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 Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Systems (Match) at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor and Director of the Clinical HIV Research Unit at the Department of Medicine in the Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand
Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting Researcher, Network Society Lab, Journalism and Media Programme, University of the Witwatersrand
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Emerita in Sociology and Honorary Research Professor in SWOP, University of the Witwatersrand
Post-doctoral researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior researcher in health policy and systems and part-time lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Director of the Centre for Health Policy , University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor of Ecology, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
Head of Transplants at Donald Gordon Medical Centre, University of the Witwatersrand
Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD student in the school of public health, University of the Witwatersrand
Lecturer in Osteoarchaeology, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Reader, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
Researcher - African Security - One Earth Future Foundation, University of the Witwatersrand
Principal Pathologist, Centre for Emerging, Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and Wits Research Institute for Malaria, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Doctoral Researcher at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Dinosaur Paleontology, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer in Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate professor, University of the Witwatersrand
Research associate, History Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Researcher: Climate and Inequality, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Researcher in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Director at Donald Gordon Medical Centre, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Division at Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Associate: Social-Ecological Systems scientist, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD Candidate, FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town and Research Fellow, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Finance & Deputy Head of School, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
Researcher, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Education and Mathematics Education, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor in Physiology, Chair of Science Committee, South African Society for Sleep and Health, Member of the World Sleep Society, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Researcher, Society Work and Politics Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand
Public Health Medicine Specialist, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD student in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor: Health and Population Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary professor in the School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate professor, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand