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... read more 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.
College Office (Academic Services) Howard College Campus Reference Number: CHS01/2023
The incumbent will be required to co-ordinate and manage the examination process for all the Postgraduate st
The incumbent will be placed in the School Office and s/he will provide administrative support to the Deanery within the School. The incumbent will work closely with the School Operations Manager, Fin
The School of Applied Human Sciences comprises the disciplines of Psychology, Social Work, Criminology and Forensic Studies, and Culture, Communication and Media Studies. The Schoolof Applied Human Sc
Student Academic Administration
Applications and Admissions: Guiding, checking and attending to enquiries such as applications and admissions (check for admission status);
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The College of Humanities Public Relations Office seeks to appoint a Web Intern to support the College Web Administrator for a six months fixed term contract. The incumbent will assist with the implem
The College of Humanities Student Support Services division seeks to employ a suitably qualified Office Administration intern for its Pietermaritzburg offices. The incumbent will be responsible for ma
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Providing support and guidance to sports clubs; administrating all matters pertaining to the department's sports codes
Arranging coaching; Encouraging
Job description
Main responsibilities include
Providing support and guidance to sports clubs; administrating all matters pertaining to the departments' sports codes
Arranging coaching; En
The HPP needs to fill a Research Technician position. The incumbent will be required to be highly motivated, organized, meticulous, and hard-working, and be able to work independently. The i
Job descriptionA permanent vacancy exists at the University of KwaZulu-Natal on the Westville (Durban) campus for a Principal Tech/ IT Engineer (Research & Academic Support) in the field of Scient