How To Apply For A Bursary At NWU

You’ve received a matric certificate with a bachelor’s pass that makes you proud and you are feeling hopeful about your university application. But funds are holding you back from pursuing your dreams. You’ve figured out how to apply for university; however, applying for a bursary seems more tricky. At North-West University (NWU), we want to…

Surviving First Year: Tumelo Baloyi’s Cum Laude Secrets to Academic Success

Starting university can be an exciting and overwhelming experience. For many first-year students at North-West University (NWU), the transition from high school to tertiary education has challenges.

Tumelo Baloyi, a three-time North-West University graduate, has successfully navigated through the…

First Year Student Checklist for 2025: Your Step-by-Step Guide

Starting university is an exciting new chapter filled with opportunities, personal growth, and academic challenges. At North-West University (NWU), we are dedicated to helping you transition smoothly into student life and empowering you to succeed from day one. Planning and preparation are key whether you’re coming straight from school or…

Steps To Take After Acceptance At SA's Top Universities For 2025

The matric slog is finally over and you’ve secured your spot at one of the top-ranking universities in South Africa for 2025 (or perhaps several spots). You’d think it’s time to enjoy a proper rage party, Netflix binge or vaycay with your friends. Even as you toss the old school uniform and make a couple of extra bucks selling the clunky high…

Student Card: Your Campus Lifeline

You have finished the registration process, you have posed for the picture that will haunt you until graduation, and now you’re holding the most valuable and important campus essential in your hands – your student card, your campus lifeline for the next few years.

You might ask why this card is so…

Making Your Academic Dream a Reality: What a Bursary Can Do For You!

It’s done! You have sent through your application form to study at the NWU, and now the only thing pending is the message informing you that you have been accepted. But while knowing what you want to study, you are now left with another decision. How to pay for your academic future…

This can seem…

#MyNWU – Your Place of Study and of Rest!

As the saying goes, “Home is where the heart is”. We guarantee that the NWU will have a special place in your heart in no time. That’s why we offer our students a huge variety of accommodation – both on and off-campus. We are eager to help you find the perfect home away from home!

At the NWU,…

The Registration & Orientation Guide: a first year’s survival kit to start 2025

Your first few weeks as a first-year student arriving at North-West University may be a bit overwhelming, but not to worry—we’ve got you covered! We developed a very handy piece of equipment just for you—the Registration & Orientation guide, better known as the R&O guide. 

The R&O guide…

We Embrace our University Anthem

You know those goosebumps feelings when the National Anthem is performed right before a big sporting event... few things unite our nation the way “Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika” does!

Students and personnel at the North-West University experience the same feelings of community, pride, and thankfulness when we sing our university anthem. This…

NWU campuses: where will you find your tribe?

You are sitting on campus, and you look up. You see an NWU community – people who are exactly like you, and yet nothing like you at the same time. People who have dreams to be greater than they are, working to achieve those dreams. A place like home.

The NWU is not just a group of buildings meant for…