Economic and Management Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities, Law, Health Sciences, Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Theology
We join you in your excitement about a new chapter in your life – being a student! The NWU is just the right place for you to get ready to start out in a professional career. Here we prepare you to reap the fruits of hard work for the rest of your life, and to be even more than you envisaged.
WHO IS THE NWU?
The NWU, with its three campuses in Potchefstroom, Vanderbijlpark and Mahikeng, was established in 2004. The NWU offers more than just an education: we offer people a place in the world. Our academic offering provides students with a large choice and flexibility, and enables them to realise their full potential and to start preparing for their careers.
The North-West University focuses on becoming an internationally recognised university in Africa that is known for its scholarship, social responsiveness and an ethic of care. Our aim is to excel in innovative teaching-learning and pioneering research in order to serve the community through knowledge. We offer a variety of degrees and courses in various disciplines across eight faculties:
• Economic and Management Sciences
• Humanities
• Health Sciences
• Engineering
• Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Education
• Law
• Theology
Students are enrolled for under- as well as postgraduate programmes and are trained by experts. The NWU delivers competent graduates to the entire South Africa – graduates who make a major contribution to the region’s social and economic growth. The NWU community has embraced the following brand properties: • Academic excellence • Social responsiveness • Resilient students • Relevant graduates • Value-driven focus The colour purple is associated with wisdom, dignity, ambition, pride, independence and passion, and therefore works very well with the NWU’s brand identity.
