Sol Plaatje University continues to expand its infrastructure so that it can meet its goal to accommodate over 7,000 students in the medium term.

NAS academic building on Central Campus

Planned on Central Campus for occupation at the beginning of 2020 is the NAS Academic Office Building which includes a 165 seater raked auditorium and offices for the Head of School and Heads of Departments.

It is expected that by mid-2020, the NAS Applied Sciences Building will be available. This building contains on the ground and first floor, two 320 seater raked auditoriums, two 180 seater raked auditoriums and four 90 seater classrooms which will increase the generic classroom options substantially.

Student Dining Rooms to be built

Once the contractor has completed this building, he will proceed to a Student Dining Room which will be open from 07:00 until 21:30 in order to provide meals for those in Student Housing in South Campus and adjacent properties.

For more about SPU’s infrastructure, go to http://localhost/spu/index.php/infrastructure/

Arts Block to be ready in the middle of 2020

Also expected to be ready in the middle of 2020 is the Arts Block, designed for both Humanities and Education.

This building includes facilities for the Education Foundation Phase and Humanities Heritage South Campus will see the building of an iconic concrete building, housing all the bulk storage water requirements, potable water, fire water, grey-water and associated filtration and pumping systems.

Also included are the standby-generator, LV Metering and the chillers for TABS (Thermal Activated Building System).

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Call for nominations to serve on the Sol Plaatje University Council

Sol Plaatje University (SPU) was established in 2013 and commenced its academic programmes in 2014 and plays an important role, both locally, in the Northern Cape, and nationally.  The University Council governs the University in terms of the Higher Education

African Languages Connect Scholarship, Education And Community Knowledge

Sol Plaatje University (SPU) brought scholars, education officials, language practitioners, students and community knowledge holders together for its second African Languages Symposium, held at the South Campus on 25 September 2026. Hosted by the Department of Human Sciences Teaching in the