Although a new set of General Academic Rules (commonly know as the A Rules) was approved in November 2023, not all of the new rules are operational yet:

Effective from 01 January 2024    

  • Section 1: General provisions Rules 1.1 to 1.8
  • Section 2: Provisions for undergraduate qualifications Rule 2.1 and Rule 2.2
  • Section 3: Provisions for the bachelor honours degree and the postgraduate diploma Rule 3.1 and Rule 3.2
  • Section 4: Provisions for general and professional master’s degrees Rule 4.2, Rule 4.3, Rule 4.4 and Rule 4.5
  • Section 5: Provisions for research and professional doctoral degrees Rule 5.2 and Rule 5.5.

Effective from 01 January 2025    NWU General Academic Rules fully effective

The ‘old’ A Rules  dealing with termination of studies are thus still in force.

Faculties

Economic and Management Sciences

Undergraduate
Postgraduate (Honours, Masters, PhD)

Education

Undergraduate (phasing out)

Engineering

Humanities

Law

Health Sciences

Undergraduate
Postgraduate

Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Undergraduate
Postgraduate

Theology