FACULTIES & SCHOOLS
As a multi-campus university, the NWU offers students choice and variety, both academically and geographically. Collectively, the three campuses have 15 academic faculties, which in turn consist of more than 50 schools. Some faculties also have centres and institutes offering short courses, other types of skills development and various community and commercial services.
Campuses
• Mafikeng Campus
• Potchefstroom Campus
• Vaal Triangle Campus
Mafikeng Campus
This Campus has five academic faculties with a total of 14 schools and various centres.
Faculties
• Agriculture, Science and Technology
- School of Agricultural Sciences
- School of Environmental and Health Sciences
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Centre for Applied Radiation and Technology
• Commerce and Administration
- Graduate School of Business and Government Leadership
- School of Management Sciences
- School of Accounting
- School of Economic and Decision Sciences
- Centre for Business and Management
- Municipal Leadership Training Academy
• Education
- School for Undergraduate Studies
- School for Postgraduate Studies
- School for Continuing Education
• Human and Social Sciences
- School of Human Sciences (including Programmes in Theology)
- School of Social Sciences
- School of Postgraduate Studies and Research
• Law
- School of Undergraduate Studies
- School of Postgraduate Studies
- Community Law Centre
Potchefstroom Campus
This Campus has eight faculties with more than 30 schools and centres.
Faculties
• Arts
- School of Languages
- School of Social and Government Studies
- School of Music
- School of Communication Studies
- School of Philosophy
• Natural Sciences
- School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
- School of Biological Sciences
- School of Geo- and Spatial Sciences
- School of Computer, Statistical and Mathematical Sciences
- Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics
- Centre for Environmental Management
- Centre for Human Metabonomics
• Theology
- School of Ancient Language and Text Studies
- School of Ministers' Training
- School of Biblical Counseling and Church Ministry
- Greenwich School of Theology
• Education Sciences
- School of Education
- School of Continuing Teacher Education
- School for Curriculum-based Studies
- Research Focus Area: Teaching-Learning Organisations
• Economic and Management Sciences
- Potchefstroom Business School
- School of Accounting Sciences
- School of Economics
- School of Business Management
- School of Human Resources Sciences
• Law
- Law Clinic
- Potchefstroomse Electronic Law Journal (PER)
- NWU Students Law Review
• Engineering
- School of School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering
- School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
- School of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
• Health Sciences
- School of Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science
- School of Pharmacy
- School of Physiology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences
- School of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences
- School of Nursing
Vaal Triangle Campus
This Campus has two faculties with seven schools.
Faculties
• Humanities
- School of Behavioural Sciences
- School of Languages
- School of Basic Sciences
- School of Education Sciences
• Economic Sciences and Information Technology
- School of Accounting Sciences
- School of Information Technology
- School of Economic Sciences