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The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, also known as Wits University, is a leading, internationally-ranked, research-intensive university located in Johannesburg, South Africa, the economic heartland of Africa. Committed to academic and research excellence and social justice, Wits generates high level scarce skills for a globally competitive world, while addressing local social and economic development. At the forefront of a changing society, Wits is a social leader, dedicated to advancing the public good.
Wits is known for its work in deep level mining, science, health sciences, accountancy, law, governance, and the humanities, amongst others. It houses five faculties which comprise 34 schools. Wits offers approximately 3 600 courses to about 32 500 full-time students, of whom about a third are postgraduate and 55% are female. Almost 65% of all doctoral candidates and about half of all enrolments are in the Science, Engineering and Technology fields. Wits has developed about 130 000 graduates in its 93 years of existence. It has a proud record in that about 87% of all publications are in accredited international journals.
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Lecturer in the School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Scientist and Honorary Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Head of School of Economic & Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Epidemiologist, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoc in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Distinguished Professor, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, Centre for Indian Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in the School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
