port Elizabeth, Vista University and the PE Technicon are in the process of being amalgamated and will in the near future be known as The Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole University.
The University of Port Elizabeth, Vista University and the PE Technikon are in the process of merging and will, from 1 January 2005, be known as the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU).
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 Study SA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Universities were directly allocated state research funds, based on student numbers and research publications, and indirectly via contracts from the government and science councils.
Today, university research is part of a larger national system of research and development, which is itself a component of a national science and technology system, which is a subset of a national system of innovation that covers all people and institutions engaged in formal innovative activities.
Universities struggle to retain young scholars, especially fl and women postgraduates, and the research population is ageing rapidly as white “over 50” men advance on retirement.
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 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University leads the way with Catia V5 - CG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), situated in Port Elizabeth, recognised that there is this urgent need for skills and is focusing on addressing the industry's demands by equipping its Engineering Faculty with the latest technology in order to train and produce engineers with the necessary industry skills.
NMMU is the first university in the Eastern Cape to offer the Bachelor of Engineering Mechatronics Degree, which was launched this year with a group of 34 students.
NMMU recently acquired a robotics laboratory that was made possible by a consortium agreement with local industry, the NMMU and government.
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 Vista University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vista University, South Africa was established in 1981[1] by the apartheid government to ensure that urban fl South Africans seeking tertiary education would be accommodated within the townships rather than on campuses reserved for other population groups[2].
Vista University’s Distance Education Campus (VUDEC) allowed students to study full or part-time through correspondence[5].
Its facilities and some members of staff have been merged into other universities, including the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University[6], the University of the Free State[7], the University of Johannesburg[8], the University of Pretoria[9], the University of South Africa[10] and the Vaal University of Technology[11].
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 The New York Times > International > Africa > Johannesburg Journal: Ex-Inmate 46664 Fights for His Now ...
Then there were the Nelson Mandela Panel Beaters (slang for an auto-body repair shop) and the Nelson Mandela Foundation Web site (with a bank account in Cyprus and a false Pretoria address), not to mention a woman in the Netherlands who obtained a trademark for the name Nelson Mandela®.
Mandela trademarks not only for his given name, but for his clan name, Madiba, an affectionate reference widely used here; his Xhosa name, Rohlihlahla; and the number 46664, which he was assigned during his 27 years in prison under apartheid.
Their prime example is Nelson Mandela Square, a suburban Johannesburg plaza benignly overseen by a 20-foot statue bearing - at best - a vague resemblance to the man who defeated apartheid.
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 Nelson (city) - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Nelson (city), city, northern South Island, New Zealand.
Nelson is the economic centre of a productive farm region...
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, institution of higher education in Port Elizabeth and George, South Africa.
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It is the result of a merger of the PE Technikon, the University of Port Elizabeth and the Port Elizabeth campus of Vista University.
NMMU has a convenient campus—lecture halls, library, cafeteria and residence halls are within easy walking distance of one anther, and the beach is just a stone’s throw away.
In addition, once student are at NMMU they will be greeted by staff from the Office for International Education who will help to orient them to life at NMMU, and provide support throughout the semester.
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 The Chronicle: 1/6/2006: Judge Will Be Chancellor of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan U.; Public-Health Scholar to Lead ...
At the University of Natal, he was named chancellor, a largely ceremonial position, in 1998, and also joined the faculty as an honorary law professor.
Langa will become a leader of a university that is technically new, the job may come with baggage.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is the product of mergers between some of the country's smaller institutions, and combines what used to be three separate campuses located in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.
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 Students On Their Marks for South Africa Trip - Northumbria University, Newcastle UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is a real hub of sporting excellence in South Africa and we hope to share our own experiences with students there and to learn from the wealth of talent on campus.
Jemma and Victoria are in the second year of Northumbria University’s BA (Hons) Sports Science degree and their placement is being supervised by lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Dr Sarah Partington.
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University campus is the largest in the southern hemisphere and is home to the Eastern Cape Academy of Sport – it will provide them with a great experience and I am sure will help them to reach their personal and career goals in the future.”
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 Coega Development Corporation :Investing in Coega   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality area has approximately 275 000 pupils in 387 schools being taught by 8 476 teachers.
Formed by the amalgamation of the University of Port Elizabeth and the Port Elizabeth Technikon, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University also offers formal and non-formal courses in a further nine different faculties.
Rhodes University in Grahamstown is an internationally recognized institution located in Grahamstown, a commercial education and industrial centre which is an hour's drive from Port Elizabeth.
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 CSU : International Programs :Fast Facts on South Africa
The CSU International Programs is affiliated with two universities in South Africa: The University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban and The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth.
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) is a comprehensive university where students will find course offerings in a vast array of subjects.
Students should note that NMMU is nationally renowned for its work in marine ecology and environmental management.
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Some of the top schools and tertiary institutions in Africa are situated within the Nelson Mandela Metro and are a 30-minute drive from Coega.
The University of Port Elizabeth, the Port Elizabeth Technikon and Vista University have merged to form the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University as from 01 January 2005.
Though not falling within the parameters of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality, Rhodes University is an internationally recognized institution located in Grahamstown, a commercial education and industrial center which is an hour's drive from Port Elizabeth.
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 Program Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (University of Port Elizabeth, www.upe.ac.za and Port Elizabeth Technikon, www.petech.ac.za);
University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (University of Natal, www.nu.ac.za and University of Durban Westville, www.udw.ac.za);
Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as president of South Africa was a defining moment of the twentieth century.
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Enthusiasm was high at the Rhodes University venue for the Seventh ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in the South African region.
Rhodes University teams made an early entry into the competition with the "C-Team" completing two problems in a combined time of just over 45 minutes.
Rhodes University teams maintained a visible presence, occupying positions in the top 10 for most of the contest.
www.cs.ru.ac.za /news/ACMProgComp2005.php   (233 words)

  
 The University of Mississippi: Office of Study Abroad
The University of Mississippi Lott Institute partners with institutions in Mexico and South Africa to offer students from each institution the opportunity to participate in a unique program designed to prepare young leaders for an increasingly multicultural and ethnically diverse global society.
Fifteen to twenty students from each of the three institutions: The University of Mississippi, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa, will join together for life changing program summer of 2006.
University of Mississippi participants will work collaboratively with students from Mexico or South Africa, focusing on issues pertinent to a globalization.
www.outreach.olemiss.edu /study_abroad/LottExchange   (255 words)

  
 Boom Town Advertising awarded account for PE Metro's new university   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The decision to appoint Boom Town as the advertising agency for the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, to be formed through the merger of PE Technikon and UPE (incorporating Vista: PE) on 1 January 2005, was approved by the Interim Council Elect of the new institution for a period of two years.
This account involves the development and launch of the University's new brand and corporate identity, the launch advertising campaign and assistance with the long-term marketing communications strategy thereafter.
The process of appointing an advertising agency for the NMMU started last year, when four advertising agencies (three from Port Elizabeth and one from Cape Town) were short-listed based on credentials submitted.
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 MBA.co.za - MBA School Directory
Our aim is to train and develop skilled high-level managers in the field of general management, whilst also providing a new generation of innovative managers.
Technikon Pretoria, one of the merging partners of Tshwane University of Technology, started offering the MBA in collaboration with the University of Wales in 1999 and since 2002, the degree has been offered by the Business School itself.
At the Wits Business School we recognise that our task, through our academic and executive education programmes, is to equip leaders, managers and entrepreneurs with skills to proactively address challenges presented by the changing environment within which we operate.
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 The Robesonian Online
PEMBROKE - The Master of Public Administration program at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke and a leading South African university are enganged in a faculty exchange during the fall 2005 semester.
Political Science Department Chairman Robert Schneider, Ph.D., is teaching a class at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and Henry Wissink, dean of NMMU's School of Public Administration, traveled to UNCP.
At their annual meeting Oct. 26, the Retired Faculty Club of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke reached a new membership milestone.
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 interstudy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
On that historic day Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa in a landslide victory.
All South African universities operate a full and balanced semester system virtually identical to that operating in North America, thus providing for the smooth transfer of credit.
However, the South African academic year is a reverse of the North American one, with Semester I running from February through June and Semester II beginning in late July and finishing in late November, bringing to a close the South American academic year.
www.interstudy.org /SouthAfrica/UniversityofPortElizabeth/IntroPortElizabeth.html   (1376 words)

  
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Karl Du Preez, HOD of Mechanical Engineering at NMMU, said that they are aware of and carefully considered various other software options, and selected CATIA’s integrated approach as their preferred solution.
It’s the latest technology and what is needed in the Eastern Cape.” NMMU’s vision as a Higher Educational Institution is to raise the standards of the local industry by offering training to meet the demand and provide industry with adequately trained graduates who match their needs.
This will ensure that NMMU’s trainers will have the knowledge, tools, methodologies, and technical skills necessary to train their students.
www.cdcza.co.za /news_041005.htm   (750 words)

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