Postgraduate studies at Wits

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Academic programmes A comprehensive choice of postgraduate programmes across five faculties, intellectually stimulating research areas, excellent supervision and research support.
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Postgraduate Research, and Development The Office runs a range of workshops, seminars, writing retreats, and major research events.
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Postdoctoral Fellowships An ideal opportunity for young researchers to develop and undertake independent research across a wide range of knowledge fields.
How to apply Overview of the application process.
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Apply online Access the application portal here.
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Self-service portal Self-Service Portal for applicants and current students.
Enquiries The Student Enrolment Centre handles all student applications other than postgraduate study in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

WITS

produces high-calibre employable graduates. We stimulate debate and cultivate open-mindedness, critical thinking, creativity and ethics.

40%

almost 40% of our student body is made up of postgraduate students.

1%

ranked in the top one percent of universities in the world.

434

NRF-rated researchers, 26 A-rated researchers, 6 DSI/NRF Centres of Excellence, 56 Research Entities, and 30 SA Research Chairs.

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Postgraduate Funding Portal Scholarships, bursaries, and other funding opportunities for postgraduate students from both internal and external sources. This is a live database of all these opportunities that is regularly updated.
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Wits research news Our researchers are changing our society for the better in the fields of the humanities and social sciences, science, health sciences, and engineering and technology.
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Postgraduate Guide Wits offers you the opportunity to become globally competitive and locally relevant with a qualification from one of South Africa’s leading universities

96%

of our research is published in internationally competitive journals.

200 000

graduates in 100 years, amongst them illustrious artists, lawyers, politicians, business leaders, accountants and scientists.

WITS

trains the highest number of medical specialists and sub-specialists in South Africa.

54th

ranked 54th in the world based on the number of Fortune Global 500 CEOs (THE Alma Mater Index 2017).