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The University of KwaZulu-Natal or UKZN is her five-campus university in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded on January 1, 2004 through the merger of the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville.

Academic structure

The university is made up of four colleges, which are in turn made up of several schools. In most cases, a subdivision is spread across one or more of the university’s campuses. For example, the Chemistry is in both the Pietermaritzburg and Westville campuses.

College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science

  • School of Engineering
  • School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • School of Chemistry and Physics
  • School of Life Sciences
  • School Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

College of Health Sciences

  • School of Clinical Medicine
  • School of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Sciences
  • School of Health Sciences
  • School of Nursing & Public Health

College of Humanities

  • School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics
  • School of Arts
  • School of Social Sciences
  • School of Applied Human Sciences
  • School of Built Environment and Development Studies
  • School of Education

College of Law and Management Studies

  • Graduate School of Business and Leadership (Business Management Association in cooperation with Hampton College Durban)
  • School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
  • School of Law
  • School of Management, IT and Governance

An institute built in cooperation with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is the new KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, opened in 2012. It is on the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine campus.

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