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The
University of Zululand
Established 1960
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The University of Zululand is a leading comprehensive institution offering career-focused
undergraduate and postgraduate education, including wide ranging research opportunities,
with a focus that is both local and global.
The University of Zululand was established in the Extension of University Education Act
of 1959, which extended tertiary education to the previously under-served ethnic
homeland regions of South Africa.
Teaching on the campus began in 1960 with 41 students (36 of them men) in two
faculties, education and arts, and an academic staff of 14. Officially opened in March
1961, the institution was called Zululand University College and was affiliated with the
University of South Africa. The school attained academic autonomy in January 1970,
when it became the University of Zululand.
Zululand’s international character is evident in the composition of its student population,
hailing regionally from Swaziland, Lesotho, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Ghana and
Kenya, and from as far away as Pakistan, Europe and the United States.
UZ partners with tertiary educational institutions in the United States and Europe. These
include the University of Mississippi, Radford University, Florida Agricultural and
Mechanical University, Jackson State University and Chicago State University.
The main Campus is situated in Kwadlangezwa, 19 km south of Empangeni and about
142 km north of Durban off the N2 National Road on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast.
The University also maintains several Satellite Campuses.
The Department of Theology and Religion Studies collaborates with seven external
institutions, at locations as far afield as Randburg and Benoni in Western Cape.
University of Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa