#MyNWU – your place of study and of rest!

As the saying goes, “home is where the heart is”. We guarantee that the NWU will have a special place in your heart in no time. That’s why we offer our students a huge variety of accommodation – both on and off-campus. We are eager to help you find the perfect home away from home!

At the NWU, Residence Services is responsible for the smooth operation of housing and residences on each of the NWU campuses in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom, and Vanderbijkpark.

We also guarantee a safe, hygienic, and well-maintained residence environment that promotes learning. Campus housing will play a big part throughout your university experience. To our students, residences are the heartbeat of campus life. Your residence will become “home” very quickly. It is a place where friendships are shaped and strengthened, where cultural differences are discovered and treasured.

Mafikeng Campus

There are 11 residences at the Mahikeng Campus, housing a total of 3 000 students. Each of these buildings also has internet access.

The following residences provide accommodation to first-year students:

Male & Female Residences	Female-Only Residences	Male-Only Residences
Biko House	Dr Nelson Mandela 1	Dr Nelson Mandela 2
Mbada	Ngaka Modiri Molema	Dr James Moroka
Sol Plaatje	Sedibeng	Khayelitsha
Lost City	Hopeville	Kgosi Dick Montshioa

For more information about housing on the Mafikeng Campus, contact Freedom Gwele on 018 389 2923 or 23262559@nwu.ac.za.

Potchefstroom Campus

Several different types of campus housing are available on the Potchefstroom campus. These comprise campus residences, town residences, and private accommodation.

Campus residences:

There are 11 women’s residences and nine men residences on campus.

Female Residences	Male Residences
Eikenhof	Caput
Heide	Excelsior
Huis Republiek	De Wilgers
Karlien	Hombré
Kasteel	Laureus
Klawerhof	Over de Voor
Minjonet	Patria
Oosterhof	Ratau Lebone
Vergeet-My-Nie	Veritas
Wag-‘n-Bietjie
Wanda

Town residences:

You might be wondering what the difference is between a town residence and a campus residence… Well, students who live in rooms, apartments, cottages, or their parents’ places instead of in on-campus residences, still take part in the organized student life activities by joining one of our “town residences”.

These organisations are structured exactly the same as campus residences, except for the fact that its members don’t necessarily share the house they live in.

Women:  ●   Bellatrix ●   Dinki ●   LaVaria

Male Residences:  ●   Heimat ●   Thaba-Jäh ●   Villagers

Rugby students:

• Pukdorp offers comfortable accommodation located on the Potchefstroom campus. Apartments have between two and nine bedrooms, and each comes with its own kitchen and bathroom.
• Soetdorings is convenient accommodation within walking distance of the Fanie du Toit sport terrain, HPI gymnasium, and the Potchefstroom campus.

Both Soetdorings and Pukdorp have been taking part in organised residence life at the NWU for the past five years.

Senior Students:

• Oppirif is a senior residence located on the NWU Potchefstroom campus. Consisting of 42 blocks – six units with two single rooms in each unit – Oppirif houses 504 students.

For general enquiries about accommodation on the Potchefstroom campus, contact Caro Bamberger on 018 299 1188 or caro.bamberger@nwu.ac.za.

Due to space restrictions, on-campus housing isn’t always available to all students on the Potchefstroom campus. For this reason, many students make use of private accommodation. To make the house hunt a little easier, this campus founded an imitative that assists you in finding the perfect private accommodation. More than 75% of the students studying at the Potchefstroom campus have to pass by three other universities to get to Potchefstroom. This means that their parents cannot necessarily make the time to find suitable accommodation for their children. Pukki Accommodation takes care of this problem by means of a quality-controlled and easily accessible system – a website and an office on campus. Contact them on 018 100 0040 or visit www.nwupukkiverblyf.co.za for more information.

Vanderbijlpark Campus

This campus offers its students 12 residences, of which five are located on campus, and five are in the Vanderbijlpark area. The two day residences are for students who live at home, but drive to campus every day.

Female-Only Residences	Male and Female Residences
Jasmyn	Bohlale Village
Acacia (Day Residence)	Ebukhosini Village
	Faranani
Male-Only Residences	Kumba
Vergelegen	Longfellow Village
Oryx (Day Residence)	Moahi Village
	Thuthuka

For postgraduate students:

• Horizon residence offers modern accommodation to 84 post-graduate students and post-doctoral fellows on campus. Accommodation comprises several two-bedroom units located in separate blocks for men and women.

For more information on the Vanderbijlpark Campus’s accommodation options, contact Karin Venter on 016 910 3308 / 016 910 3050 or Venter.Karin@nwu.ac.za.