Registration

If you have not registered, please do so via the NWU registration page.

Re-registration

Re-registration must take place annually before 31 March (read more here). If students want to use their student cards, for example to access the Library, they need to register before 22 February of each year otherwise the cards will be deactivated. If you do not re-register in time, your study EXPIRES; with all the accompanying consequences. NWU considers that you’ve cancelled your own studies. Students who want to register after the re-registration date (31 March) will have to pay an additional fine.

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All students must be registered annually as provided in the General Academic Rules, the Statute of the North-West University and the relevant provisions of the Higher Education Act.

Ease your registration next year by paying your minimum payable fees early (December or January) into the University’s bank account.

Ensure your outstanding University account is fully settled, because you will not be permitted to register for next year if any fees for the year are still outstanding. Also take note that no respite will be granted for payment of the minimum fees. International students must pay the full amount for their proposed study and relevant costs in advance before registration can be finalised.

Find out more

Payable fees
https://services.nwu.ac.za/student-accounts-and-bursaries/payable-fees

NWU Bursaries
Studying takes hard work, but also requires funding. To finance your academic future, we have compiled a list of bursaries and loan schemes.

• NWU Honours Bursary
• NWU Masters Bursary
• NWU Doctoral Bursary
• NWU Postgraduate Merit Bursary

Request for financial arrangements
The request form can be completed when the examination took longer than prescribed or supervisor feedback took longer than indicated in the Manual for Higher Degree Studies.

M and PhD Representatives
Faculty representatives coordinate the administration of higher degrees within each faculty.  They will also be the people to support you with any queries regarding your studies, which you may have. 

Postgraduate Academic Yearbooks
NWU’s academic yearbooks provides a perfect overview about your studies. Find helpful information on your  faculty’s rules, academic literacy, and the calculation of module marks.

Life happens and sometimes studies need to be paused for personal or professional reasons. NWU’s postgraduate process makes provision for this; however, it is your responsibility to ensure that you are aware of the rules and regulations surrounding discontinuing your studies. Complete a STUDENT REQUEST FORM for this step.

Visit the postgraduate site, go to Master and Doctoral studies, select Important forms for M & D students and download the correct form.

Re-admission or extension of studies
See Student request form B about permission to be re-admitted after freezing of study or permission to extend longer than stipulated in the A-rules - full-time and part-time.

General Requests
See Student request form A for changing of campus, adding of modules or freezing of studies (delay for one year, versus completing after a long inactive period of e.g., two years).