The Wits School of Architecture and Planning is engaged with the challenges of design and development in the dynamic African City of Johannesburg and beyond.
The School's core activity is the provision of an excellent learning environment towards accredited professional degrees in architecture and in planning, and towards qualification in related fields such as housing, urban design and wider urban studies.
History
The Department of Architecture was one of the original departments of the University of Witwatersrand (Wits), which was founded in 1922. The department was led for its first decades by Professor GE Pearse, architect and researcher, whose name is remembered in one of the School's student scholarships. Since its inception, the Department of Architecture (now School of Architecture and Planning) has been located on main campus, on the edge of downtown Johannesburg, centre of the Gauteng city region of about 10 million people today. read more...
Degrees offered (subject to change)
Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) 3 year undergraduate degree
Bachelor of Architectural Studies Honours (BAS(Hons)) - a one year honours degree after a year of practical experience
Master of Architecture Professional (MArch(Prof))- one year Masters degree by coursework - full professional degree
Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning (BScURP) first 3 year degree
Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Honours follows BScURP - one year degree - full professional degree
Master of Science in Development Planning - two year full professional degree following undergraduate first degree
Master of Science in Housing - 16 month degree following four year undergraduate degree
