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The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (abbreviated as PU for CHE) was a South African university located in Potchefstroom. Instruction was mainly in Afrikaans. In 2004, the university was merged with other institutions to create the North-West University.
- 29 November 1869; 153 years ago
- 12000 (in 2000)
- In U lig (Afrikaans) Translated: In Thy light
The NWU offers more than just an education: it offers people a place in the world. It has eight faculties, two campuses, and a vibrant student life with a mascot, Eagi, that symbolises success, aspiration, and ethics.
The NWU was established on 1 January 2004 through the merger of two universities with very different histories, personalities and cultures: the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the University of the North-West.
The historically white university was the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, whose students were mostly white Afrikaans people from Christian backgrounds. A third party was the Sebokeng Campus of another mainly black university, Vista, whose staff and students were incorporated.
The Campus Registrar North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) Private Bag X6001 2520 POTCHEFSTROOM, RSA Undergraduate, Honours and Diplomas Tel: (018) 299-4217/2635/2642/4047 Fax: (018) 293-5280/5205 E-mail: Toelatings-AdmissionsPotch@nwu.ac.za. VAAL TRIANGLE CAMPUS.
The network began in 1975 at a South African conference hosted by then-named Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education. In subsequent years, faculty and administrative leaders from member institutions met for global gatherings in Hungary, Korea, Nicaragua, North America, and Zambia.
Higher Education Act: Merger of Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and University of North-West | South African Government.
