UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

Faculties and Schools

Wits University is an urban, comprehensive university which has a distinctive capacity to contribute to the reconstruction and development of South Africa through research and the production of skilled, critical and adaptable graduates. The University is structured into five Faculties which comprise 34 Schools.
See the University Calendar for rules and syllabuses for each faculty


Faculties Schools

Commerce, Law & Management
Dean: Prof. Nqosa Mahao
Tel: 27 11 717 8011

Accountancy
Economic & Business Sciences
Law
WitsPlus (BCom)
Graduate School of Business Administration (Wits Business School)
Graduate School of Public & Development Management

   
Engineering & the Built Environment
Executive Dean: Prof. Beatrys. M. Lacquet
Tel: 27 11 717 7000

Architecture & Planning
Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

Civil & Environmental Engineering
Construction Economics & Management
Electrical & Information Engineering
Mechanical, Industrial & Aeronautical Engineering
Mining Engineering
   

Health Sciences
Dean: Prof. Ahmed Wadee
Tel: 27 11 717 2545

Anatomical Science
Clinical Medicine
Oral Health Sciences
Pathology
Physiology
Public Health
Therapeutic Sciences
Centre for Health Science Education
Centre for Postgraduate Studies and Research Office .
   

Humanities
Dean: Prof. Tawana Kupe
Tel: 27 11 717 4000

Wits School of Arts
Wits School of Education
Humanities Graduate Centre
Human & Community Development
Literature & Language Studies
Social Sciences
WitsPlus (BA for the World of Work)

   
Science
Dean: Prof Andrew Crouch
Tel: 27 11 717 6000

Biological and Life Sciences
Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences
Molecular & Cell Biology

Physical Sciences
Chemistry
Physics

Earth Sciences
Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies
Geosciences

Mathematical Sciences
Computational & Applied Mathematics
Computer Science
Mathematics
Statistics & Actuarial Science