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Learn about the history, governance, campuses, academics and notable alumni of Wits University, a public research university in Johannesburg, South Africa. Founded in 1896 as a mining school, it is the third oldest South African university and a leading institution of higher education.
Learn about the five campuses of Wits, a leading South African university, located in Braamfontein and Parktown. Find out the history, facilities and features of each campus, such as the Great Hall, Solomon Mahlangu House and the Origins Centre.
UJ is a public university in Johannesburg, South Africa, formed by the merger of Rand Afrikaans University, Technikon Witwatersrand and Vista University. It has over 50,000 students from 80 countries and offers a range of academic programmes and research opportunities.
Learn about the Faculty of Science, one of the faculties of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, located in TW Kambule Building on West Campus. The Faculty offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in various science disciplines and has nine schools.
SAFLII is a project that provides online access to legislation and case law from South Africa and other jurisdictions in the region. It was created in 2002 by the University of Witwatersrand and the Australasian Legal Information Institute, and is now hosted by the University of Cape Town.
WITS is a trade software by the World Bank that queries several international trade databases, such as UN COMTRADE, UNCTAD, and WTO. It provides summary statistics, trade indicators, tariff analysis, and global value chain analysis for countries and products.
UNISA is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment, with over 400,000 students from 130 countries. It offers both vocational and academic programmes, many of which have international accreditation, and has a history dating back to 1873.
The University Wits were a group of late 16th-century writers who were educated at Oxford or Cambridge and became popular secular writers. They are credited with creating the first powerful dramas in English, using blank verse and heroic themes, and preparing the way for Shakespeare.