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.
Director of the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics and Adjunct Professor and Head of Department of Bioethics at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting Lecturer and Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting Adjunct Professor, Public and Development Management School, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor at the Wits Institute for Social & Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand
Head of the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Director: Child & Adolescent Health at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Fellow, Centre for African Ecology, University of the Witwatersrand
Deputy Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and a member of the joint staff, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Finance & Insurance, University of the Witwatersrand
Director of Implementation Science, Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Project Manager, International Rock Art Collaboration, Rock Art Research Institute, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand