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North-West University (NWU)

North-West University (NWU)

Mankoeng , South Africa
Mankoeng , South Africa
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MankoengSouth Africa
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# 501
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About University
North-West University (NWU)
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North-West University (NWU)
The NWU is committed to functioning as a unitary, integrated, multi-campus university that enables equity, redress and globally competitive teaching and research across all three of our campuses. Our core activities, teaching-learning and research, are intertwined with community engagement and innovation in our eight faculties, most of which serve both distance and contact students.

Services

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

Student Life

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.

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