Courses Offered at University of Mpumalanga (UMP) for 2027

The University of Mpumalanga is a comparatively young public institution serving the Mpumalanga province from its campus in Mbombela, with the explicit goal of widening access to higher education in a part of South Africa that previously had no university of its own. Its qualification range spans one-year higher certificates through to four-year professional bachelor's degrees, with a noticeable concentration in agriculture, environmental and conservation sciences that reflects the region's rural and natural-resource economy, alongside programmes in commerce, law, social work, development studies, information and communication technology, and foundation phase teacher education. The university emphasises applied, career-directed learning and structured articulation routes, allowing graduates of its higher certificates and diplomas to progress into related degree programmes. As an institution still building out its academic offering, it positions itself around practical skills development and opportunity creation for students from Mpumalanga and neighbouring provinces.