History
The NWU officially came into being on 1 January 2004 as part of the South African government’s plan to transform higher education. The former University of North-West merged with the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education. A third party was the Sebokeng Campus of another mainly black university, Vista, whose staff and students were incorporated.
Education
- Economic and Management Sciences
- Education
- Engineering
- Health Sciences
- Humanities
- Law
- Natural and Agricultural Sciences
- Theology
Research
Research Focus Areas:
- Ancient Texts: Text, Context and Reception
- Chemical Resource Benefication (CRB)
- Community Psychosocial Research (Compres)
- Enabling Optimal Expression of Individual, Social and Institutional Potential (OPTENTIA)
- Human Metabolomics
- Material Science Innovation an Modelling (MaSIM)
- Occupational Hygiene and Health Research Initiative (OHHRI)
- Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation (PhASRec)
- Population and Health
- Pure and Applied Analytics
- Quality in Nursing and Midwifery (NuMIQ)
- Social Transformation
- Trade and Development (TRADE)
- Understanding & Processing Language in Complex Settings (UPSET)
Career
Career Centre - While we strive to stay engaged locally, it is our purpose to remain relevant nationally and be recognised internationally in everything we do. The Career Centre adds value by offering continuous support in the production of quality graduates. This is accomplished by closing the gap between students and other role players, as well as by opening doors in various professional industries.
Short Courses
- Short Course Advanced Short Course in Excel
- Short Course Asset Management within Public Institutions (GRAP)
- Short Course Basic Principles for Operations Management
- Short Course Basic Principles for Operations Management
- Certificate Behavioural Finance
- Certificate Environmental Management System - Lead Auditor
- Short Course Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
- Certificate Essential Leadership Insight
- Short Course Financial Statements (GRAP) for Public Institutions
- Certificate Leadership in the Connection Economy
- Certificate Leading
- Short Course Let's Go
- Certificate Managing Personal Finances
- Short Course Mastering Business Leadership
- Short Course Monitoring and Evaluation
- Short Course Principles of Risk Management
- Short Course Scenario Development
- Certificate Self-Leadership
- Certificate Women Who Lead
- Short Course Advanced Short Course in Excel
- Certificate Afrikaans for Beginners
- Short Course Concepts of Child Development and Sexual Behaviour
- Certificate Leadership in the Connection Economy
- Short Course Setswana for Beginners
- Short Course Victimology - A Psychosocial-legal Perspective
- Short Course Photovoltaic Installation (Solar PV)
- Short Course Launchpad
- Short Course Multilingual Pedagogies in Higher Education
- Short Course Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Teachers
- Short Course Artificial Intelligence (AI) Masterclass
- Short Course Digital Humanities in Precarious Times
- Certificate Environmental Management System - Lead Auditor
- Short Course Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
- Short Course Digital Humanities in Precarious Times
- Short Course Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Teachers
- Short Course Concepts of Child Development and Sexual Behaviour
- Certificate Introduction to Legislative Drafting
University Ranking
Housing services
- Biko House
- Dr Nelson Mandela
- Mbada
- Ngaka Modiri Molema
- Sedibeng
- Sol Plaatje
- Dr James Moroka
- Lost City
- Khayelitsha
- Hopeville
- Kgosi Dick Montshioa
Library services
- Mahikeng Library
- Potchefstroom Library (also known as the Ferdinand Postma Library)The Ferdinand Postma Library has four branch libraries, namely: Education Library, Music Library, Natural Sciences Library, Theology Library (Jan Lion Cachet Library)
- Vanderbijlpark Library
Medical services
The health centre is a primary healthcare unit that provides essential healthcare services to students and staff of and visitors to the NWU.
- Primary Healthcare
- Occupational Healthcare
Campus life
- Mahikeng Campus - An innovative institution with a proud heritage, an exceptionally rich culture and an unwavering strife towards excellence - that is the Mahikeng Campus.
- Potchefstroom Campus - A unique student experience coupled with a research-driven dynamic, the Potchefstroom Campus is where all are geared towards bringing a brighter future to all.
- Vanderbijlpark Campus - As picturesque as it is productive, as pioneering as it is progressive. The Vaal Campus is the epitome of what quality entails.
Sports facilities
- The Mahikeng Campus offers excellent sporting facilities which include a soccer institute, swimming pool, outdoor facilities and an indoor sports hall. Both the Soccer Institute and Great Hall have a well equipped gymnasium for circuit and aerobic training.
- The great hall also caters for badminton, martial arts, squash, boxing, sport dance, indoor soccer and hockey, volleyball, netball and basketball.
- The swimming pool is a perfect venue for students to learn to swim as well as to improve their different swimming strokes.
- The Vanderbijlpark Campus sport facilities include a gymnasium, three soccer and rugby fields, two cricket fields, two hockey fields, two netball courts and a basketball court.
The NWU-BS had a virtual re-accreditation visit by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) on 20 and 21 October 2021.