The North-West University (NWU) is a public research university located on three campuses in Potchefstroom, Mahikeng and Vanderbijlpark in South Africa.
The head offices of the university are located on the Potchefstroom campus. With its merged status, the North-West University became one of the largest universities in South Africa with the third largest student population in the country.
The universities that merged to form this institution are the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the University of North-West. The Potchefstroom University already had a Vanderbijlpark branch.