Walter Sisulu University Postgraduate Prospectus 2021- 2022
Walter Sisulu University Postgraduate Prospectus 2024-2025
Walter Sisulu University Postgraduate Prospectus 2021- 2022 – See Details Below:
WSU has positioned itself as a gateway institution is improving access to higher education. As a developmental, comprehensive university, WSU offers students a wealth of academic choices, articulation and mobility across the qualifications ranging from certificates to diplomas, degrees and postgraduate studies.
Strategically located within the Eastern Cape Province, WSU has a footprint of about 1,000 square kilometres across the urban and rural areas of the region.
This provides the University with the platform to engage with the drivers of development so that an appropriate programme and research mix meets the needs of the region, province and the country.
WSU focuses on quality academic, technological and career-orientated programmes that provide relevant skills for development in rural and urban areas, placing special emphasis on entrepreneurship.
WSU operates under a divisional governance and management system and has four campuses, each headed by a Campus Rector. The four campuses with multiple delivery sites are spread across Mthatha, Butterworth, Buffalo City and Komani. Our delivery sites are:
- Buffalo City: Cambridge Street Site, Buffalo City Stadium Site, Heritage Building Site, College Street Site, Chiselhurst Site, Potsdam Site
- Butterworth: Ibika Site
- Mthatha: Nelson Mandela Drive Site, Zamukulungisa Heights Site, Nkululekweni Site
- Komani: Whittlesea Site and Grey Street Site.
WSU has a student population of around 27,000 and a staff component of approximately 2,000.
Geographical Position
Spanning over 1,000 km in the province of the Eastern Cape, WSU is ideally positioned to deliver a wide range of educational and development opportunities.
WSU’s Purpose
Walter Sisulu University’s purpose is to address societal grand challenges and change people’s lives through:
- Graduating versatile, work-ready individuals
- Producing relevant, innovative and impactful research
- Championing sustainable development and in particular, social justice.
WSU’s Vision
Walter Sisulu University will be a values-driven, technology-infused African university providing a gateway for local talent to be globally competitive and to make a sustainable impact.
WSU’s Mission
Through quality teaching and learning, research, innovation and community engagement, Walter Sisulu University responds to societal needs and delivers future-ready graduates who are responsible citizens, able to address complex societal challenges in critical, ethical, scholarly, sustainable and entrepreneurial ways.
WSU’s Values
Inspired by our icon tat’uWalter Sisulu, and guided by our country’s foundational values, the Walter Sisulu University accepts as its core values:
- Academic Freedom
- Honesty and Integrity
- Quality and Excellence
- Dignified Behaviour, including Respect for Person and Property
- Humility, Selflessness and uBuntu-Botho
- Caring Service and Striving for the Greater Good.
Postgraduate Courses Offered:
- Master of Public Administration
- Master of Commerce (MCom)
- Master of Medicine in Family Medicine
- MSc in Chemical Pathology
- Master of Nursing
- MSc in Physiological Sciences
- Master of Public Health
- Master of Medicine in Medicine
- Master of Arts
- Master of Laws
- Master of Science in Botany
- Master of Science in Zoology
- Master of Science in Chemistry
- Master of Science in Geography
- Doctor of Education (DEd)
- Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences
WSU Courses Offered
Walter Sisulu University Postgraduate Courses Offered
Walter Sisulu University Masters Courses Offered
List of WSU Faculties
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Science Engineering and Technology
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Business Sciences
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Education
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Management Sciences
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Natural Sciences
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Humanities, Social Science and Law
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Educational Sciences
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Commerce and Administration
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Health Sciences
Walter Sisulu University WSU Faculty of Economics and Information Technology
Contact Us
Campus Name
Postal Address
Telephone Numbers
Mthatha Campus
Walter Sisulu University
Private Bag X1
UNITRA
5117
Nelson Mandela Drive
Tel: (+27) 047 502 2844
Fax: (+27) 047 502 2211
For admission queries, telephone
(+27) 047 502 2443/8
Zamukulungisa Heights
Tel: (+27) 047 537 0001
For admission queries, telephone
(+27) 047 501 1404
Campus Name
Postal Address
Telephone Numbers
Butterworth Campus
Walter Sisulu University
Private Bag X3182
BUTTERWORTH
4960
Butterworth Campus – Ibika N2
Tel: (+27) 047 401 6254
Fax: (+27) 047 401 6267
For admission queries, telephone
(+27) 047 401 6000
Campus Name
Postal Address
Telephone Numbers
Buffalo City Campus
Walter Sisulu University
PO Box 1421
EAST LONDON
5200
Potsdam
Tel: (+27) 043 708 5200
Fax: (+27) 043 708 5331
For admission queries, telephone
(+27) 043 708 5200
College Street
Tel: (+27) 043 702 9200
For admission queries, telephone
(+27) 043 708 5200
Cambridge Street
Tel: (+27) 043 702 9200 Chiselhurst
Tel: (+27) 043 709 4000
For admission queries, telephone
(+27) 043 709 4000
ABSA Stadium
Tel: (+27) 043 702 9200
Heritage Building
Tel: (+27) 043 702 9200
Campus Name
Postal Address
Telephone Numbers
Komani Campus
Walter Sisulu University
PO Box 1421
EAST LONDON
5200
Grey Street Site and Masibulele Site
Tel: (+27) 040 842 6800
For admission queries, telephone
(+27) 040 842 6806