School of Mathematics

The School of Mathematics, within the Faculty of Science at Johannesburg’s University of the Witwatersrand, offers Majors in Mathematics under the faculties of Science and Humanities, and as part of the Bachelor of Economic Science in the Commerce faculty. We have Honours, Masters and Doctoral programmes which attract students from across the African continent.

Mathematics is the quantitative and logic structure that forms the basis of all analytical science. Such analytical reason also forms the base of modern economics and finance.

The School has active research programmes in functional analysis, number theory, combinatorics, graphs theory, topological groups, differential operators and partial differential equations. Most of our graduates work in the financial sector, in mathematical finance and in the building of mathematical / statistical models of market and consumer behaviour.

Undergraduate students should apply to Wits’ School of Mathematics through Central Admissions, while postgraduate students should contact our Postgraduate Coordinator, Professor Anne Love, on Anne.Love@wits.ac.za. The School's administrative offices are located in the West Annex of Central Block (CBW401) on the East Campus of the University.

For all correspondences:

• Written: School of Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa
• Telephone: 27-11-717-6200
• Facsimile: 27-11-717-6259
• Email: info@maths.wits.ac.za
• Map & Directions : We are located on the second floor of Central Block, East campus. For a map to Central Block click here

Are you interested in POSTGRADUATE studies in Mathematics? Download the following pdf documents to find out more:

• Mathematics Postgraduate Information (booklet 1 on graduate studies).
• Postgraduate Topics in Mathematics (booklet 2 on graduate studies).

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