Potchefstroom Campus News
Accreditation brings NWU’s medical school closer to reality
The North-West University (NWU) has reached a decisive milestone in establishing the Desmond Tutu School of Medicine following the accreditation of its Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) programme by the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE).
The CHE confirmed the accreditation in correspondence dated 21 August 2026. The six-year, 940-credit programme will be offered in contact mode at the Potchefstroom Campus.
For Prof. Binu Luke,… Read more
First publishers acknowledged
A total of 40 staff members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus received recognition for their first publication of a research article.
This event is held annually to welcome staff members into the ranks of research publishers.
Prof Susan Visser, Vice-Rector: Research and Planning, said that everyone is…
NWU scientists among the best in the world
The North-West University (NWU) has once again showed why it’s a scientific force to be reckoned with, when it walked away with a special achievement at the annual South African Science Forum.
The NWU’s Preclinical Drug Development Platform received the award for the best exhibition which was recently held at the Council for…
NWU Faculty of Engineering broadens its horizons
As of 2017 a new star will join the Industrial Engineering galaxy. The North-West University's (NWU's) School for Industrial Engineering now shines with new light alongside nearby departments at the University of Pretoria, Stellenbosch University and Wits University.
Located strategically within various industrial activities (ranging…
Local expertise called up at national level
Another one of the experts at the North-West University (NWU) has been called up at national sports level to assist with a national sports team.
Prof Ankebe Kruger, a sports scientist and psychologist at the NWU’s Potchefstroom Campus, has just been contracted on a consultation basis by the South African Hockey Association to provide…
NWU's Jennifer Kalanko is Mrs Africa International
A staff member of the Faculty of Theology at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU) was recently crowned as one of the title holders of Mrs Africa International.
Ms Sokhana Jennifer Kalanko was crowned in December during a prestige event at the OR Tambo Protea Hotel.
With her original entry for the…
NWU student wins competition with electronic cupcake piper design
Brinco Neethling, an Engineering student at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU), won the SAIEE National student competition for his design of an electronic cupcake piper. The South African Institute for Electronic Engineers (SAIEE) host this annual competition to give up and coming electronic engineers…