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Contents. University of the Witwatersrand. 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 ...
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.
The University of the Witwatersrand was founded in 1904 as the SA School of Mines from the original 1896 Kimberley School of Mines. It moved to Johannesburg in 1904 after the second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) and became an autonomous university with its own charter and statute in 1922.
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The School hosts the Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies, a platform for urban research, learning and civic engagement.. In recent years the centre has focused on ’urban materialities’ and the place of the poor in South African cities, including how material realities of contemporary cities (their built environments at different scales, access to urban goods and central ...
Chancellors. The chancellor is the titular head of the university who, in the name of the university, confers all degrees. Prince Arthur of Connaught: 1922–1938 [4] Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr: 1939–1948 [4] Richard Feetham: 1949–1961 [4] Oliver Schreiner: 1962–1974 [4] Bertrand Leon Bernstein: 1975–1982 [4] Aanon Michael Rosholt: 1982–1996 [4]
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 postgraduate Honours ...
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