INSPIRING GREATNESS

@ a glance Westville campus

Howard College campus

@ a glance 01 Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine campus

Edgewood campus Pietermaritzburg campus UKZN

UKZN 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

02 @ a glance 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.

@ a glance 03 A Top University

UKZN 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 one in Africa for the first time in the recent Webometrics Rankings. UKZN has international partnerships with institutions in 46 countries. Transformation Charter

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. 04 @ a glance Colleges

UKZN 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.

@ a glance 05 There’s Nothing Average About Our Transformation Averages

Since our merger in 2004, UKZN has been at the forefront of transformation for South African universities. We recognise that we have a responsibility to lead by example, and will continue to show that diversity is not a weakness but strength, as we inspire greatness.

RANKED IN THE TOP 3% OF THE WORLD’S UNIVERSITIES

STUDENT PROFILE ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

of 42 000 students of academic enrolled in 2012 is African. leadership in 64% 33% 2011 was female, of graduates in 2011 compared to 62% were females. 0% in 2004. of UKZN graduates are of academic employed within 6 months 67% leadership in 84% of graduation. 2011 was Black compared to 38% in 2004. 06 @ a glance While others claim that you cannot increase equity and quality at the same time, the figures prove that it can be done if you are determined enough. The key to this is the effective management of the tension between the two, which we have demonstrated to great effect through impressive improvements year on year. It is no coincidence that some of our indicators are seven years ahead of the national university system transformation indicators, implemented with aplomb even in the midst of a complex merger. So if we can achieve this, just imagine how we can inspire tomorrow’s generations.

81.3% 84%

R E E E S S M S E A P H A E L T RC R O N H NC YM O - A F I EN 6 M CTIVE STAF T WITHIN

RESEARCH PROFILE

of UKZN staff were Research-active in 2011, 81.3% compared to 42% in 2004. increase in Research Productivity since 2004 61% compared to the 46% sector average.

@ a glance 07 Research

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 2012 totalled R834,911 million. This includes R142,371 million raised by the UKZN Foundation Trust in project-related grants. According to the Department of Higher Education and Training report, UKZN produced the second highest number of units in book publications of all 23 universities in South Africa. The University is the third highest in terms of total research output, having contributed 11.2% of the national total.

The per capital research output exceeded the national norm of 1.25 weighted output per staff by 19%.

08 @ a glance @ a glance 09 Research

SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH CHAIRS INITIATIVE (SARChI) The University holds the following 11 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 Separation Technology > Gravitating Systems > Applied Poverty Reduction Impact Assessment > Land Use Planning and Management > Rural Agronomy and Development > Intelligent Real Time Power Systems > Indigenous Healthcare Systems

RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS > HIV/AIDS, TB and Health Promotion > Social Development and Economic Studies > Water, Environment and Biodiversity > Biotechnology > Agriculture and Food Security > Energy and Technology for Sustainable Development

10 @ a glance > Gender, Race and Identity Studies > Indigenous African Knowledge Systems > Maritime Studies

Research Centres > African Vision Research Institute (AVRI) > African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) > Centre for African Literary Studies > Centre for Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit (ACRU) > Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity (ccrri) > Centre for Quantum Technology (CQT) > Centre for Smart Materials > 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 Human 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)

@ a glance 11 Fact File

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

In 2012 the Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed UKZN “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 University has also been rated number one in Africa for the first time in the recent Webometrics Rankings.

The University enjoys over a century of academic advancements.

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.

12 @ a glance UKZN offers nearly 2 000 academic programmes at 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.

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

UKZN is the third most productive university in South Africa in terms of research output.

84% of UKZN graduates are employed within six months of graduation.

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 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. @ a glance 13 14 @ a glance International

The University is a multicultural environment. In 2012, it was home to 2 599 international students from 96 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: > Drake University - USA, > Millersville University - USA, > University of Calgary - Canada, > Keele University - United Kingdom, > 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 receive. The exchanges are also active because there are academic School/College exchanges in place, it is a choice for local students based on the academic offerings and there is financial support in place.

@ a glance 15 Professor Sarojini Nadar Dr Joyce Chitja Dr Sengeziwe Sibeko Professor Relebohile Moletsane Ms Manoko Seepe Ms Bongiwe Ndlovu

Six UKZN women scientists who received several national awards in various categories at the prestigious 2012 Annual Department of Science and Technology’s Women in Science Awards (WISA). 16 @ a glance Staff

As at 2012 UKZN employed 4 009 permanent and long-term contract staff, of whom 1 569 (39%) were academic and 2 440 (61%)support staff. Women constituted 55 % 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. Budget

UKZN's total consolidated revenue in 2012 amounted to R3.6 billion. As at December 2012 the University had aggregate assets of R6.3 billion.

@ a glance 17 Students

Of the 42 155 students registered at UKZN in 2012, 23% were postgraduate students. Women made up 58% of the student body.

14% 41% Health Sciences Humanities

21% 24% Agriculture, Law and Engineering and Science Management Studies

18 @ a glance @ a glance 19 Alternative access programmes cater for learners from socially and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds and who are academically under-prepared.

A total of 355 disabled students were registered at the University in 2012. The Disability Unit has developed and facilitated a range of services for the special needs of disabled students. Student Funding

In 2012, R308 090 395 (R309 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 R323 597 687 (R324 million) in BURSARIES (Corporate’s, NSFAS Administration, Social Responsibility, Deceased Estates) and an amount of R76 479 547 (R77 million) for SCHOLARSHIPS (UKZN, National Research Foundation and Deceased Estates).

Out of all the awards made to students, 58% was made to females, 81% to African students and another 81% to undergraduates.

20 @ a glance Celebrating their achievements of being awarded the Distinguished Students’ Award are Ms Qhelile Nyathi (left) a student in Bachelor of Science (Honours) Financial Mathematics and Ms Sophia Basckin (right) a student of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in the College of Humanities.

Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering Student Student Ms Anele Mkhize received the Mr Ridwaan Amod received the Lawrence and Frene Ginwala Scholarship. Constance Robinson Scholarship award. @ a glance 21 ALUMNI

The University has one of South Africa's largest groupings of alumni, with 151 883 graduates spread across 120 countries. Our graduates hold prominent positions in government, industry, academia, civil society, the media and the sporting world. Vincent Maphai Zweli Mkhize Phumla Mnganga Malegapuru Makgoba

22 @ a glance Mogoeng Mogoeng Leona Theron Navi Pillay Mamphela Ramphele 3 2 2 @ a glance

Warren Clewlow Pravin Gordhan Stephen Saad Quarraisha Abdool Karim Business

> Lwazi Bam: CEO, Deloitte SA > Guy Brazier: Regional Leader, Deloitte KwaZulu-Natal > Warren Clewlow: Chair, Barloworld SA and Chair of the UKZN Foundation Trust > Kuseni Dlamini: Former CEO, Old Mutual: SA > Lebo Gunguluza: Group Chairman, The Gem Group > Sol Kerzner: International Hotelier > Vincent Maphai: Chair, BHP Billiton SA, former Chair of Council, UKZN, & Member of the National Planning Commission > Sibongiseni Myeni: President and CEO, SeniNhle Occupational Health Services (Pty) Ltd > Ben Ngubane: Former Chairperson, SABC > Alan Olivier: CEO, Grinrod Group > Stephen Saad: Group Chief Executive, Aspen Pharmacare Holdings > Philip Hourquebie: CEO, Ernst & Young Civil Society

> Yasmin Essop Bacus: HOD, Community Safety Liaison, KZN > Vasu Gounden: Executive Director of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) > Pregs Govender: Former parliamentarian and gender activist > The late Fatima Meer: Activist, academic and author > Kumi Naidoo: Executive Director of Greenpeace > The late Phyllis Naidoo: Activist and lawyer > Imtiaz Sooliman: Founder: Gift of the Givers > Andrew Philip Zaloumis: Conservationist > Guy Balme: Director of Lion Program in Africa, Panthera > Rt Rev Michael Nuttall: Former Anglican Bishop > Jeremy Sarkin: 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 24 @ a glance Education and Science

> Penelope Andrews: Former Professor of Human Rights and Constitutional Law, City University of New York and President and Dean of Albany Law School > Ahmed Bawa: Vice-Chancellor of Durban University of Technology > Cheryl De La Rey: Vice-Chancellor and Principal: University of Pretoria > Ela Gandhi: Activist and former Chancellor of the Durban University of Technology > Ntombifikile Mazibuko: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zululand > Malegapuru Makgoba: Founding Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UKZN, Former President (Medical Research Council, SA) and Member of the National Planning Commission > Adam Habib: Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand > Ephraim Mokgokong: Chancellor of the Medical University of South Africa (Medunsa) > 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 > Collen Downs: UKZN’s Top Published female researcher from the School of Life Sciences > Mathieu Rouget: SARChI Chair of Land Use Planning and Management in the School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences > Mark Brown: Honorary Researcher in the School of Life Sciences > Hoosen Coovadia: Member of the National Planning Commission

@ a glance 25 Government

> Ina Cronje: KwaZulu-Natal MEC, Finance > Siyabonga Cwele: Minister of State Security > Sibongiseni Dhlomo: KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Health > Zanele Gasa: Member of the National Planning Commission > Malusi Gigaba: Minister of Public Enterprises > Trueman Goba: Member of the National Planning Commission > Robert Godsell: Member of the National Planning Commission > Pravin Gordhan: Minister of Finance > Philip Harrison: Member of the National Planning Commission > Mduduzi Manana: Deputy Minister of Higher Education > Ben Martins: Minister of Transport > Rhulani Clifford Mkasi: Mpumalanga MEC, Health > Hlengiwe Mkhize: Deputy Minister: Economic Development > Zwelini Mkhize: Premier of KwaZulu-Natal and UKZN Chancellor > Gareth Morgan: Shadow Minister, Water and Environmental Affairs for the Democratic Alliance > Pakishe Motsoaledi: Minister of Health > Blade Nzimande: Minister of Higher Education and Training > Joseph Phaahla: Deputy Minister of Arts & Culture > Mohamed Enver Surty: Deputy Minister: Basic Education > Vivienne Taylor: Member of the National Planning Commission > John Jeffrey: Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development > Mamphela Ramphele: Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Town, former World bank Director and founder of Agang SA > Thembekile Makwetu: Deputy Auditor-General

26 @ a glance The Judiciary

> Selby Baqwa: Former Public Prosecutor, South Africa > Mogoeng Mogoeng: Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa > Sandile Ngcobo: Former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa > Chiman Patel: Judge President: KwaZulu-Natal > Navanethem Pillay: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights > Renuka Subban: Vice-Chair, Equality Court Training Commission, Durban > Leona Theron: Judge > Vuka Tshabalala: Chancellor of the Durban University of Technology, former Judge-President, High Court, KwaZulu-Natal > Zakeria Mohammed Yacoob: Judge, South African Constitutional Court Literature and the Arts

> Concord Nkabinde: Winner of the 2006 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz > Mark Kilian: Music writer for the film Tsotsi > The late Mazisi Kunene: Poet, writer and scholar > Bridgeman Mthunzi Namba: Pastor, singer, songwriter and producer > Devi Sankaree-Govender: Investigative journalist and columnist > Barbara Trapido: Author > John Van de Ruit: Author > Lara Logan: Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CBS News

@ a glance 27 Medical

> Letlape Tebogo Kgosietsile: Former Chairperson, South African Medical Association > Bongani Mayosi: Professor of Medicine at UCT > Vejaynand Ramlakan: Chief Director, Strategic Planning, South African National Defense Force > Virendh Somers: Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic Sport and Entertainment

> Tommy Bedford: Former Springbok Rugby player > Andrew Birkett: Triple Dusi Marathon Winner > Oregan Hoskins: President, South African Rugby Union > Craig Jamieson: Former Sharks rugby player > Paula Newby-Fraser: Triathalon World Champion > Shaun Pollock: Cricketer > Jonty Rhodes: Cricketer > Shaun Tomson: Professional Surfer

28 @ a glance The University is 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.

the late Steve Biko the late Strini Moodley

@ a glance 29 Community Engagement

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.

30 @ a glance @ a glance 31 UKZN graduate and winner of the 2012 Dusi Canoe Marathon, Mr Andrew Birkett (right), made the University and province proud when he took the title for the third time in a row. He is also a recipient of the UKZN prestigious 2012 Sports Scholarship.

32 @ a glance JCA 1570 Editor: Sithembile Shabangu

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