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University of the WitwatersrandJohannesburg. 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 ...
World Integrated Trade Solution. 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 ...
The gold rush saw massive development of Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand, and the area today is the prime metropolitan area of South Africa. One consequence of the gold rush was the construction of the first railway lines in this part of Africa. As a result of the rapid development of the goldfields on the Witwatersrand in the 1880s and the ...
These are the former and current vice-chancellors and principals (positions which have been merged since 1948 [1] ), and chancellors of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg .
The School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering is one of seven schools in the University of the Witwatersrand 's Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment. [1] The School offers 4-year undergraduate degrees and post-graduate degrees in chemical [2] and metallurgical engineering.
The Wellsite Information Transfer Specification (WITS) is a specification for the transfer of drilling rig -related data. This petroleum industry standard is recognized by a number of companies internationally and is supported by many hardware devices and software applications. [citation needed] WITS is a multi-layered specification: Though ...
Witwatersrand. Witpoortjie Falls in the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, formerly the Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens. Waterfalls like this, cascading over a 56-kilometre-long (35 mi) quartzite ridge in Gauteng gave rise to the name “Witwatersrand”, which means “white water ridge” in Afrikaans. Highest point.
Origins Richard Wang (MIT) 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 (MIT), Veda Storey (Georgia State University), Diane Strong ...