Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Residences
Please Note: All Junior Residences have no cooking facilities as students residing there are expected to make use of the available dining hall facilities
2ND AVENUE CAMPUS
- Oceana junior ladies residence
- Oceana junior male residence
This campus is situated 2km from the North and South Campuses in Summerstrand and is also within easy walking distance of some of the country’s most beautiful beaches.
Oceana residence has separate housing for first year men and women. The students reside in mainly double rooms and share bathrooms. The residence can accommodate 112 ladies and 59 men. Facilities around the residences include a gym, sports fields and swimming pool. The residence has lovely spacious lounges where students can watch TV, a video or DVD, play pool or a game of table tennis. Each corridor has a phone where incoming calls can be received and there are payphones in the foyers of the men’s and ladies residence. Limited self catering facilities are available on every corridor.
Oceana residence is managed by Student Housing Staff and supported by seven House Committee Members who are elected annually.
DIRECT YOUR QUERIES TO:
Oceana Residence
2nd Avenue Campus
Private Bag 13357
Humewood 6013
Residence Manager, Oceana – Second Avenue Campus
Tel: +27 41 504 3839
Charity.Ntseoane
@nmmu.ac.za
GEORGE CAMPUS
There are six main residences on this campus. Namely Outeniqua, Kalander, Oukraal, Umdoni, Kamassi and Phoenix. First year female residences are Outeniqua, kalander, and Oukraal, and male first years are accommodated in Umdoni, Kamassi and Phoenix. The campus can only accommodate 367 students in all.
Our senior student residences are fully furnished with lounge suites, dining tables and all the houses have self -catering facilities. The clinic is one of the services available for the students and the staff members. We have a full time ambulance shuttle and the paramedic for emergency cases. We have our special doctor that is available once a week at a very low cost that caters for our students when the need arises. Many sporting and recreational facilities exist on the campus including a gym, swimming pool, snooker tables etc. There are guest houses, walking and the cycling trails.
There are two residence managers who are supported by the senior manager for student affairs and together they work hand in hand with the RSA ‘S, House Committees and Mentors who offer support to first years to achieve growth in the hope that they will reach their potentials.
We have the post graduate village which caters for Masters and PhD students. These houses are fully equipped and the fees are for 11 months as the post grads stay longer for their academic work. All the residences are fully secured with card excess facilities and in the junior residences there are security measures that are in place and all the residences have CCTV cameras that are functional.
Our Campus is situated 20km away from town it is a green campus that has animals like bucks that and other animals.
The Senior Residences are managed by Mr Setebe, Junior Residences ar managed by Ms. Mvango and Mr. Ramoshaba is the senior manager for student affairs.
NORTH CAMPUS
- Lebombo junior female residence
- Letaba junior male residence
- Indwe senior female residence
- Ikamva senior male residence
- Protea senior mixed residence
Nothing beats living in Res! The Letaba and Lebombo residences on the North Campus in Summerstrand are managed by Student Housing Staff and supported by House Committee Members who are elected annually. The ladies residence Lebombo, consists mainly of double rooms with communcal bathrooms and can house 216 students.
The men in the Letaba residence are housed in ten individual double-storey units. Each of these units can accommodate 34 students – in total 272 students .
The units comprise mainly double bedrooms and shared bathroom facilities. These residences are equipped with telephones, M-net, TV sets and dining facilities. Recreational and sporting facilities that are also available include a swimming pool, tennis courts, sports fields and food courts (e.g. Steers).
As limited accommodation is available, early application is essential.
DIRECT YOUR RESIDENCE ENQUIRIES TO:
Lebombo and Letaba residences
Private Bag X6011
Port Elizabeth 6000
SOUTH CAMPUS
- Melodi junior female residence
- Xanadu junior male residence
- Veritas senior female residence
- Unitas senior male residence
- Postgraduate Student Village mixed residence
The buildings on this campus are surrounded by indigenous plants and beautiful gardens that make one feel one is in the heart of nature. It is not unusual for students on their way to early lectures to come across small buck in the undergrowth. At night when everything quietens down, the roar of the Indian Ocean can be heard in the distance.
FACILITIES AVAILABLE WITHIN THE RESIDENCES
The hostel complexes are divided into ‘flats’ which house 17 students in each flat. Each student is therefore a member of a much smaller group and living together in a flat means that in time, flat mates form strong bonds resulting in flat traditions of their own.
There is a 24 hour security for the safety of students and their belongings. Close circuit cameras are situated in strategic places within the residences and there is also access control at the entrance doors. There is a Security Officer who is a trained paramedic who lives on the campus in case of emergencies.
A Laundry is available in each building, which is free of charge and includes automatic washing machines and tumble driers;
Each flat has a telephone where incoming calls can be received. If a student wishes to make calls, payphones are available;
Each residence has a large lounge where students can enjoy watching television (Channels available are: SABC 1,2,3 M-Net, Movie Magic, Super Sport and E.TV)
Meals can be enjoyed together in one enormous dining hall. This is usually a meeting place, a kind of social centre for congenial fellowshop and conversation.
There are two tuckshops run by students which sell basic necessities;
There are rules and regulations which govern the Residences – a copy of which would be made available to all new students moving into the residences.
Unitas Residence
Typical Unitas Room