Vision & Mission

Our vision:

The vision of the Environmental Health programme at the Nelson Mandela University is to be a leader in teaching and research in the field of environmental health, integrating and balancing both urban and rural community requirements and being socially engaged in knowledge creation.

Our mission:

The mission of the Environmental Health programme is to train and equip our students with professional skills and competencies to handle challenging situations in a manner that shapes and secures a better quality of life and puts people first. This will be achieved through:

• designing and offering learning programmes that meet and exceed the requirements of the National Qualifications Framework for our qualification;
• pursuing a socially engaged approach to knowledge generation;
• developing and implementing a quality assurance programme that continually enhances the quality of our processes and products.