The IKS Centre host the Bachelor of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (BIKS) which is a unique, professional four years degree approved by the NWU Senate, Institutional Committee for Academic Standards (ICAS), South African Qualification Authority (SAQA), Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Council for Higher Education.

The Bachelor of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, a degree that streamlines all aspects of local knowledge and teaches them as a consolidated curriculum, is an initiative from North-West University, the Universities of Limpopo and Venda, all in South Africa, and the National Indigenous Knowledge Systems Office in the South African government’s Department of Science and Technology.