The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus can now house more students on campus thanks to the new student housing project.

During registration 1 404 beds were ready for occupation.

This is in addition to 324 beds that were made available at the beginning of the 2022 academic year, which makes a total of 1 788 new beds.

The extra student housing was made possible through a partnership with the Department of Higher Education and Training, which identified the need for additional student housing on the campus.

Prof Sonia Swanepoel, deputy vice-chancellor for community engagement and Mahikeng Campus operations, says the NWU is excited to have more on-campus student residences in addition to 2 986 rooms that were already in use.

“All universities are grappling with student accommodation and adding more than 1 700 beds addresses the dire need of our students for on-campus residence. Six new residences – Cluster 8 to 13 – are now available to our students, which enables the campus to provide accommodation for a total of 4 714 students, of whom 1 705 are first years,” she adds.

Cluster 9 is one of the new residences on the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus.