FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

About Us

Welcome to the Faculty of Health sciences
– Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University.

The Faculty aims to contribute to the promotion and improvement of the health of the population of South Africa and Africa by means of high-quality, relevant educational and research programmes.

STRUCTURE OF THE FACULTY:

SCHOOLS:
•	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 Science

RESEARCH ENTITIES:
•	Centre of Excellence for Nutrition (CEN)
•	Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR)
•	Centre of Excellence for Drug Research and Development
•	Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation (PhasRec)
•	Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART)
•	Medicine Usage in South Africa (MUSA)

•	Lipid and Metabolic Clinic
•	Animal Research Centre

IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPERTISE: :
•	Institute for Biokinetics
•	Institute for Psychotherapy and Counseling
•	Institute for Sport Science and Development
•	South African Professional Institute for Kinderkinetics
•	Preclinical Drug Development Platform
•	Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Services
	•	Research Institute for Industrial Pharmacy (RIIP) incorporating the Centre for Quality Assurance of Medicines (CENQAM)®
	•	Unit for Cosmetic Efficacy Studies (CEL)
	•	Clinical Pharmacokinetic Laboratory (CPL)
	•	World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre (WHO CC)
	•	President's Emergency Programme for AIDS relief (PEPFAR)