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The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg ( / vətˈvɑːtəsrɑːnt / ), commonly known as Wits University or Wits, is a multi-campus public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg, South Africa. The university has its roots in the mining industry, as do Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand in general.
University of Witwatersrand. Zeblon Zenzele Vilakazi FRS (born 3 April 1969) has been Vice Chancellor of the Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa since 1 January 2021. [1] Professor Vilakazi is a nuclear physicist. [2] [3] Prior to his promotion, he was Vice-Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Postgraduate Studies.
The Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS) was launched in 2014 and is based in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). Initially started as Intercultural and Diversity Studies of Southern Africa (iNCUDISA) at the University of Cape Town, WiCDS was then established at Wits in 2014 and aims to build capacity to meet the challenges of diverse societies ...
An aerial view of East Campus from the north of the campus. The campuses of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg contain a number of notable buildings. There are five campuses: East Campus and West Campus are located in Braamfontein on opposite sides of the M1 highway, while the Education Campus and the Medical and Management schools are located in Parktown.
Elisabeth Eybers, poet. Eric Fernie, art historian. Ernest Fleischmann (1924–2010), executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Ernst Oswald Johannes Westphal, linguist, expert in Bantu and Khoisan languages. Ezekiel Mphahlele, writer and academic. Ferial Haffajee, editor of the City Press; former editor of The Mail and Guardian in ...
Within 10 years, the town was the largest in South Africa, growing faster than Cape Town, which was more than 200 years older. The gold rush saw massive development of Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand, and the area today is the prime metropolitan area of South Africa.
Website. www .wits .ac .za /science. The Faculty of Science is one of the faculties of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, located in TW Kambule Mathematical Sciences Building on West Campus. The Dean of the Faculty is Professor Nithaya Chetty. [1] The Faculty offers undergraduate Bachelor of Science (BSc) degrees, and ...
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University. / 25.61889°S 28.02278°E / -25.61889; 28.02278. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University ( SMU; Afrikaans: Die Mediese Universiteit van Suid-Afrika) is a medical university in Ga-Rankuwa, Gauteng Province, South Africa. [1] Its current incarnation was formed on 1 January 2015.