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.
Project Coordinator, Wits Justice Project, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD - Wildlife Conservation Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand
Emeritus Research Professor of African Ecology, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand
Researcher and PhD Candidate at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate professor, Finance, University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting Associate, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Researcher in African Quaternary Archaeology and Hominin Palaeoecology (University of Cambridge and University of the Witwatersrand), University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
Lecturer, Geography and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Sessional Lecturer, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Comparative and Evolutionary Neurobiology, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Professor and DST/NRF SARChI Chair of Virus-Host Dynamics, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, CAPRISA Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Emeritusin the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor emeritus, University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting Adjunct Professor at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Researcher, Public health law, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor, School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor, Department of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand
Poet and lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics at Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand
Centennial Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Architecture and Planning, Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Head, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand
Environmental Scientist, University of the Witwatersrand
Researcher at the Centre for Health Policy and PhD candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Economics and Public Finance, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
Research chair, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Associate at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Researcher at Mandela Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary Senior Researcher in the MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand
Chief Researcher: Gauteng City-Region Observatory, Wits University and University of Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand
Chief Scientist of PAST, the Palaeontogical Scientific Trust, University of the Witwatersrand
Acting Director of the Global Change Institute (GCI), University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
Wits School of Governance's Chair in Public Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Finance & Insurance, University of the Witwatersrand
Executive Director: Gauteng City-Region Observatory, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Fellow, African Art Centre, University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting Adjunct Professor, African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
Director: Wits Centre for Astrophysics; SKA Chair in Radio Astronomy, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology, University of the Witwatersrand
Distinguished Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor of Art History and Deputy Head of the Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor and Dean of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand
Director Rural Health Advocacy Project, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Manager, University of the Witwatersrand
Lecturer South African Sign Language, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Fellow, Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD Candidate, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand