2017 Annual Report

UKZN’s Strategic Plan 2017–2021 was adopted after widespread interaction and consultation with the entire University community. The formulation of a new Strategic Plan was an opportunity to take stock of our achievements and shortcomings and to determine our future in light of the challenges that lie ahead.
The Strategic Plan demonstrates our commitment to achieving transformation and excellence through our core function as a knowledge agent as well as through our engagement with stakeholders and communities. Transformation and excellence
are pervasive elements that are deeply entrenched throughout the strategy to shape the future of the University.

The UKZN Strategic Plan 2017-2021 comprises several interlinked and complementary aspects that make up the entire strategy wheel of the University. In the centre is the purpose of the University, which is the reason the Institution exists.
The purpose of the current Strategic Plan is “Inspiring Greatness” in all partners, stakeholders, and clients with whom UKZN engages. Complementary to this are aspects that relate to how the University aspires to go about its business – the climate and culture and people issues which are underpinned by a set of agreed values that all people at UKZN are committed to live and work by.