Medical School
The NWU Medical Graduate will align with all the HPCSA (Health Professions Council of South Africa) requirements (see https://www.hpcsa.co.za/). This North West Doctor will be a clinically competent generalist practitioner who is socially conscious, resilient and community orientated, an ethical team player and a critical thinker, and who can use modern technology (based on the Lancet Commission's (2010)1 recommendations for health professions education and the CanMeds Framework (2023)2).
We Care Bursary Fund
The number of academically deserving but financially needy students has significantly increased due to the current economic challenges the country is facing. Some of these students are assisted through the NSFAS scheme. About 34% of our students are cash-paying, while others are from the missing middle category. However, the latter find it difficult to cover their study fees. Furthermore, there is an extensive need for funding support to students enrolling for postgraduate studies, since most available bursaries focus on undergraduate studies.
The NWU deeply cares for its students and therefore appeals for donations from organisations, alumni and friends of the institution in order to continue to extend this bursary fund to deserving students. This bursary fund assists in covering study fees, books, meals and accommodation.
Final year and outstanding debt
The sad reality is that some of our senior students cannot receive their qualifications because of outstanding fees or historical debt. One of the reasons for this is the retrenchment of sponsors such as parents or guardians, who can no longer assist students financially. Your donations will help to cover the students’ outstanding debt and their final-year study fees to enable them to pursue their dreams.
Alistair Mokoena Education Fund
Lack of access to education is a significant challenge in Africa, and South Africa is no exception. To reduce poverty, hunger, and inequality in our society, we must invest in high-quality education. In 2023, Prof Alistair Mokoena established the "Alistair Mokoena Education Fund" at NWU to provide much-needed funds for bursaries for both undergraduate and post-graduate students, as well as to address historical student debt. “Let us give the gift of education to the youth of our nation. It is the best preparation for the world that awaits them” – Prof Alistair. Read more
Socio-economic impact projects
In response to challenges facing our society, the NWU has initiated various projects to empower our communities. Your contribution to one or more of the following projects will be appreciated:
Ikateleng Programme
Ikateleng, means empower yourself in Setswana. For almost 40 years, that promise has held true across four provinces, where over a thousand Grade 10 to 12 learners gather each Saturday for supplementary teaching in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, English and Commerce and transport and a warm meal is included. The results speak volumes: a 97% pass rate since 2021, and more than 3,000 university graduates who trace their journey back to an Ikateleng classroom. None of us succeed alone. For nearly four decades, Ikateleng believed in South Africa's brightest young minds before they believed in themselves.
To donate to the project and for more information, please contact Celeste Rossouw.