Legend
MC - Mahikeng Campus
PC - Potchefstroom Campus
VC - Vanderbijlpark Campus
M - Masters degree
PhD/D - Doctoral degree
UDL - Unit for Distance Learning
HDA - Higher Degrees Administration
2026
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Day |
Date |
Event in May |
|---|---|---|
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Fri |
1 |
*Interpreter Appreciation Day Worker’s day |
|
Sat |
2 |
Twelfth Day of Ridván |
|
Sun |
3 |
|
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Mon
|
4
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*Ceremonies: Graduation MC - 15:00 Meeting: FHUM PC OHS – 09:00 – 10:30 Meeting: Senate Committee for Research and Innovation (SCRI) – 14:00 – 16:30 Meeting: MECF-NEHAWU – 09:00 – 10:30 Meeting: MECF - SAPTU – 11:00 – 12:30 Meeting: MECF-Solidarity – 14:00 – 15:30 |
|
Tue |
5 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation MC - 10:00 *Career services (Vanderbijlpark): CV & Interview training sessions *Career services (Potchefstroom Campus): Accounting Career Fair Meeting: University Consultative Forum (UCF) – 10:00 – 12:00 Meeting: Assets Committee – 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: Honorary Awards Committee (HAC) – 14:00 – 16:30 |
|
Wed |
6 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation MC - 10:00 *Career services (Vanderbijlpark): Career Coaching Training Sessions *Career services (Potchefstroom Campus): Law & General Career Fair Meeting: Institutional Forum (IF) (with workshop) - 09:00-16:30 Meeting: Committee on Student Support Services (CoSSS) – 10:00 – 12:00 Meeting: FENG Faculty Board (FB): 10:00 – 12:00 Meeting: FTHE Faculty Management Committee (FMC) - 10:00 – 13:00 |
|
Thu |
7 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation MC - 10:00 *Career services (Potchefstroom Campus): Engineering and Sciences Career Fair Meeting: Information Technology Committee (ITCom) – 14:00 – 16:30 Meeting: Senate Library and Information Services Committee (SLiSC) – 14:00 – 16:00 Meeting: Student Diversity and Transformation Committee (SDTC) – 14:00 – 16:00 Meeting: Board of Donors (BoD)– 18:00 – 20:00 Meeting: Senate Admission Requirements Committee (SARC) - 10:00 - 12:00 |
|
Fri |
8 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation MC - 10:00 |
|
Sat |
|
* NWU Symphony Orchestra Concert |
|
Sun |
10 |
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|
Mon |
11 |
Meeting: Teaching and Learning Leadership Forum – 10:00 – 12:00 Meeting: Alumni Association – 10:00 – 12:30 Meeting: Convocation Exco – 14:00 – 16:30 Meeting: University Budget Committee (UBC) - 10:00-12:00 Meeting: School of Mining and Mining Engineering Task Team (MMETT) – 10:00-13:00 |
|
Tue |
12 |
Meeting: People and Culture and Employment Equity Committee (PCEE) – 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: Information Management Committee (IMCom) – 10:00-12:00 Meeting: FEDU Research and innovation (RIC) - 10:00-13:00 Meeting: FHUM Executive Committee (Exco) -14:00 – 16:30 |
|
Wed |
13 |
*Career services (Mahikeng Campus): General Career Fair *Career services (Potchefstroom Campus): CV & Interview Training Sessions Meeting: Human Rights Committee (HRC) – 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: Combined Assurance Forum (CAF) – 14:00 – 16:30 Meeting: FHUM Research and Innovation, Ethics, and Higher Degrees (RIEHD): 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: FENG Faculty Management Committee (FMC) - 09:00 – 12:00 Meeting: FTHE REC -10:00 – 13:00 |
|
Thu |
14 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation VC - 10:00 *Career services (Potchefstroom Campus): Career Coaching Training Sessions Meeting: Executive Committee of Council – 14:00 – 16:30 Meeting: Senate Committee for Teaching and Learning (SCTL) - 10:00-12:00 Meeting: FTHE TLC -10:00 – 13:00 Ascension Day |
|
Fri |
15 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation VC - 10:00 |
|
Sat |
16 |
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Sun |
17 |
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|
Mon |
18 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation VC - 15:00 *IRIMS session: 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: Senate Committee for Academic Standards (SCAS) – 10:00 – 13:00
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|
Tue |
19 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation VC - 10:00 Meeting: Tender Committee – 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: FEDU Teaching and Learning (TLC) - 10:00-13:00 Meeting: FTHE Teaching and Learning (TLC) - 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: FLAW Community Engagement Committee (CEC) - 10:00-13:00 Meeting: Campus SHE Committees: 14:00 – 16:30 Meeting: SIS Steerco – 14:00 – 16:30 Meeting: FENG Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC) - 11:00 – 12:30 |
|
Wed |
20 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation VC - 10:00 *Career services (Mahikeng Campus): CV & Interview Training Sessions Meeting: NWU-HREC Meeting: University Management Committee (UMC) – 08:30 – 13:00 Meeting: University Management Committee (UMC) with SRC Meeting: FENG Research and Innovation (RIC) - 09:00 – 12:00 Meeting: Student Representative Council (SRC) – 14:00 – 16:30 |
|
Thu |
21 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation VC - 10:00 Meeting: FNAS REC Meeting: University Management Committee (UMC) - 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: FEMS Faculty Management Committee (FMC) & FB Exco -10:00-13:00 Meeting: Vanderbijlpark Occupational Health and Safety Committee (VC OHS) - 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: FNAS Research and Innovation Committee (RIC): 10:00-13:00 Meeting: FNAS Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC): 14:00-16:00 Meeting: FTHE Research Ethics Committee (REC) – 10:00 – 13:00 *2026 Media and OCB Awards Shavuot |
|
Fri |
22 |
*Ceremonies: Graduation VC - 10:00 Meeting: Investment Committee – 09:00 – 13:00 Shavuot |
|
Sat |
23 |
Shavuot |
|
Sun |
24 |
Declaration of the Báb Pentecost |
|
Mon |
25 |
Meeting: FHUM Faculty Management Committee (FMC) - 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: FEDU Faculty Management Committee (FMC) - 10:00-13:00 Meeting: FLAW Faculty Management Committee (FMC) - 09:00-13:00 Meeting: Remuneration Committee (RemCom) – 14:00 – 16:30 |
|
Tue
|
26 |
Meeting: AnimalProd Meeting: Transformation Oversight Committee (TOC) – 10:00 - 13:00 Meeting: FTHE OHS 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: Research Data Gatekeeper Committee (RDGC) - 14:00 – 16:00 Meeting: Mahikeng Campus SHE Committee |
|
Wed |
27 |
Meeting: NWU-AnimCareREC Meeting: Finance Committee 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: Social and Ethics Committee (SEC) – 14:00 – 16:30 Eid al-Adha |
|
Thu |
28 |
Meeting: Technology and Information Governance Committee (TIGov) – 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting: Senate – 14:00 – 17:00 Meeting: FTHE OHS -10:00 – 13:00 |
|
Fri |
29 |
Meeting: EMS REC Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh |
|
Sat |
30 |
|
|
Sun |
31 |
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