Apply to NMMU - now!

You can apply to join Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 2015 via the following ways:

If you have access to the internet:
You can apply online
You can download an application form
You can send an e-mail to admissions@nmmu.ac.za

If you do not have access to the internet or e-mail, you can phone NMMU’s Contact Centre on 041 504 1111 and ask them to post you the information you need.

But please do it soonest because the university’s initial closing date for applications for next year is 1 August (just nine days away).

So there you have it … the basic facts, the hard-sell up front and not hidden half way down or at the bottom of this blog.

In Journalism 101 you quickly learn to share the most important information at the top of your story because readers have neither the time nor inclination to go looking for the real story. It’s got to be right there in the headline and opening paragraph to lure them in.

Okay, so it’s a little different with a blog which introduces ideas or concepts or news in a different format with the final line intended to have as much clout as the opening paragraph.

Right now, however, the university is at pains to get prospective students to NMMU for next year, to get their applications in by 1 August. (We’ve seen far too many students disappointed because they missed the application deadline).

Apart from having to pay an inflated application fee after this date, it also means your chances of getting into a particular programme are reduced. Numbers for some programmes are capped so it’s important to be an early bird and give yourself the best possible opportunity for studying at the university next year.

At the risk of repeating myself, NMMU received more than 24 000 applications in 2013. Fewer than 6 000 of these applications were accepted to study this year.

So this is another call to action – to gather all the relevant information – and get your application in. Please ensure that your application is complete because a missing document will just move you to the back of the queue again.

You will need the following:

· A certified copy of your ID

· A certified copy of your final Grade 11 report

· Your most recent Grade 12 report (no March results) or if you have already passed the matriculation examination, a certified copy of your matriculation certificate or results as well as certified copies of diploma/degree certificates and academic records for postgraduate applications.

It costs R260 to apply before 1 August. Thereafter, there is only a short window period to apply for undergraduate studies in 2015 and it will cost you R360.

We’re placing reminders in newspapers, on social media, on billboards, calling schools and basically spreading the message. We’d appreciate it if you shared the message too because we’d hate students with the potential to succeed academically to lose out on the opportunity to study at tertiary level.

Please forgive today’s unconventional blog – but sometimes you simply have to say it like it is. So I am saying it like it is - get off your umtarara (the catch-phrase of NMMU’s Beyond the Classroom students) and take responsibility for your future.



Apply now!