Undergraduate studies at Wits

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Choosing your degree

Wits offers degrees in the Arts, Humanities, Commerce, Law, Health Sciences and Sciences. The curriculum is cutting-edge and is continuously enhanced to ensure that our students and staff keep up to date with the newest knowledge from around the globe.

Degrees in Commerce and Law

World-class educational programmes that equip future leaders with business, management, and legal skills, while supporting their professional development. Our programmes include the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) with flexible major combinations, and more specialised degrees.

Full-time degrees:

Part-time degrees:

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Degrees in Engineering and the Built Environment

Our degrees address South Africa’s social, spatial, and infra-structural needs, and include architecture, urban and regional planning, property studies, and construction studies. 

Full-time degrees:
 
Part-time degrees:

 

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Degrees in Health Sciences

The Faculty of Health Sciences pioneers African and global research that improves and saves lives. 

Full-time degrees

You will receive academic and practical training at five major hospitals in Johannesburg, at several clinics and rural hospitals in Gauteng, and at the Donald Gordon Medical Centre, which also assists clinicians with all aspects of their clinical research.

More than 500 students graduate from our faculty every year.

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Degrees in the Humanities and Education

Study in the Arts, Social Sciences, Human and Community Development, Education and Literature, and Media. Our full-time BA degree allows you to choose from a wide range of courses such as International Relations, Languages, Political Studies, Psychology and Sociology.

Choose between vocationally oriented programmes for specific careers, and theory and research-oriented programmes for careers in academia and research institutes, the public and private sectors, and non-governmental organisations.

Three schools in the Faculty of Humanities offer professional (vocational) full-time programmes:

 
Part-time degree

Our part-time BA degree is is focused on the Social Sciences.

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Degrees in Science

The Faculty of Science has a long tradition of excellence in teaching and research. Studying science opens doors to careers in fields such as chemistry, computer science and biotechnology.

There are nine Schools in the Faculty, clustered into four groupings:

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