Nelson Mandela University Department of Statistics

29/08/2026

Yesterday the department of statistics went to visit Monte Carlo our new penguin and to hear about the successful release of Pareto back to bird island. Thank you to SANCCOB saves seabirds for everything they do in saving our African penguins and educating us on looking after our planet 🌎 and all the wonderful creatures!

08/08/2026

One of our lecturers, Nkululeko Ngcobo representing the department at national science week. The week was spent in the Peddie area. He shared what statistics and data science is about. Lots of excitement from our future statiscians

28/05/2026

26/05/2026

Meet Pareto the penguin 🐧 the department of statistics donated to SANCCOB and got to save this little guy! We named him after the Pareto distribution, often used to model extremes, because we think this little guy survived some extreme conditions

18/05/2026

The department is super proud of Prof Sharp! Prof Sharp has done so much for the department and for his students over the years. For those that can please join in for the live stream on Wednesday to celebrate this amazing achievement!

Professor Gary Sharp from the Faculty of Science will deliver his inaugural lecture, titled The Journey of an Accidental Academic.

The lecture will be streamed live on the University's YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/c/NelsonMandelaUniversity

Event date and time: 20/05/2026 17:30

10/04/2026

Celebration all around for our science graduates yesterday! Our statistics graduates were shining stars ⭐️ the department is super proud of everyone that walked across the stage yesterday!