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University of the Witwatersrand

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University of the Witwatersrand
public research university, university, public university
Year dem found am1896, 1922 Edit
Motto textScientia et Labore Edit
CountrySouth Africa Edit
Edey de administrative territorial entity insydJohannesburg Edit
Coordinate location26°11′27″S 28°1′49″E Edit
Get subsidiaryAgincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System, Faculty of Science, Witwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research, Origins Centre Edit
Owner ofVoice of Wits, Wits Vuvuzela Edit
Demma headquarters locationJohannesburg Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.wits.ac.za/ Edit
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De University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (/vətˈvɑːtəsrɑːnt/), commonly dem know as Wits University anaa Wits, be multi-campus public research varsity wey dey situate insyd de northern areas of central Johannesburg, South Africa. De varsity get ein roots insyd de mining industry, as do Johannesburg den de Witwatersrand in general. Dem found am insyd 1896 as de South African School of Mines insyd Kimberley,[1] ebe de third oldest South African varsity for continuous operation.[2]

De varsity get enrolment of 40,259 students as of 2018, of wich approximately 20 percent dey live for campus insyd de varsity ein 17 residences. 63 percent of de varsity ein total enrolment be for undergraduate study, plus 35 percent be postgraduate den de 2 percent wey remain be Occasional Students.[3]

History[edit | edit source]

Early years: 1896–1922[edit | edit source]

Dem found de varsity insyd Kimberley for 1896 insyd as de South African School of Mines. Ebe de third oldest South African varsity for continuous operation, after de University of Cape Town (dem found insyd 1829),[4] den Stellenbosch University (dem found insyd 1866).[5] Eight years later, for 1904 insyd, dem move de school go Johannesburg wey dem rename am de Transvaal Technical Institute. De school ein name change yet again insyd 1906 to Transvaal University College. For 1908 insyd, dem establish fresh campus of de Transvaal University College for Pretoria insyd. De Johannesburg den Pretoria campuses separate for 17 May 1910, each cam turn separate institution. Na dem reincorporate Johannesburg campus as de South African School of Mines and Technology, while de Pretoria campus remain de Transvaal University College til 1930 wen e cam turn de University of Pretoria.[6] Insyd 1920, dem rename de school de University College, Johannesburg.[6]

Growth den opposition to apartheid: 1959–1994[edit | edit source]

As de varsity continue dey grow (from mere 6,275 students insyd 1963, to 10,600 insyd 1975, to ova 16,400 by 1985), de expansion of de varsity ein campus cam turn imperative. Insyd 1964, de medical library den administrative offices of de Faculty of Medicine move go Esselen Street, insyd de Hillbrow district of Johannesburg. Insyd 1968, na dem gbele de Graduate School of Business insyd Parktown. Year later, de Ernest Oppenheimer Hall of Residence den Savernake, de fresh residence of de Vice-Chancellor (dey replace Hofmeyr House for de main campus top) na dem establish both, sanso dey insyd Parktown. Dat same year, dem gbele de Medical School ein fresh clinical departments.[6]

West Campus, formerly de Milner Park showgrounds, na Wits wey dem acquire am insyd 1984.
De Gavin Reilly Green for West Campus top.

Governance den administration[edit | edit source]

As set out insyd de Higher Education Act (Act No. 101 of 1997)[7] den insyd de Statute of de University of the Witwatersrand,[8] de varsity be govern by Council. De Chancellor of de varsity be de ceremonial head of de university wey, for de name of de varsity insyd, dey confer all degrees. Dem merge de positions of Principal den Vice-Chancellor, plus de Vice-Chancellor responsible for de day-to-day running of de varsity den accountable to Council. Council be responsible for de selection of all Vice-Chancellors, Deputy Vice-Chancellors den Deans of Faculty.[8]

De responsibility make dem dey regulata all teaching, research den academic functions of de varsity dey fall for Senate top. Additionally, dem dey represent de interests of de varsity ein students by de Students' Representative Council (SRC), wich sanso dey select representatives to Senate den Council.[8]

Academics[edit | edit source]

Research[edit | edit source]

Wits University be de home to 28 South African Research Chairs den six DST-NRF Centres of Excellence. Der be just more dan 423 NRF rated researchers, of whom 28 be 'international leading scholars' for dema research fields insyd, anaa so called A-rated researchers.[9] De varsity sanso get wide range of research entities wey dey include 10 national Centres of Excellence.[3]

Faculties[edit | edit source]

De varsity dey consist of five faculties: Commerce, Law den Management; Engineering den de Built Environment; Health Sciences; Humanities; den Science.

Commerce, Law, den Management[edit | edit source]

Dis Faculty currently dey offer various undergraduate den postgraduate degrees insyd accountancy, economics, management, den law. De faculty dey participate insyd de WitsPlus programme, part-time programme give students, wey edey base insyd de Commerce, Law den Management Building for West Campus top.

Reputation den ranking[edit | edit source]

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World 301–400 (2023)
QS World =264 (2024)
THE World 301–350 (2024)
USNWR Global =244 (2023)
Regional – Overall
QS BRICS 40 (2019)
THE Africa 2 (2021)
THE BRICS 11 (2020)
USNWR Africa 2 (2021)

Insyd 2019 na dem rank Wits 201–300 globally den 2nd nationally insyd de Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), commonly dem know am as Shanghai Ranking. Insyd de 2019/2020 Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) Wits dey rank 254 globally (top 1.3% insyd de world). Insyd de 2019 US News Best global Universities Rankings, na dem rank Wits 2nd insyd Africa den #197 globally plus Global score of 59.9. Wits rank #194 globally insyd de 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[3]

WITS Times Higher Education Ranking 2012 to 2024
Year World Rank
2024 301–350
2023 251–300
2022 251–300
2021 201–250
2020 194
2019 194
2018 251–300
2017 182
2016 201-250
2015 251-275
2014 226-250
2013 226-250
2012 251-275
[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Student demographics[edit | edit source]

University of de Witwatersrand Student Demographics
Ethnic Group 2017 % 2018 % 2019 % 2020 % 2021 %
African 21,663 56.44% 23,519 58.38% 24,128 59.01% 24,653 60.62% 26,103 61.89%
Chinese 154 0.40% 149 0.37% 142 0.35% 138 0.34% 128 0.30%
Coloured 1,490 3.88% 1,588 3.94% 1,623 3.97% 1,599 3.93% 1,643 3.90%
Indian 4,655 12.13% 4,703 11.67% 4,740 11.59% 4,604 11.32% 4,745 11.25%
White 6,719 17.51% 6,580 16.33% 6,362 15.56% 6,025 14.82% 5,872 13.92%
Undisclosed Race 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 0.00% 0 0.00%
International 3,699 9.64% 3,746 9.30% 3,895 9.53% 3,646 8.97% 3,684 8.74%
Total 38,380 40,285 40,890 40,667 42,175
University of de Witwatersrand Academic Staff Headcount
Ethnic Group 2017 % 2018 % 2019 % 2020 % 2021 %
African 176 15.80% 184 16.55% 203 17.70% 216 18.62% 226 19.25%
Chinese 4 0.36% 2 0.18% 2 0.17% 2 0.17% 2 0.17%
Coloured 54 4.85% 56 5.04% 56 4.88% 64 5.52% 69 5.88%
Indian 107 9.61% 106 9.53% 108 9.42% 112 9.66% 116 9.88%
White 484 43.45% 478 42.99% 484 42.20% 476 41.03% 455 38.76%
International 289 25.94% 286 25.72% 294 25.63% 290 25.00% 306 26.06%
Total 1,114 100% 1,112 100% 1,147 100% 1,160 100% 1,174 100%

Gender composition[edit | edit source]

De gender composition of de varsity be shown below.

Gender composition, 2018/2019 Percentage Total

number

Female 54.63% 21,994
Male 45.35% 18,257
Undisclosed 0.02% 8
Total 100% 40,259

Notable alumni den academics[edit | edit source]

  • Nandipha Magudumana, celebrity doctor
  • Motswedi Modiba, singer-songwriter.
  • John Burland, Professor of Soil Mechanics, Imperial College London. Well known give stabilizing The Leaning Tower of Pisa
  • Cheryl Cohen, alumna, professor den public health researcher
  • Jef Valkeniers, Doctor den Politician
  • Jonathan Drummond-Webb, pediatric cardiac surgeon
  • Tingye Li, optical communications pioneer

Nobel Prize Laureates[edit | edit source]

  • Aaron Klug, 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Nadine Gordimer, 1991 Nobel Prize insyd Literature
  • Nelson Mandela, wey attend buh no graduate from de varsity, 1993 Nobel Peace Prize
  • Sydney Brenner, 2002 Nobel Prize insyd Physiology anaa Medicine

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wits University Archived 28 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine, History and Heritage, retrieved 13 September 2019
  2. ↑ "SOUTH AFRICA: New university clusters emerge". University World News. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Important facts about Wits". University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. ↑ University of Cape Town Archived 27 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine, History introduction, retrieved 16 September 2019
  5. ↑ Stellenbosch University Archived 20 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Timeline, retrieved 16 September 2019
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Wits University Archived 28 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine , History of Wits, retrieved 13 September 2019
  7. ↑ "Higher Education Act (Act No, 101 of 1997)". Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Statute of the University of the Witwatersrand" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  9. ↑ Wits University Archived 30 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Leading Researchers, retrieved 30 September 2019
  10. ↑ "World University Rankings 2024 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "World University Rankings 2023 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "World University Rankings 2022 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "World University Rankings 2021 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "World University Rankings 2020 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  15. ↑ "World University Rankings 2019 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  16. ↑ "World University Rankings 2018 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  17. ↑ "World University Rankings 2018 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  18. ↑ "World University Rankings 2017 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  19. ↑ "World University Rankings 2016 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  20. ↑ "World University Rankings 2015 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  21. ↑ "World University Rankings 2014 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  22. ↑ "World University Rankings 2013 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  23. ↑ "World University Rankings 2012 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  24. ↑ "World University Rankings 2011 (South Africa)". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 October 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Yamashiro, Shin (2014). "American Sea Literature—on the Sea". American Sea Literature: Seascapes, Beach Narratives, and Underwater Explorations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 12–47. doi:10.1057/9781137463302_2. ISBN 978-1-349-49967-0. Online ISBN 978-1-137-46330-2. Print ISBN 978-1-349-49967-0.
  • The Golden Jubilee of the University of the Witwatersrand 1972 ISBN 0-85494-188-6 (Jubilee Committee, University of the Witwatersrand Press)
  • Wits: The Early Years : a History of the University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg and its Precursors 1896 – 1936 1982 Bruce Murray ISBN 0-85494-709-4 (University of the Witwatersrand Press)
  • Wits Sport: An Illustrated History of Sport at the University of the Witwatersrand 1989 Jonty Winch ISBN 0-620-13806-8 (Windsor)
  • Wits: A University in the Apartheid Era by Mervyn Shear (1996) ISBN 1-86814-302-3 (University of the Witwatersrand Press)
  • Wits: The "Open Years": A History of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1939–1959 1997 Bruce Murray ISBN 1-86814-314-7 (University of the Witwatersrand Press)
  • A Vice-Chancellor Remembers: the Memoirs of Professor G.R. Bozzoli 1995 Guerino Bozzoli ISBN 0-620-19369-7 (Alphaprint)
  • Wits Library: a Centenary History 1998 Reuben Musiker & Naomi Musiker ISBN 0-620-22754-0 (Scarecrow Books)

External links[edit | edit source]

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