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Wits Research Hub We use our abundance of knowledge, talent, and innovation to find solutions to the challenges of the 21st Century. #ResearchForGood
Wits Research Hub We use our abundance of knowledge, talent, and innovation to find solutions to the challenges of the 21st Century. #ResearchForGood
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Wits Innovation Centre (WIC)

Wits Innovation Centre (WIC)

The Wits Innovation Centre (WIC) lies at the heart of the University’s innovation ecosystem that seeks to develop an ‘innovation mindset’ across all disciplines and boundaries. This is where brilliant minds come together to create, collaborate, and drive multidisciplinary innovation that leads to impactful solutions. #WitsInnovation | #InnovationForGood

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Wits was the first South African university to have a nuclear accelerator, to test radar, to have a computer, to study building materials, to produce a systematic climatological atlas of southern Africa, to achieve a successful graft of plastic cornea, and the first African university to have access to a quantum computer. These are just some of our 'firsts'.

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Dr Dragan Mandic from the Wits Unit for Undergraduate Medical Education simulates an airway intubation in the new sim lab.

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A cross-faculty, cross-discipline centre to promote postgraduate students focused on enhancing the postgraduate experience and promoting postgraduate research.

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The Internationalisation and Strategic Partnership Office partners with universities, research entities, government, and many others in pursuit of solutions to impact society for good.

Our strategic priorities

Wits is pursuing eight priority areas that will have a major impact on our society. For Good.

  • Driving digital transformation

     

    We seek to develop new inter-, trans- and multidisciplinary technologies in education, science, engineering, digital arts and game design, media innovation and digital journalism, among others.

  • Catalysing innovation and entrepreneurship

     

    Wits is establishing an ecosystem to drive research-led innovation that will solve some of Africa’s greatest challenges in sectors such as health, urbanisation, education, environmental protection and more.

  • Ensuring better health for all

     

    We understand the interconnections between infectious and communicable diseases, bioinformatics and molecular biosciences, and the future of precision medicine.

  • Solving global challenges

     

    By exploring new ideas across a range of disciplines, we aim to address future challenges at the intersection of sustainable development and digital innovation, and study its impact.

  • Advancing society, governance and justice

     

    Researchers at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, and the African Centre for Migration and Society seek to find ways to create a more equal society.

  • Future-proofing our national treasures

     

    Objects are evidence of our human existence and tell a myriad of stories about our past, present and future. At Wits we aim to protect and share our extraordinary resources.

  • Developing the next generation of leaders

     

    Talented postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows are vital to the creation of the next generation of scientific professionals that will allow us to remain competitive in the future.

  • Energising alumni support

     

    Harnessing the support of our alumni will play a critical role in ensuring the financial sustainability of the University by contributing to a broadening of the University’s donor base.

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