A better Africa needs interdisciplinary research
Emerging Mastercard Foundation WESAF Fellows urged to bridge the knowledge deficit in climate change research and move beyond the hard sciences.
Emerging Mastercard Foundation WESAF Fellows urged to bridge the knowledge deficit in climate change research and move beyond the hard sciences.
The challenge for universities is to produce graduates who can work with others to produce knowledge and research that can change societies for the better.
Geoffrey Mwendwa, a PhD candidate in Physics, secures one of the initial spots in the 100 PhDs for Africa Programme (EXAF).
Masters students and PhD fellows showcase quality research at the annual Cross-Faculty Postgraduate Symposium.
Learning about snakes offers unique insights into the natural world. As predators and prey, snakes are an emblem of the circle of life.
A standing ovation for the Khaya Mahlangu Quintet at the inaugural Wits Vice-Chancellor’s Music Concert, which also featured Wits’ own Mombelli's Chamber.
Congratulations Civils FC! This is a soccer club comprising of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Chané Moodley will be heading a research team into finding the best ways of developing and commercialising a quantum microscope.
The first cohort of Wits-Edinburgh Sustainable African Futures (WESAF) Fellows participate in a week-long orientation programme at Wits University.
Two Wits students were ranked top in the Falling Walls Lab competition that also saw Nelson Mandela University feature in the top three.
Taskeen Hasrod wins over the audience in explaining how to use AI in water research
Witsies can access eduroam WiFi at Airport Company of South Africa's airports.
Call for Applications for the WESAF Programme now open.
Wits University and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London join forces to offer a first of its kind PhD.
The PhD opportunities exist in the development of novel controlled-release drug delivery systems using 21st-century pharmaceutical techniques.
Wits honours two healthcare professionals who are changing the world for good.
Volunteerism and activism is alive among the youth as demonstrated at the annual Student Leadership Awards.
Researchers have a number of responsibilities when embarking on their work - not least of all to ensure participants are not harmed and are fully heard.
Xabiso Vili, post-graduate student with Drama for Life wins top spot at the 2022 World Slam Poetry Competition.
Mpho Mathole won the Wits leg of the international science communication competition and will go on to participate in the nationals later this year.
Ndoni Mcunu, Wits PhD candidate, climate scientist, and the driving force behind Black Women in Science passed away on April 16.
The farming sector is arguably the most important economic sector for SA’s development as it is directly linked to food security and poverty reduction.
From spearheading entrepreneurship programmes to driving community projects, Wits student leaders are walking the path of servant leadership.
Research addressing monumental buildings inherited from industrialisation wins regional round and advances to nationals.
Theresa Mazarire in the Wits Institute for Malaria (WRIM) combines environmental science and public health to control malaria mosquitoes.
Albert Sharra, recipient of the Commonwealth Split-site scholarship, focuses on digital political activism and people power.
Three Wits students are in the top 10 of the national FameLab competition.
The sky is the limit for science superstar and PhD student, Mpho Kgoadi.
Staff and students choose to protect each other as they receive their Covid-19 vaccination on campus.
A new and fast tool for quantum computing and communication.
“I’m that person that if you want someone to work with in assisting students, people just think of Lucy.”
Deborah Minors interviews Professor Robert Muponde on his new book, 'The Scandalous Times of a Book Louse: A Memoir of a Childhood'.
Several staff, students and alumni are featured in the 2021 Mail and Guardian Top 200 list of trailblazing young South Africans.
Applications are invited from MSc and PhD candidates in the fields of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Planetary Geology & Remote Sensing.
Submit your entries! The Wits Cross-Faculty Postgraduate Symposium competition will take place online on 26, 27 and 28 July 2021.
The Seminar is an annual cross-faculty competition for innovative Wits PhD students. This year's competition theme is 'resilience'.
Scholarships seek to increase diversity in the fields of machine learning and are aimed at students from backgrounds underrepresented in AI.
The search is on for the next Pop Idols of Science at the 2021 Wits FameLab Science Communication Competition.
Two master’s students are developing new technologies aimed at disrupting the booming cannabis, or so called ‘green gold’, industry.
Top researchers and postgraduates convene virtually for the 2021 Mathematics in Industry Study Group (MISG).
The joint PhD programme gives students the opportunity to conduct their research in both South Africa and France.
Wits geophysicists have invented cost-effective and environmentally friendly seismic technologies that will contribute to sustainable mining exploration.
In 2021 many forms of support will be available to help staff and students transition from Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning (ERT&L) to online pedagogy.
Humphry Tlou, a physics PhD student at Wits, is one of two students to be awarded with the CERN ATLAS PhD grant.
Wits University has added a new course to its free, online WitsX/edX learning platform.
Register for postgraduate study at Wits University and be part of the future of exciting possibilities.
Finalists at Wits’ first cross-faculty PhD Seminar kept judges and audiences on the edge.
Wits’ first cross-faculty PhD competition promises to be a festival of invigorating and innovative ideas.
The two students have also been awarded highly competitive fellowships for their outstanding work.
We welcome the news that South Africa will move to national lockdown level 1 from Monday, 21 September 2020.
The work of Joshil Naran, a masters in Architecture student, has been selected to showcase at a global festival for creatives and innovators.
Before 200,000 years ago, close to the origin of our species, people used ash as layers for broad-leaved grasses to build their beds.
Wits postgraduate students in Medical Anthropology share the effects of living under lockdown amidst the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Promising technological and online innovations could be crucial in combating the world’s alarming mental health statistics.
Music has been part and parcel of humanity for a long time. There is scant evidence of music or sound producing artefacts from southern Africa.
Professor Pundy Pillay, WSG Research Director talks about the School's successful PhD programme and the challenging journey of completing this research degree.
Wits Journalism lecturer Dr Nechama Brodie turned her PhD on femicide into a book and won a grant to develop a Homicide Media Tracker based on her research.
"If there is inspiration and collaboration, there is learning, and learning can be passed on," says Sikhumbuzo Masina, PhD candidate.
For the first time, scientists have identified male mosquito-specific pheromones that influence mating rituals.
Wits Researchers demonstrate a new quantum approach for sharing a secret amongst many parties, setting a new record for the highest dimensions and parties.
Jimmy Yuan, an Actuarial Science student, is the recipient of the 2020 Adrian Gore Fellowship Award (AGF) offered by Discovery.
ACES 2020 ATLAS CMS Electronics is the state-of-the-art international electronics conference for Large Hadron Collider LHC upgrades at CERN.
The study challenges a recently-emerged paradigm that magma chambers are huge masses of crystals with just a very small amount of melt.
Two Wits Master’s students from the School of Economics and Finance will attend the prestigious Lindau meeting.
Two thirds of South African women are overweight or obese and their babies are three times more likely to become obese themselves.
These Wits heroes represent just a fraction of the clinical, academic, professional and administrative staff, alumni and students responding to this disaster.
Wits institutes an emergency remote teaching and learning programme as one measure to help minimise the time lost in the academic project.
Message from Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, Vice-Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Postgraduate Affairs.
Curiosity ignited an interest in electrical engineering for aspiring academic, Hlengiwe Mnisi.
A team from Wits (South Africa) and HUST (China) show that multi-dimensional quantum communications with twisted light is possible down legacy fibre networks.
Three Wits students are aiming to secure top positions in a national competition for economics students.
It was a week of discovery for a group of students who travelled from Johannesburg to Namibia for a cross-cultural experience.
Funding postgraduate studies enables TATA Africa to continue upholding its commitment to uplifting communities.
Prof. David Mason from the School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics has dedicated his life to inspiring excellence and producing quality graduates.