Nelson Mandela University

Nelson Mandela University (NMU) is a public comprehensive university in Gqeberha, the Eastern Cape city renamed from Port Elizabeth in 2021, and it also operates a campus in George.纳尔逊·曼德拉大学（Nelson Mandela University，简称 NMU）是南非东开普省格贝哈的一所公立综合性大学，格贝哈原名伊丽莎白港，2021 年改用现名，该校在乔治市另设校区。

Formed on 1 January 2005 by merging the University of Port Elizabeth, the Port Elizabeth Technikon and Vista University's Port Elizabeth campus, it was renamed from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University to Nelson Mandela University on 20 July 2017.该校于 2005 年 1 月 1 日由伊丽莎白港大学、伊丽莎白港理工学院与维斯塔大学伊丽莎白港校区合并而成，2017 年 7 月 20 日由纳尔逊·曼德拉都市大学更名为纳尔逊·曼德拉大学。

Its lineage reaches back to the Port Elizabeth Art School of 1882, and today seven campuses serve about 28,000 students with programmes from diploma to doctoral level, placing it in the 1401+ band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.其办学渊源可追溯至 1882 年创办的伊丽莎白港艺术学校，如今七个校区为约 2.8 万名学生提供从文凭到博士的各层次课程，并在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 1401+ 区间。

History

• The Port Elizabeth Art School opened in 1882 in Russell Road in the city's Central district and is regarded as the oldest art school in South Africa.伊丽莎白港艺术学校于 1882 年在市中心拉塞尔路开办，被视为南非历史最悠久的艺术学校。
• That school was later renamed the College for Advanced Technical Education, known as CATE, and it became the institutional ancestor of the Port Elizabeth Technikon.这所学校后来更名为高级技术教育学院（College for Advanced Technical Education，简称 CATE），成为伊丽莎白港理工学院的前身。
• In 1974 CATE moved to a purpose-built site on University Way in Summerstrand, and in 1979 it was redesignated the Port Elizabeth Technikon.1974 年该校迁至萨默斯特兰德大学路的新建校址，1979 年正式定名为伊丽莎白港理工学院。
• PE Technikon absorbed the Port Elizabeth Teachers' Training College in 2nd Avenue, Summerstrand, in 1994 and renamed it the College Campus.1994 年伊丽莎白港理工学院接管了位于萨默斯特兰德第二大道的伊丽莎白港师范学院，并将其改称学院校区。
• The Saasveld Forestry College began in 1912 as the Tokai School for Forest Apprentices in Cape Town, an offshoot of the South African College Schools.萨斯维尔德林学院于 1912 年在开普敦以托凯林业学徒学校之名创办，是南非学院学校体系的衍生机构。
• Saasveld moved in 1932 to its present site between George and Knysna, and PE Technikon took it over from the Department of Agriculture in 1985.萨斯维尔德于 1932 年迁至乔治与克尼斯纳之间的现址，1985 年由伊丽莎白港理工学院从农业部手中接管。
• The Algoa College of Education in Struandale joined PE Technikon in 2001 as the Algoa Campus, and in the same year the technikon bought the Hurteria Building to expand its George Campus.位于斯特鲁安代尔的阿尔戈阿教育学院于 2001 年并入伊丽莎白港理工学院，成为阿尔戈阿校区，同年学院购入赫特里亚大楼以扩充乔治校区。
• The University of Port Elizabeth was created by Act 1 of 1964, which Parliament adopted on 31 January 1964, and it admitted its first students on 1 March 1965.伊丽莎白港大学依据 1964 年第 1 号法案设立，该法案于 1964 年 1 月 31 日获议会通过，学校于 1965 年 3 月 1 日迎来首批学生。
• UPE was the country's first dual-medium residential university, teaching in both English and Afrikaans, and it began in a cluster of buildings on Bird Street in the historic Central district.伊丽莎白港大学是南非第一所英阿双语住宿型大学，最初在历史悠久的市中心伯德街一组建筑中办学。
• UPE moved to its modern Summerstrand campus in 1974, the complex was officially opened in August 1975, and the final transfer from Bird Street was completed in 1979 with the science blocks.该校于 1974 年迁入萨默斯特兰德现代校区，校园于 1975 年 8 月正式启用，1979 年理科楼群落成后完成了从伯德街的最后搬迁。
• The move gave UPE a purpose-built campus with residences, a sports complex and the towering Main Building, which remains the visual anchor of the Summerstrand precinct.这次搬迁使伊丽莎白港大学拥有了配套宿舍、体育综合体与高耸主楼的专属校园，主楼至今仍是萨默斯特兰德校区的视觉标志。
• The Summerstrand campus was built on 830 hectares donated by the Port Elizabeth City Council, and the land was declared a nature reserve in 1983.萨默斯特兰德校区建于伊丽莎白港市议会捐赠的 830 公顷土地上，这片土地于 1983 年被宣布为自然保护区。
• The 2002-2005 restructuring was national in scope and cut South Africa's public higher-education institutions from 36 to 23, with NMU emerging as one of the new comprehensive universities.2002 至 2005 年的重组是全国性的，把南非公立高等教育机构从 36 所压缩到 23 所，纳尔逊·曼德拉大学由此成为新设综合性大学之一。
• Vista University was founded in 1981, its Port Elizabeth campus was built in 1982 and held its first academic year in 1983 beside Zwide township.维斯塔大学创办于 1981 年，其伊丽莎白港校区建于 1982 年，1983 年在兹维德镇区旁迎来第一个学年。
• A permanent brick structure replaced Vista's prefabricated buildings in 1991, and the campus Arena, seating 5,000, became the Eastern Cape's largest indoor venue.1991 年永久性砖结构建筑取代了维斯塔校区的预制板房，可容纳 5000 人的校园体育馆成为东开普省最大的室内场馆。
• In 2002 the then Minister of Education, Kader Asmal, disclosed the government's plan to restructure South African higher education and merge the Port Elizabeth institutions.2002 年，时任教育部长卡德尔·阿斯马尔公布了重组南非高等教育并合并伊丽莎白港各院校的政府计划。
• The first merger step came on 2 January 2004, when UPE incorporated Vista University's Port Elizabeth campus, and the larger merger followed on 1 January 2005.合并的第一步发生在 2004 年 1 月 2 日，伊丽莎白港大学并入维斯塔大学伊丽莎白港校区，随后于 2005 年 1 月 1 日完成更大范围的合并。
• The 2005 merger joined UPE and PE Technikon as Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and brought the George campus, inherited from the technikon, into the new institution.2005 年的合并将伊丽莎白港大学与伊丽莎白港理工学院组建成纳尔逊·曼德拉都市大学，理工学院原有的乔治校区也一并划入。
• Chief Justice Pius Langa became the first chancellor, Justice Ronnie Pillay the first chair of council, and Rolf Stumpf the first vice-chancellor and chief executive officer.首席大法官皮乌斯·兰加出任首任校监，罗尼·皮莱法官出任首任校务委员会主席，罗尔夫·斯图姆普夫出任首任校长兼首席执行官。
• Derrick Swartz succeeded Stumpf as vice-chancellor on 1 January 2008, and Sibongile Muthwa, an academic in public administration, was appointed vice-chancellor in 2017.德里克·斯沃茨于 2008 年 1 月 1 日接替斯图姆普夫出任校长，公共管理学者西邦吉莱·穆特瓦于 2017 年获任校长。
• The council resolved to shorten the name and the institution became Nelson Mandela University on 20 July 2017, the year in which the former Vista and technikon strands were fully integrated.校务委员会决定缩短校名，学校于 2017 年 7 月 20 日正式更名为纳尔逊·曼德拉大学，原维斯塔与理工学院两条脉络也在这一年前后完成整合。
• South Africa's tenth medical school opened at the Missionvale Campus in 2020, extending the university's clinical training into the northern corridor between Gqeberha and Uitenhage.南非第十所医学院于 2020 年在米申韦尔校区开学，将该校的临床教学扩展至格贝哈与艾滕哈赫之间的北部走廊。
• In 2026 Naledi Pandor, a former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, became chancellor, succeeding a line of ceremonial heads that began with Langa.2026 年，曾任国际关系与合作部长的纳莱迪·潘多尔出任校监，接续自兰加以来的历任礼仪性首脑。

Academics

• NMU is organised into seven faculties, namely Arts, Business and Economic Sciences, Education, Engineering the Built Environment and Technology, Health Sciences, Law, and Science.纳尔逊·曼德拉大学设有七个学部，分别是人文学部、商业与经济科学学部、教育学部、工程建筑环境与技术学部、健康科学学部、法学部与理学部。
• Those seven faculties are divided into about 31 departments and schools, and the university describes its offer as comprehensive because it spans vocational diplomas, professional degrees and research doctorates.七个学部下设约 31 个系与学院，校方称其为综合性大学，因为其课程覆盖职业文凭、专业学位与研究型博士。
• The Faculty of Arts houses languages, media and communication, visual and performing arts, fashion and design, and the university's art school continues the 1882 studio tradition.人文学部涵盖语言、媒体与传播、视觉与表演艺术、时装与设计，其艺术学校延续了 1882 年以来的工作室传统。
• The Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences teaches accounting, economics, business management, public management, tourism and logistics, and its Business School occupies the Second Avenue Campus.商业与经济科学学部开设会计、经济、工商管理、公共管理、旅游与物流等专业，其商学院设在第二大道校区。
• The Faculty of Education prepares teachers for early childhood, primary and secondary schooling, and its community school centre, established in 2011, partners with local schools on teaching practice.教育学部培养幼儿、小学与中学教师，其 2011 年设立的社区学校中心与本地学校合作开展教学实习。
• The Faculty of Engineering the Built Environment and Technology covers civil, mechanical, electrical and marine engineering, construction management, quantity surveying and information technology.工程建筑环境与技术学部涵盖土木、机械、电气与船舶工程、施工管理、工料测量与信息技术。
• The Faculty of Health Sciences trains nurses, medical scientists, psychologists and, since 2020, physicians through the medical school based at Missionvale.健康科学学部培养护士、医学科学家与心理学家，并自 2020 年起通过设在米申韦尔的医学院培养医生。
• The Faculty of Law offers the four-year LLB and a range of commercial and public law electives, and it maintains a law clinic that serves surrounding communities.法学部开设四年制法学士课程及一系列商法与公法选修课，并设有面向周边社区的法律诊所。
• The Faculty of Science teaches physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, zoology, botany, geology, geography and marine biology, with field sites along Algoa Bay.理学部开设物理、化学、数学、统计、动物学、植物学、地质、地理与海洋生物学，并在阿尔戈阿湾沿岸设有野外站点。
• Work-integrated learning is compulsory in many diploma and degree programmes, and students are placed with employers in Gqeberha's automotive, logistics and manufacturing industries.许多文凭与学位课程把工学结合列为必修环节，学生会被安排到格贝哈的汽车、物流与制造业雇主处实习。
• Enrolment stood at approximately 28,000 students in 2020, and the student body includes people from more than 60 countries, with English as the medium of instruction.2020 年在校生约 2.8 万人，学生群体来自 60 多个国家，教学语言为英语。
• The university's research institutes include eNtsa, an engineering innovation institute, and the Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, which works on estuaries, fisheries and ocean governance.该校的研究机构包括工程创新研究所 eNtsa 与海岸与海洋研究所，后者从事河口、渔业与海洋治理研究。
• The Ocean Sciences Campus in Summerstrand hosts marine biology, oceanography and fisheries programmes and gives students direct access to the Indian Ocean coastline.位于萨默斯特兰德的海洋科学校区承担海洋生物学、海洋学与渔业课程，学生可直接利用印度洋海岸开展研究。
• The George Campus specialises in forestry, nature conservation, game ranch management and environmental education, continuing the Saasveld curriculum that began in 1912.乔治校区专攻林业、自然保护、野生动物牧场管理与环境教育，延续了 1912 年萨斯维尔德林学院的课程传统。
• Since 2021 the university has run a joint Africa studies talent programme with Zhejiang Normal University in China, supporting doctoral and postdoctoral mobility between the two institutions.自 2021 年起，该校与中国浙江师范大学联合实施非洲学人才培养项目，支持两校之间的博士与博士后流动。
• The university library network serves all campuses, and the Second Avenue Campus also houses the university archives and an exhibition centre used by history and design students.大学图书馆网络覆盖各校区，第二大道校区还设有大学档案馆与展览中心，供历史与设计专业学生使用。
• Admission is based on the National Senior Certificate and faculty-specific subject requirements, with extended programmes available for applicants who need additional academic support.本科录取以国家高中证书与各学部指定的科目要求为依据，并为需要额外学业支持的学生开设延长学制课程。

Campus

• NMU operates seven campuses, six of them in Gqeberha and one in George, and the South Campus in Summerstrand serves as the main campus.该校运营七个校区，其中六个位于格贝哈，一个位于乔治，萨默斯特兰德的南校区为主校区。
• The South Campus was the University of Port Elizabeth's home, occupies part of the 830-hectare reserve and is the only South African university campus situated on a nature reserve.南校区曾是伊丽莎白港大学的校部，占据 830 公顷保护区的一部分，是南非唯一坐落于自然保护区内的大学校园。
• Game drives are offered on that reserve, where antelope and other wildlife share the land with lecture halls, residences and the main administration building.保护区提供乘车观赏野生动物的活动，羚羊等野生动物与教学楼、宿舍及主行政楼共享这片土地。
• The North Campus adjoins the South Campus, was the main campus of PE Technikon before 2005, and contains the engineering building, a conference centre and the art school's stained-glass studio.北校区与南校区相邻，2005 年前是伊丽莎白港理工学院的主校区，设有工程大楼、会议中心以及艺术学校的彩绘玻璃工作室。
• The Second Avenue Campus, formerly the technikon's College Campus, now houses the Business School, the archives and an exhibition centre in the old teachers' college buildings.第二大道校区原为理工学院的学院校区，如今在旧师范学院建筑中设商学院、档案馆与展览中心。
• The Missionvale Campus between Gqeberha and Uitenhage was Vista University's Port Elizabeth site, and its Indoor Sport Centre seats 4,000 people.位于格贝哈与艾滕哈赫之间的米申韦尔校区原为维斯塔大学伊丽莎白港校区，其室内体育中心可容纳 4000 人。
• The Bird Street Campus in the central business district was used by Rhodes University before UPE took it over, and it now functions as the university's art hub with a public gallery.位于中央商务区的伯德街校区在伊丽莎白港大学接手前曾由罗德斯大学使用，如今作为该校的艺术中心并设有公共画廊。
• The Ocean Sciences Campus in Summerstrand concentrates marine and coastal research, while the George Campus lies 8 kilometres outside George on the road towards Knysna.萨默斯特兰德的海洋科学校区集中开展海洋与海岸研究，乔治校区则位于乔治城外 8 公里、通往克尼斯纳的公路旁。
• Gqeberha stretches along Algoa Bay, and the Summerstrand campuses are close to the beach, the harbour and the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.格贝哈沿阿尔戈阿湾展开，萨默斯特兰德各校区靠近海滩、港口以及为 2010 年国际足联世界杯修建的纳尔逊·曼德拉湾体育场。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the university is placed in the 1401+ band, the shared final band used by QS for institutions outside the individually numbered positions. That 1401+ band contains 102 institutions in the 2027 edition, so the label denotes a shared placement rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校处于 1401+ 区间，这是 QS 为未进入单独编号名次的院校设置的并列末段，该区间在 2027 年版共有 102 所院校，表示并列位次而非具体名次。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place NMU in the 1401-1600 band, a numbered range that sits immediately above the open-ended 1401+ group used by QS.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列入 1401-1600 区间，这一有编号的区间紧接在 QS 采用的开放式 1401+ 组之上。
• The 2026-2027 U.S. News global ranking lists the institution at 1,410 under its former name, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, a naming lag that persists in some databases.2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单以旧名纳尔逊·曼德拉都市大学将该校列在第 1410 位，部分数据库至今仍沿用旧名。
• NMU does not appear in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities main list, so its profile rests on the QS, THE and U.S. News placements.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，其国际显示度主要依据 QS、泰晤士高等教育与 U.S. News 三个榜单。
• South Africa's public system distinguishes traditional universities, universities of technology and comprehensive universities, and NMU belongs to the small comprehensive category created by the 2004-2005 mergers.南非公立高教体系区分传统大学、技术大学与综合性大学，该校属于 2004 至 2005 年合并改革后形成的少数综合性大学。
• The 2017 rename made it the only university in the world bearing Nelson Mandela's name, a distinction the institution uses in its branding and public diplomacy.2017 年更名后，该校成为全球唯一以纳尔逊·曼德拉命名的高等学府，这一身份被用于学校品牌与公共外交。
• Its research profile is strongest in marine and coastal science, forestry, engineering innovation, health sciences and education, fields tied to the Eastern Cape's coastline and timber economy.该校研究以海洋与海岸科学、林业、工程创新、健康科学与教育见长，这些领域与东开普省的海岸线和木材经济密切相关。
• Students come from more than 60 countries, and the university markets itself as a destination for African and international students seeking English-medium study on the Indian Ocean coast. Internationalisation is a named portfolio in the executive structure, where a deputy vice-chancellor covers research, innovation and internationalisation together.学生来自 60 多个国家，学校将自身定位为非洲及国际学生赴印度洋海岸接受英语授课的求学目的地。国际化是该校管理层架构中的一项明确职责，由一位副校长统一分管研究、创新与国际化。
• The former UPE's 1964 founding as a dual-medium residential university is still cited as a milestone in South African language policy, because it combined English and Afrikaans teaching on one campus.前身伊丽莎白港大学 1964 年作为双语住宿型大学创办，被视为南非语言政策史上的一个节点，因为它在一座校园内并用英语与阿非利卡语授课。
• The opening of the tenth medical school in 2020 strengthened its standing in health education and added clinical placements in a region short of doctors.2020 年第十所医学院的开办增强了该校在健康教育领域的地位，并在医生短缺的地区增加了临床实习岗位。

Student life

• The university's motto is Nelson Mandela's statement that education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world, and it is displayed on official publications.该校校训是纳尔逊·曼德拉的名言“教育是你可以用来改变世界的最有力武器”，这句话印在校方官方出版物上。
• Residences on the South and North campuses accommodate several thousand students, and the North Campus alone provides more than 1,000 beds alongside sports and recreation facilities.南校区与北校区的学生宿舍可容纳数千人，仅北校区就提供 1000 多个床位并配套体育与休闲设施。
• A student representative council elected across campuses represents students to management and organises orientation, cultural weeks and advocacy campaigns.全校选举产生的学生代表委员会向校方管理层反映学生诉求，并组织迎新、文化周与权益倡导活动。
• Its sports teams compete under the name Madibaz, a nickname derived from Mandela's clan name, and they represent the university in South African university sport competitions.该校运动队以“马迪巴兹”（Madibaz）之名参赛，这一昵称源自曼德拉的氏族名，队伍代表学校参加南非大学体育赛事。
• The nature reserve setting supports running, cycling, birdwatching and guided game drives, and the coastal location adds surfing, rowing and sailing to the recreational calendar.自然保护区环境支持跑步、骑行、观鸟与有向导的野生动物观赏，临海位置又为休闲活动增添了冲浪、划船与帆船。
• Gqeberha's beaches, the Boardwalk entertainment area and the 2010 World Cup stadium give students an urban leisure scene within a short drive of the Summerstrand campuses.格贝哈的海滩、木板路娱乐区与 2010 年世界杯体育场，为萨默斯特兰德各校区的学生提供了短途可达的城市休闲场所。
• Community engagement is embedded in several programmes, and education and health students undertake school and clinic placements in townships around Gqeberha and Uitenhage.社区参与已嵌入多个课程，教育与健康专业学生会在格贝哈与艾滕哈赫周边的镇区学校与诊所开展实习。
• The international student office runs orientation and support services for students from more than 60 countries, and English-language support is available for those who need it.国际学生办公室为来自 60 多个国家的学生提供迎新与支持服务，并为有需要者提供英语语言辅导。

Notable people

• Pius Langa, Chief Justice of South Africa from 2005 to 2009, served as the university's first chancellor after the 2005 merger.2005 年至 2009 年任南非首席大法官的皮乌斯·兰加，在合并后出任该校首任校监。
• Rolf Stumpf, an education economist, was the first vice-chancellor and chief executive officer and led the institution through its legal consolidation.教育经济学家罗尔夫·斯图姆普夫担任首任校长兼首席执行官，带领学校完成法律层面的整合。
• Sibongile Muthwa, a public administration scholar, has been vice-chancellor since 2017 and has emphasised access, transformation and research capacity.公共管理学者西邦吉莱·穆特瓦自 2017 年起担任校长，强调入学机会、转型与研究能力建设。
• Naledi Pandor, who was Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 2018 to 2024, became chancellor in 2026.2018 年至 2024 年担任国际关系与合作部长的纳莱迪·潘多尔于 2026 年出任校监。
• Frene Ginwala, Speaker of the National Assembly from 1994 to 2004, was the last chancellor of the Port Elizabeth Technikon before the merger.1994 年至 2004 年任国民议会议长的弗蕾妮·金瓦拉，是合并前伊丽莎白港理工学院的最后一任校监。
• Brigalia Bam, who chaired the Independent Electoral Commission from 1999 to 2011, was the last chancellor of the University of Port Elizabeth.1999 年至 2011 年主持独立选举委员会的布里格利亚·巴姆，是伊丽莎白港大学的最后一任校监。
• Nashwa Eassa, a Sudanese nano-particle physicist, is among the scientists associated with the university and has worked on materials at the nanoscale.苏丹纳米粒子物理学家纳什瓦·伊萨是该校外联科学家之一，从事纳米尺度材料研究。
• Dave Richardson, a former Proteas cricketer, later became general manager of the International Cricket Council and is counted among the university's notable alumni.前南非板球国家队球员戴夫·理查森后来出任国际板球理事会总经理，被列为该校知名校友。
• André Vos, a former captain of the Springboks, studied at the institution and remains one of its best-known sporting alumni.前南非跳羚队队长安德烈·福斯曾在该校就读，是该校最著名的体育校友之一。
• Laduma Ngxokolo, the fashion designer who founded the MaXhosa knitwear label, is a graduate whose work reinterprets Xhosa beadwork for contemporary fashion.创立 MaXhosa 针织品牌的时装设计师拉杜马·恩格索科洛是该校毕业生，其作品以当代时装语言重新诠释科萨族珠饰。
• Eben Venter, an award-winning Afrikaans novelist, completed a master's degree at the university and is listed among its literary alumni.屡获殊荣的阿非利卡语小说家埃本·文特尔在该校取得硕士学位，被列入该校文学界校友。
• Paul Treu, a rugby sevens coach who led the South African sevens programme, and Garth Wright, a former Springbok, are also counted among its sporting figures.曾执教南非七人制橄榄球队的保罗·特罗伊与前跳羚队球员加思·赖特，也被列为该校体育界人物。