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| More graduates at NMMU are studying further |
That’s why we’re smiling at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University today.
You see a quick look into the latest postgraduate applications to NMMU shows that an increasing number of students appreciate this fact, and are hoping to study further.
Or in numerical terms, the university has received the following number of applications for study in 2015:
· 560 honours degrees
· 506 masters degrees
· 76 doctoral degrees
But what is even more gratifying, is that these figures are substantially higher than those received at the same time last year.
In fact, they are 154%, 93% and 204% better respectively than exactly a year ago.
A further breakdown of the present statistics reveals the biggest growth to be in the faculties of Arts, Business and Economic Sciences, Health Sciences and Science. However, every faculty’s applications for postgraduate studies show a marked increase.
Of course, the big question is why?
Why this exceptional increase in the number of applications?
As part of the marketing division within the university, we’d personally like to think it’s the great work of our student recruiters in selling the advantages of postgraduate studies at NMMU. We’re also hopeful that the NMMU television commercial – a first for us – has had a positive spin-off in terms of recruitment too.
But if we’re really honest, there are probably several reasons for the increase, not least the economy and a lack of job opportunities.
The general consensus of senior students interviewed at the Careers Fair at the end of July was that they’d study further if they were unable to get a job or if they were able to get a bursary to support their postgraduate studies. It’s a matter of grabbing whichever opportunity arises first.
This is also why the number of applications may not translate into actual registrations. Many students simply test the waters – applying at several universities in the hope that financial support will materialise for them.
So now it’s a waiting game to see if our hopes for a vastly increased number of postgraduate students for 2015 will materialise or not.
In the meantime, if you’re more curious still about which postgraduate qualifications are attracting student applications, here are the numbers with the 2013 figures followed by the 2014 figures.
Faculty
Arts
Honours
25 84
Masters
53 54
PhD
5 4
Business and Economic Sciences
Honours
53 161
Masters
You see a quick look into the latest postgraduate applications to NMMU shows that an increasing number of students appreciate this fact, and are hoping to study further.
Or in numerical terms, the university has received the following number of applications for study in 2015:
· 560 honours degrees
· 506 masters degrees
· 76 doctoral degrees
But what is even more gratifying, is that these figures are substantially higher than those received at the same time last year.
In fact, they are 154%, 93% and 204% better respectively than exactly a year ago.
A further breakdown of the present statistics reveals the biggest growth to be in the faculties of Arts, Business and Economic Sciences, Health Sciences and Science. However, every faculty’s applications for postgraduate studies show a marked increase.
Of course, the big question is why?
Why this exceptional increase in the number of applications?
As part of the marketing division within the university, we’d personally like to think it’s the great work of our student recruiters in selling the advantages of postgraduate studies at NMMU. We’re also hopeful that the NMMU television commercial – a first for us – has had a positive spin-off in terms of recruitment too.
But if we’re really honest, there are probably several reasons for the increase, not least the economy and a lack of job opportunities.
The general consensus of senior students interviewed at the Careers Fair at the end of July was that they’d study further if they were unable to get a job or if they were able to get a bursary to support their postgraduate studies. It’s a matter of grabbing whichever opportunity arises first.
This is also why the number of applications may not translate into actual registrations. Many students simply test the waters – applying at several universities in the hope that financial support will materialise for them.
So now it’s a waiting game to see if our hopes for a vastly increased number of postgraduate students for 2015 will materialise or not.
In the meantime, if you’re more curious still about which postgraduate qualifications are attracting student applications, here are the numbers with the 2013 figures followed by the 2014 figures.
Faculty
Arts
Honours
25 84
Masters
53 54
PhD
5 4
Business and Economic Sciences
Honours
53 161
Masters
39 124
PhD
11 34
Education
Honours
21 26
Masters
1 12
PhD
1 5
Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology
Honours
9 13
Masters
16 43
PhD
2 20
Health Sciences
Honours
PhD
11 34
Education
Honours
21 26
Masters
1 12
PhD
1 5
Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology
Honours
9 13
Masters
16 43
PhD
2 20
Health Sciences
Honours
58 158
Masters
129 228
PhD
2 7
Law
LLM
15 18
PhD
3 3
Science
Honours
54 118
Masters
9 27
PhD
1 3
If you’d like further information on postgraduate studies contact Jo-Ann.Daniels@nmmu.ac.za or call 041 5043084.
129 228
PhD
2 7
Law
LLM
15 18
PhD
3 3
Science
Honours
54 118
Masters
9 27
PhD
1 3
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