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.
Lecturer in Directing & Writing in Film/TV, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer (Academic Development), University of the Witwatersrand
Director of the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate lecturer, PhD candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Student area of expertise unplanned pregnancy and father absence, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD Candidate (Biological Anthropology), University of the Witwatersrand
Postdoctoral Fellow, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Group Leader: Next-generation Vaccines, Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
Postdoctoral Researcher at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Public Health and DST/NRF Research Chair., University of the Witwatersrand
Associate professor, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior lecturer and Health Economist, School of Economics and Finance, Wits University, University of the Witwatersrand
Adjunct professor, University of the Witwatersrand
SARChI/Newton Research Professor in Political Theory, Wits and Cambridge, University of the Witwatersrand
Director: Child & Adolescent Health at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
post-doctoral research consultant, PRICELESS-SA, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior lecturer at the Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD Scholar, Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand
Distinguished Professor, Public Health and Medical Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
Distinguished Professor, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand
Music lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Research associate, SAMRC Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD Fellow based at the Wits City Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor at the Wits Research Institute for Malaria in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Co-Director of the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab, University of the Witwatersrand
Deputy Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and a member of the joint staff, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Associate in Compassion, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
Researcher and founder member of the History Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand
Lecturer in Economics, University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting associate, University of the Witwatersrand
Medical Scientist at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Research Associate at CAPRISA; Research Professor in the School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary Professor, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD candidate in Literature, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Evolutionary Studies Institute (ESI), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg., University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
Lecturer in Economics, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Researcher: NRF South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Psychology and Assistant Dean of Research: Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
Science Communication Officer, GENUS, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
Reader in Population and Public Health, MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Research fellow, African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand
Reader and Senior Scientist at the Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
Computational Social Scientist, University of the Witwatersrand
Former Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand