North West University Application Form
North West University Application Form
North West University Application Form
www.nwu.ac.za
The North-West University (NWU) officially came into existence on 1 January 2004 following the merger of the University of North-West and the
Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the incorporation of the Sebokeng Campus of the Vista University.
The University consists of three campuses: The Potchefstroom Campus, Vaal Triangle Campus and Mafikeng Campus. The head
office and seat of the institutional management are located in Potchefstroom.
The NWU is a value-driven institution that promotes tolerance and respect for all perspectives and belief systems in order to
facilitate an environment conducive to teaching-learning, research and community service. The value system and practices of
the NWU will be driven by the values enshrined in the Constitution, especially human dignity, equality and freedom. This includes the
promotion of unity in diversity.
APPLICATION FEE
The prescribed application fee as determined annually by the Council is not refundable. The application form will only be
accepted for processing if accompanied by this application fee.
SELECTION
1. Provisional selection for all undergraduate applications can be done on the basis of the grade 11 final examination marks (not
symbols) if the applicant has not yet matriculated, or on the basis of the matriculation symbols as indicated on the certificate.
2. The University reserves the right to require of candidates who have not obtained a specific average pass mark, to write an
additional selection test on the basis of which final consideration will be given to the application of such a candidate.
Following receipt of applications for admission, candidates will be informed as to whether they are expected to write the
selection tests and as to the date, time and venue.
3. Approval of applications further depends on post-school training and education and/or applicable work experience.
STUDENT NUMBER
Please note that the allocation of a student number does not necessarily mean that you have been accepted as a student.
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LANGUAGE POLICY
The Council of the North-West University (NWU), in concurrence with the Senate, will develop a language policy that will be
flexible, functional and that will promote multilingualism. The policy will promote accessibility, integration and a sense of
belonging. In line with this policy, each campus (i.e. Potchefstroom, Vaal Triangle and Mafikeng) will develop a campus language
plan, which will take into account the language requirements of students and the language realities at ground level. For more
information, please visit http://www.nwu.ac.za on the Internet.
IMPORTANT
Read the following instructions and information carefully before completing the form. Incomplete information can lead to
unnecessary delays in the processing of your application.
1. This application form should be completed by all who have not been registered at this University before or who have
interrupted their studies for a year or longer.
2. The following documents should accompany this application (only certified copies are accepted):
2.1. Undergraduate applicants:
- Matriculation certificate (if already matriculated) (certified copies are accepted);
- Academic record and certificate of conduct with regard to study at another tertiary institution (certified copies
are accepted);
- Copies of certificates obtained at another tertiary institution (certified copies are accepted);
- Identity document (certified copies are accepted);
- Vaccination certificate if the applicant suffers from the notifiable diseases tuberculosis (TB) or bacterial meningitis
(please refer to A3 on page 3 of this application form).
All copies should be certified.
NB: If any of the above documents have been issued in the maiden name of married applicant, a certified
copy of the marriage certificate should accompany this application.
4. The University reserves the right to refuse any application without supplying reasons for such a decision.
5. Population Group
Although this information is vital for statistical purposes, answering is optional.
NB: For further information with regard to the completion of the application form, consult the calendar or
information guides.
Policy documents, fees payable and financial rules and all other rules and regulations of the University (hereafter referred to as the
brochures) are available for purposes of information at http://www.puk.ac.za/oorsig/eng/index.html or at the office of the Dean
of Students, Joon van Rooy Building (building F1), Hoffman Street, Potchefstroom. The Institutional Statute of the University,
containing particular provisions with regard to students, degrees and discipline at student level, is available for purposes of
information at http://www.nwu.ac.za/gov-man/statute or at the office of the Campus Registrar, Joon van Rooy Building, (building
F1), Hoffman Street, Potchefstroom.
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A.1. APPLICATION FORM Student number:
A.1. APPLICATION FORM University number:
During which year do you intend to commence your study at this University? 2 0
During which year do you intend to commence your study at this University? 2 0
Campus Potchefstroom
Campus Potchefstroom
Have you been registered at this University before? Yes No
Have you been registered at this University before? Yes No
If yes, please supply student number First year of registration (e.g.1994)
If yes, please supply university number First year of registration (e.g.1994)
Method of learning that you will follow (mark with an x) (1) Full-time (2) Part-time (3) Web
Method of learning that you will follow (mark with an x) (1) Full-time (2) Part-time (3) Telematic (4) Web
(4) Corporation agreement, (e.g. Bible Colleges, Cedar, etc.)
(5) Corporation agreement, e.g. Bible Colleges, Cedar, etc. TL Study centre e.g. Secunda
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A.2. Qualification Qualification e.g. B.A. (Humanities) Qualification code Curriculum code
A.2. Qualification
Qualification that you wish to enrol for: Qualification e.g. B.A. (Humanities) Qualification code
Curriculum code
Qualification that you wish to enrol for: Qualification e.g. B.Com (Law) Qualification code Curriculum code
Second choice: Qualification e.g. B.Com (Taxation) Qualification code Curriculum code
Third choice:
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If not South African, please provide the following (mark applicable block):
B. CONTACT DETAILS
Home address
Postal code
Postal code
To whom should the account be sent? Father Mother Guardian Applicant personally Other
To which address should the account be sent? Home address Postal address Other
Please specify other.
Postal code
Name of school
Address of school
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D. POST-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Complete in reverse order (starting with the most recent) all tertiary academic work, including incomplete qualifications
(compulsory for evaluation purposes)
E. EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Please record your most recent positions of employment, starting with your current position(s):
Period Occupation Employer
From To
Year/Month Year/Month
F.1 Achievements in sport (Indicate your participation in with an X. However, if you have achieved any of the following,
use the applicable code instead of an X for the sport in question: P = Participation S = School colours PC = Provincial colours
I = International colours C = Club colours N = National colours.)
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F.3 Leadership achievements (mark with a cross where applicable)
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1. A deposit, as approved annually by Council, should accompany this application for admission to a residence, to make a placing possible.
2. The University will try to place students in the residence of their choice as far as possible. However, no guarantees in this regard can be given.
YOUR ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING
3. The University prefers that students stay in residences in order to help the students develop fully at all levels.
1. A deposit, as approved annually by the Council, should accompany this application for admission to a residence, to make a placing possible.
4. There are fixed study times in the residences, during which an academic atmosphere is maintained.
2. The University will try to place students in the residence of their choice as far as possible. However, no guarantees in this regard can be given.
5. For the welfare and security of students, as well as to maintain order and discipline in residences, each residence has a house master, a matron
3. The University prefers students to live in residences in order to help the students develop fully at all levels.
and a residence committee.
4. There are fixed study times in the residences, during which an academic atmosphere is maintained.
6. The residences are within walking distances from lecture halls.
5. For the welfare and security of students, as well as to maintain order and discipline in residences, provision is made for a housemaster, a
7. Full information regarding residence rules is contained in the Rules for Residents of Campus and Town Residences and is available from the
matron and a residence committee.
Dean of Students upon request. An official University publication entitled Fees Payable and Financial Regulations sets out financial obligations
6. The residences are within walking distances from lecture halls.
and rules. It will be mailed to applicants during November. Should you not receive it in the mail, you may request it from the Finance
7. Full information regarding residence rules is contained in the Rules for Residents of Campus and Town Residences and is available from the
Department at the University.
Dean of Students upon request. An official University publication entitled Fees payable and financial regulations sets out financial obligations
8. The University runs a computerised system which allow students to select their meals according to their budgets. Accounts are issued
and rules. It will be mailed to applicants during November. Should you not receive it in the mail, you may request it from the Finance
monthly and are payable within 30 days.
Department at the University.
9. The first payment of accommodation fees is made during registration, and the rest of the accommodation fee is payable in (5) five
8. The University runs a computerised system according to which students may take their meals according to their budgets. Accounts are rendered
monthly payments (from 31 March up to 31 July). Each payment should be made within 30 days of the account being issued.
monthly and are payable within 30 days.
10. Details about a dress code for each residence will be sent to applicants following the final placing in November.
9. Apart from the first payment of accommodation fees made during registration, the rest of the accommodation fee is payable in five (5) further
11. Students older than 25 are not placed in University residences.
monthly payments (from 31 March up to 31 July) and should be paid within 30 days of the account being rendered.
12. The University takes no responsibility for theft or damage to property of students.
10. Details about a dress code for each residence will be sent to applicants following the final placing in November.
13. I/we take notice that the University is a credit provider in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 and that any financial arrangement
11. Students older than 25 are not placed in University residences.
between the University and myself/the student which constitutes a credit transaction as contemplated in this Act, must be contained in a
12. The University takes no responsibility for theft or damage to property of students.
formal agreement that complies with the relevant statutory provisions. I hereby authorise the University to make any enquiries that
13. I/we take notice that the University is a credit provider in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 and that any financial arrangement
the University deems necessary in order to evaluate my/the students application for credit. If credit is granted, I/the student shall be obliged to
between the University and myself/the student which constitutes a credit transaction as contemplated in this Act, must be contained in a
conclude the required credit agreement with the University and to sign all documents in connection therewith.
formal agreement that complies with the relevant statutory provisions. I hereby give the University the right to make any enquiries that
the University deems necessary in order to evaluate my/the students application for credit. If credit is granted, I/the student shall be obliged to
I HEREBY GIVE CONSENT THAT MY CHILD MAY THE RESIDE IN A RESIDENCE AND I DECLARE THAT I AM FIMILIAR
conclude the required credit agreement with the University and to sign all documents in connection therewith.
WITH THE CONTENT OF THIS APPLICATION FORM.
I HEREBY GIVE PERMISSION THAT MY CHILD MAY ENTER THE RESIDENCE AND I HAVE FAMILIARISED MYSELF
WITH THE CONTENT OF THIS APPLICATION FORM.
SIGNATURE OF PARENT/GUARDIAN/SURETY/ SIGNATURE OF STUDENT
PERSON LIABLE FOR PAYMENT
SIGNATURE OF PARENT/GUARDIAN/SURETY/ SIGNATURE OF STUDENT
PERSON LIABLE FOR PAYMENT
NAME AND SURNAME (please print) NAME AND SURNAME (please print)
NAME AND SURNAME - Please print NAME AND SURNAME - Please print
ID number ID number
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H. KINSHIPS
Occupation Employer
Is your father an alumnus of NWU? Yes No Is your father a donor of NWU? Yes No
Home address
Postal code
Postal code
Work address
Postal code
Occupation Employer
Home address
Postal code
Postal code
Work address
Postal code
Work Tel. no. with area code Fax. no. with area code
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Particulars of Guardian
This section must only be completed by applicants who are supported in their application by a guardian and not by a parent.
Relationship ID
Surname Initials
Occupation Employer
Home address
Postal code
Postal code
Work address
Postal code
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DEPARTMENT UNDERGRADUATE AND DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTION SERVICES
HONOURS: STUDENT ADMISSIONS
All students are issued with student identity cards to enter All students are issued with student identity cards to enter
the library, for use of other facilities and for purposes of the library, for use of other facilities and for purposes of
identification during certain classes, examinations and on identification during certain classes, examinations and on
the computer network. This card is created on the basis of the computer network. This card is created on the basis of
the details provided below, so that the card can be issued the details provided below, so that the card can be issued
to you after registration. The card remains the property of to you after registration. The card remains the property of
the University and must be returned if you should suspend the University and must be returned if you should suspend
your studies. your studies.
* Two ID photographs of yourself should accompany * Two ID photographs of yourself should accompany
the first application for admission (undergraduate and the first application for admission (undergraduate and
postgraduate). postgraduate).
* These photographs are required for administrative * These photographs are required for administrative
purposes, and also to enable us to provide you with a purposes, and also to enable us to provide you with a
university identity card after registration. university identity card after registration.
* Please write your initials, surname, date of birth and * Please write your initials, surname, date of birth and
signature on the reverse side of the photographs. signature on the reverse side of the photographs.
* You are cordially requested to paste the ID * You are cordially requested to paste the ID
photographs in the frames below. photographs in the frames below.
Initials Initials
Surname Surname
These photographs remain the property of the NWU. These photographs remain the property of the NWU.
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Student number:
J. UNDERTAKING BY THE STUDENT (IF STUDENT IS UNDER AGE WE ALSO REQUIRE THE SIGNATURE OF PARENT OR
GUARDIAN.)
1. I declare that I/my son/daughter (hereinafter referred to as the student) have/has completed the form in full and that the details are true
and correct.
2. I would like the student to be placed in one of the Universitys residences as a resident student. If I/the student should require
urgent medical attention during my/the students stay in the residence, I authorise the housemaster or his delegate to call in
a practising physician or medical specialist. Should an emergency operation or other treatment be required, I authorise the
housemaster or his delegate to give the required written consent thereto on my/the students behalf. (Not applicable to distance
education students.)
3. I/we, the undersigned, will be responsible for the prompt payment of all and any money payable to the NWU in terms of my/
the students enrolment and/or association with the NWU, now and in future, as set out in more detail in the official University
brochures as determined and amended by the University Council from time to time. The contents of these brochures form the
basis of the financial agreement between the University and myself/us and are regarded to be incorporated in their entirety into
this agreement. I shall forthwith fax proof of every deposit/payment made by or on behalf of the student with regard to monies
paid into the Universitys bank account to enable the University to credit the students personal study account with the University.
4. I give permission that a student card may be issued to me/the student and I assume responsibility for all financial and other
transactions negotiated and entered into by means of such card. I also bind myself/the student to the prescribed rules with regard
to lost cards (the rules in question are provided when the card is issued and are available for purposes of information at the
office of the Dean of Students, together with the relevant brochure). University cards are issued to all students and are required
among others, for the use of sport and library facilities, dining halls, restaurants and for personal identification in some classes, at
examination venues and on the computer network. This card is issued on the basis of the details supplied by or on behalf of the
student so that the card can be issued to the student after registration. Among others, It is expected of the student to wear the
card visibly on his/her person and to treat it as a debit card. The card remains the property of the University and must be returned
when the student terminates his/her studies. Lost cards must be cancelled immediately at the Department of Protection Services
of the University.
5. I consent to the issuing of a computer user name to me/the student. I realise that the security of the password is the personal
responsibility of the student. I/the student bind myself to the rules for the use of the Universitys computer facilities as contained
in the relevant policy documents and brochures and I/the student accept(s) responsibility for all transactions done in the students
user name, including electronic mail and Internet access.
6. I understand that the University will at all times be entitled to summarily cancel my/the students registration should it become
apparent that the information supplied on this form is false or incorrect. I further understand that the University reserves the right
to cancel my/the students admission/registration in the event that I/the student was for any reason erroneously admitted to a
qualification.
7. If I/the student fail/fails to make payments on pre-determined due dates, and if the University, at the Universitys sole discretion
should hand over to attorneys any amount of monies for collection, I undertake to pay all costs whatsoever which may be due
and payable, including tracing fees, collection charges, advocates fees, and any expenses of whatever nature on an attorney-and-
own-client scale. Any fees payable by me/ the student will firstly be allocated to the aforementioned costs, thereafter to interest
and only then to the capital amount. A wage attachment order(s) may also immediately be issued against my/our employer(s) in
order to attach my/our salary/salaries or wage(s) in order to collect the outstanding amount as a whole or in instalments.
8. Any amount owing and payable to the University in terms of the Universitys financial rules as published in the brochure entitled
Fees Payable and Financial Rules, may be fixed and proven by means of a certificate issued and signed by an authorised official
of the University. Such a certificate shall be binding and will serve as prima facie proof of the extent and existence of such amount,
unless and until the contrary is proved.
9. I understand that this undertaking signed by me specifically refers to my/the students application for admission to the University
and/or application for continuation of studies at the University.
10. I hereby bind myself jointly and severally and in solidum together with the student to properly meet all conditions contained
herein.
11. These conditions will remain valid and in force for the full duration of my/the students enrolment as a student at the University
and thereafter until all commitments in terms hereof have been met.
12. I have satisfied myself as to and subject myself to all the rules and regulations contained in the brochures and in the Institutional
Statute of the University which form part of this agreement and/or as it may be amended from time to time.
13. Potchefstroom shall be regarded as the place where this agreement has come into existence, regardless of where it may have been
signed.
14. I hereby undertake to transfer to the University any intellectual property rights that may arise in the course and scope of the
studies and research of the student at the University. by signing the necessary documents. I understand that, in the case of any
commercial exploitation thereof, the University will remunerate me/the student in terms of the same policy that applies to staff of
the University.
15. I understand that the University will take all reasonable steps to prevent me/the student from being injured or prejudiced for any
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injury or damage, whether or not it is caused by the negligence of the University or any of its employees, or a fellow-student,
and I undertake not to institute any claims against the University in respect of such an injury or damage. I further undertake to
indemnify the University should the University incur any liability whatsoever pursuant to any negligent or other act or omission
by me/the student.
16. I /the student, my/his/her dependants, executors, administrators, and/or transferees hereby relinquish and indemnify the
University against any claim or damage of whatsoever nature which may arise on or outside the campuses of the University
during my/the students period of study at the University.
17. Do you currently own any amount of money to any tertiary institution in South Africa? Yes No
18. If the answer in above is YES, please indicate the name of the institution and the amount that is owed and attach all relevant
details.
Name of Institution: Amount owed:
NAME AND SURNAME (please print) NAME AND SURNAME (please print)
ID number ID number
1. I, the undersigned,
Identity number
hereby bind myself as surety and co-principal debtor in solidum (i.e.,for the full amount) for the due performance by the
student of all his/her financial obligations towards the University as set out in paragraph 3 of section J above.
I confirm that I understand the meaning of the term in solidum as explained in the paragraph above
2. I hereby renounce the benefits arising from the legal exceptions de duobus vel pluribus res debendi and ordinis seu
excussionis, and I confirm that I am aware of the legal effect of the above-mentioned renunciation, namely that it entails the
following:
2.1 duobus vel pluribus res debendi (the principle that a debtor is only liable for a portion of the amount payable): The
University can, in its discretion, claim full payment of all outstanding moneys owing to it from either the student or
from myself as surety or jointly from both of us.
2.2 ordinis seu excussionis (the principle taht a debtor is regarded as secondary and becomes liable only after the portion
owed by the main debtor had been collected): I shall not be entitled to force the University to proceed against the
student as principal debtor and to excuss him/her first before claiming performance from me as surety.
Signature Date Y Y Y Y M M D D
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L. OFFICE USE ONLY
YEAR: 20..........
ACCOMMODATION DEPOSIT
Signature: ____________________________________________
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