eduroam allows the user from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity when visiting other participating institutions by signing on with their institutions credentials." source: www.eduroam.org

Watch this video that explains how eduroam works.

1. Email addresses are created as being NWUnumber@nwu.ac.za and can be personalised (follow infographic steps to learn more), to name.surname@nwu.ac.za Use these guides as a reference and if your last name has changed or has been spelled incorrectly.  To achieve this: Click here to go to the website
2. Kindly be mindful that signing out of Teams and then signing back in is necessary for the modification to become active. Refer to the infographic for step-by-step instructions.
3. Guests: Guest registrations cannot personalize their email addresses by default. They must be granted the same rights as staff by the service desk.

Note:  If you do this at home, a VPN connection is required.

During the registration period at NWU a default password is created for each staff member and student. Your primary password is either your ID number or passport number followed by @Nwu, e.g., 12345667890123@Nwu
For international students (including students from Namibia) this password consist of passport number followed by @Nwu, e.g., 123456789@Nwu

ATT: Staff & Students - this primary password will expire within two weeks. Therefore please change your default password before then.

For password holders that have already registered

Your password will be the same for all CAS systems (e.g., eFundi, e-mail, MS Office 365 suite.  This is NOT your Student Enagement Portal password (mysis-nwu.ac.za) that is used for registrations. To change your Student Engagement Portal password please visit Change Student Engagement Portal password

If you password expires (after 90 days), you will have to reset your password by clicking on change password, or if you have forgotten your password click on forgotten password.