af , Noordwes-Universiteit , image = https://www.nwu.ac.za/sites/www.nwu.ac.za/files/NWU-Logo-SW.png , motto = ''Dit Begin Alles Hier (Afrikaans)''
''Gotlhe Go Simolola Fano (Setswana)'' , mottoeng = ''It All Starts Here'' , established = 2004
(''By merger of existing institutions'') , type =

Public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

, chancellor = Dr Anna Mokgokong , vice_chancellor = Dr Bismark Tyobeka , students = 53,997 , undergrad = 46,806 , postgrad = 7,191 , affiliations = AAU
ACU
HESA , former_names =

Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (abbreviated as PU for CHE) was a South African university located in Potchefstroom. Instruction was mainly in Afrikaans. In 2004, the university was merged with other institutions to c ...

Potchefstroom University The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (abbreviated as PU for CHE) was a South African university located in Potchefstroom. Instruction was mainly in Afrikaans. In 2004, the university was merged with other institutions to c ...

University of Bophuthatswana af , Noordwes-Universiteit , image = https://www.nwu.ac.za/sites/www.nwu.ac.za/files/NWU-Logo-SW.png , motto = ''Dit Begin Alles Hier (Afrikaans)'' ''Gotlhe Go Simolola Fano (Setswana)'' , mottoeng ...

, city =

Potchefstroom Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river" ...

Mahikeng

Vanderbijlpark Vanderbijlpark is an industrial town with approximately 95 000 inhabitants, situated on the Vaal River in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa. The city is named after Hendrik van der Bijl, an electrical engineer and industrialist. Vand ...

, country =

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

, nickname = NWU , colours =

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and Grey
, campus =

Suburban A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

, sports = , website = The North-West University (NWU) is a

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research university A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are the most important sites at which knowledge production occurs, along with "intergenerational kno ...

located on three campuses in

, Mahikeng and

in South Africa. The university came into existence through the merger of the

, which also had a branch in Vanderbijlpark, and the University of North-West (formerly the

) in 2004. With its merged status, the North-West University became one of the largest universities in South Africa with the third largest student population (full-time and

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

) in the country. The head offices of the university are located on the Potchefstroom campus. In 2018 the North West University's Potchefstroom campus created a new worldwide usable model (by their researchers) to control the Fall Army Worm pest. The prototype does an accurate prediction of the worldwide spread of the worm. The researchers has also identified a natural process to deal with it, by using a parasitoid.

Campuses

*Mahikeng Campus *Potchefstroom Campus *Vanderbijlpark Campus

Alumni

Dirk Hermann Dirk Johannes Hermann (born 13 January 1972) is a South African labor executive. He serves as chief executive officer of Solidarity, an Afrikaans union that operates in South Africa. He is an author and director. Personal life Hermann is the son ...

, trade unionist * Gerhard Mostert, rugby player * Warren Whiteley, rugby player * Katlego Maboe, television presenter * Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Miss Universe 2017 * Arrie Rautenbach, Group CEO of Absa Group Limited since March 2022. * Mamokgethi Phakeng, vice-chancellor of the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

Faculty

* Marié P. Wissing, professor at the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research

Chancellor

*Leruo Molotlegi, 2004-2019 *Anna Mokgokong, 2019-

References

External links

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