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At the open days, vice-chancellor Prof Dan Kgwadi pointed out several of the NWU’s achievements.
Here are a few examples:
- Our more than 65 000 students (including contact and distance students) make us the second largest university for distance learning in South Africa. (We are second to Unisa).
- In 2018 the Department of International Relations and Cooperation declared us the most active South African university in the BRICS group. (BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.)
* (QS is a British company specialising in education.)
Open days highlight new home away from home
There are at least *26 000 universities worldwide and they probably organise an equally large number of open days around the globe. So why do the NWU’s open days matter?
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Young people with big dreams once again flocked to our campuses to find out more about the faculties, residences, and sport and student facilities.
For the prospective students who attend the NWU’s open days, these events have great value as they introduce them to the campuses that may soon become their home away from home.
Swept up in an atmosphere brimming with excitement and expectation, more than 10 000 prospective students and their family members attended the 2019 open days across our university. These events took place on 11, 18 and 24 May in Potchefstroom, Vanderbijlpark and Mahikeng respectively.
Three facts to take away
Vice-chancellor Prof Dan Kgwadi told the future students and their parents that they should take away three things about the NWU.
The first is that the university is distinguished for its engaged scholarship. This, he said, speaks to our core business of teaching and learning, research and innovation and community engagement.
Secondly, prospective students and parents should remember the NWU is committed to being socially responsive and acting with an ethic of care. “This will define how you, as students and parents, will relate to the university when you become part of us.”
Our global footsteps
The third issue worth remembering is that the NWU is an internationally recognised university. The many international students on our campuses are one aspect that shows our global footsteps. This makes the university “the place where students can experience the world”, he pointed out.
What makes the NWU as a potential new home even more special is, in Prof Dan’s words, that it is “a place where every student’s full potential is realised”.
* This is according to an article published on Quacquarelli Symonds’ website, using a conservative Webometrics count of 26 000.
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“The NWU is a place where imagination has no boundaries.”
- Prof Dan Kgwadi,
vice-chancellor
