​The Adelaide Tambo School of Nursing Science was named after the former Chancellor, the late Mrs Adelaide Tambo, who was also a nurse by profession. We strive for excellence in teaching and learning, community projects and research. A number of programmes are offered on undergraduate, post basic and postgraduate levels in Nursing with speciality in oncology, occupational health and nursing science. 

​Our school is dedicated to contributing to the optimum health of South Africans through quality in teaching, learning, research, practice and management, that is locally motivated, countrywide relevant and globally competitive. Though the school falls under the Faculty of Science, which is located at the Arcadia Campus, the school operates from Pretoria Campus.