Facts about Wits
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Student enrolments (2016): 37 374
- female: 54.67%
- black South African 54.47%
- postgraduate: 33.86%
- international: 9.78%
Full-time permanent academic staff: 1125
Number of courses offered: 3610
Increase in research output since 2012: 41%
Top 3 feeder schools in 2016: Parktown Girls’ High, King David Linksfield, Northcliff High
The 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities, released in August, places Wits in the 201-300 band again. Wits is the highest-ranked university in South Africa in this table. Criteria include highly cited researchers and publication in top journals. ARWU’s most recent subject ranking places Wits in the 101-150 band for the broad field of social sciences, in the 51-75 band for public health and in the 101-150 band for clinical medicine.
Centre for World University Rankings 2017: best university in Africa (176th place) (alumni employment 35th; Anthropology 5th; Area Studies 2nd globally)
Times Higher Education Alma Mater Index 2017 (degrees awarded to Fortune Global 500 CEOs): the only African university in the top 100 (54th place)
Global University Employability Ranking 2017: 150th
Wits has moved up 22 places overall in the latest National Taiwan University Ranking, also known as the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities.