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.
Visiting Researcher, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Studies of Economies of Africa in Nigeria. , University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting Professor at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Lecturer, School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Associate at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and at a research unit on Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM), University of the Witwatersrand
Researcher, SAMRC/Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science- PRICELESS SA, University of the Witwatersrand
Lecturer, Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
Lecturer: Journalism and Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
NRF/British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the SA-UK Bilateral Chair in Political Theory, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Director and Researcher at the Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU), University of the Witwatersrand
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
Post-Doctoral Fellow with South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
Visiting Researcher, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate professor, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Chair of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies, Adjunct Professor in the School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
Honorary Lecturer in Family Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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
Senior clinical educator, department of family medicine, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor, School of Physiology; Director, Brain Function Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior lecturer, Linguistics, University of the Witwatersrand
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Clinical Psychologist, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, University of the Witwatersrand
Head: Science Teaching and Learning Centre, Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand
Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
Lecturer in the School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Researcher, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Researcher at History Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand
Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Manager: Wealth Inequality, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD Candidate, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
Deputy Director of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand
Academic Head of Department : Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Researcher, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science, PRICELESS SA, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, English, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Software Engineering, School of Electrical & Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand
Emeritus Professor of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor at the Wits Research Institute for Malaria in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Head of the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand
Post-doctoral Fellow NRF Chair: Local Histories, Present Realities, University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Advisor: Science Enterprises, University of the Witwatersrand
Emeritus Professor, School of Anatomical Sciences, faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD Candidate Invasive Species Management, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
PhD candidate Development Economics, School of Economics and Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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