The anticipated 5 700 first years include those starting new programmes like the one-year Higher Certificate in Pharmacy Support qualification, higher certificate in Business Studies, diploma in Chemical Processing and four-year Dietetics degree.<\/p>\n
NMMU<\/a> is the first university in South Africa to train Pharmacy Technical assistants and a qualification in chemical processing.<\/p>\n NMMU encourages parents to attend these events as they offer great insight in terms of academic expectations and, in particular, registration. Emphasis is also placed on encouraging first-years to attend the academic orientation programme to learn how to make a success of their stay at NMMU. Specially trained senior students (How2 Buddies) from each faculty facilitate the programme.<\/p>\n The orientation programme consists of academic, wellness, career, financial and social\/cultural sessions and provides an ideal opportunity to meet fellow students and learn about university life. Academic events are compulsory for all students to attend.<\/p>\n Details can be found on the orientation website at www.nmmu.ac.za and the How2@nmmu Facebook page.<\/p>\n NMMU had a 24% increase in applications as compared to 2012 \u2013 receiving 37 206 applications for 2013 as opposed to 29 933 the previous year.<\/p>\n NMMU embarked on a vigorous marketing campaign to ensure that prospective students applied to study at NMMU before the official closing date on 1 August and again, by the late cut-off date of 5 December 2012.<\/p>\n Registration for the 2013 academic year starts on Monday, 28 January, and lectures commence on 11 February.<\/p>\n Traffic information:<\/strong><\/p>\n Everyone attending the Welcoming Ceremony is urged to arrive early to avoid traffic congestion. All entrances will be open on Saturday (University Way and Marine Drive). A map of the campus can be viewed on the NMMU Facebook page (NMMU4U).<\/p>\n NMMU security and NMB Metro will assist and be positioned as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Just 6 days to 2013 Welcoming Ceremony at #NMMU<\/a> at 9am. Looking forward to meeting up to 6 000 first years!<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n @NMMU4U<\/a> Such bright eyed promise \u2013 We wish every single one GOOD LUCK. http:\/\/t.co\/g9at4utf<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Almost 6 000 first years plus newcomers will be welcomed on the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) campus on Saturday, 26 January 2013. The anticipated 5 700 first years include those starting new programmes like the one-year Higher Certificate in Pharmacy Support qualification, higher certificate in Business Studies, diploma in Chemical Processing and four-year Dietetics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-17544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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