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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.
The World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) is a trade software provided by the World Bank for users to query several international trade databases.. WITS allows the user to query trade statistics (export, import, re-exports and re-imports) from the UN's repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables (UN COMTRADE), tariff and non-tariff measures data from ...
The building is named after Richard Ward (1891–1976) who left R1 million to Wits on his death. At the time, this was the largest amount left to the University. In 2013, the School started major upgrades and modernisation of the building, with budgeted plans to the value of R75 million. Renovations to date include:
East Campus is home to most of the more historic buildings at Wits. The Gavin Reilly Green on West Campus. When, in 1922, the University College, Johannesburg was granted full University status as the University of the Witwatersrand, a site in Milner Park in Braamfontein was donated to the new university by the Johannesburg municipality. [1]
Richard Wang and Sudha Ram (University of Arizona) started WITS in 1991.They co-chaired the first conference held in Boston on December 14–15, 1991. Also involved in the early conferences were Sal March (Vanderbilt University), Prabuddha De (Purdue University), Al Hevner (University of South Florida), Stuart Madnick (), Veda Storey (Georgia State University), Diane Strong (Worcester ...
Cephalometric analysis. Cephalometric analysis is the clinical application of cephalometry. It is analysis of the dental and skeletal relationships of a human skull. [1] It is frequently used by dentists, orthodontists, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons as a treatment planning tool. [2] Two of the more popular methods of analysis used in ...
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 ...
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 ...