University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
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Founded 1896 as School of Mines at Kimberley. Incorporated in Transvaal Technical Institute 1904, renamed South African School of Mines and Technology 1910. Became University College 1920 and University 1922. An autonomous institution receiving financial support from the State.
Funding:
Public
Grades 4
Languages 1
Divisions 5
- Commerce, Law and Management Faculty
- Engineering and the Built Environment FacultyFields of study: Architecture and Planning, Metallurgical Engineering, Power Engineering, Mining Engineering, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Construction Engineering, Software Engineering, Automation and Control Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Health Sciences FacultyFields of study: Pathology, Anatomy, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Health Education, Physiology, Public Health, Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine
- Humanities FacultyFields of study: Demography and Population, Human Rights, Heritage Preservation, Labour and Industrial Relations, Portuguese, Italian, Writing, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Film, Translation and Interpretation, Art History, Spanish, Development Studies, Anthropology, German, Linguistics, International Relations, Media Studies, Theatre, French, Journalism, Music, Fine Arts, Sociology, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Literature, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Political Sciences, History, Education, English
- Science Faculty
Requirements
- Admission details: Matriculation Certificate or certificate of exemption issued by the Matriculation Board
Short online courses 15
- Academic writing for clarity and meaning
- Activism and Citizen Journalism through Media
- Decolonising Evaluation
- Digital Transformation and the IT Team
- Forced and Precarious Labor in the Global Economy: Slavery by Another Name?
- Introduction to Stewart’s Model of Physiological Acid-Base Chemistry.
- Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Africa
- Mining for Development: The Taxation Linkage
- Postgraduate Academic Literacy for Management and Business Students
- Research Methods: An Engineering Approach
- Results-Based Project Management: Monitoring and Evaluation
- Root Canal Preparation
- System Dynamics for Health Sciences
- Theory of Change for Development
- What do Architects and Urban Planners do?
