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Wits University is situated in Johannesburg, South Africa - a vibrant, leading commercial city on the African continent. The origins of Wits University lie in the South African School of Mines, which was established in Kimberley in 1896 and transferred to Johannesburg as the Transvaal Technical Institute in 1904, becoming the Transvaal University College in 1906 and renamed the South African School of Mines and Technology four years later.

Over the years, the University of the Witwatersrand became internationally recognised for academic excellence and extensive research activities. Wits was the first South African university to have a nuclear accelerator, to have a computer, to study building materials and early Afrikaans, to produce a systematic climatological atlas of Southern Africa and to achieve a successful graft of plastic cornea. It was also the first blood transfusion service in the Union of South Africa was started by Wits medical students.

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University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Wits physicist elected as a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences

University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Wits physicist elected as a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences


December 6, 2022

Wits physicist, Professor Bruce Mellado has been elected as a Fellow of the African Academy…

University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Wits phycisist is joint winner of The World Academy of Sciences award

University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Wits phycisist is joint winner of The World Academy of Sciences award


December 6, 2022

Wits physicist Professor Andrew Forbes jointly won the award in the Physics category of the…

University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Injectable HIV prevention drug shows promise: we worked out how much South Africa should pay for it

University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Injectable HIV prevention drug shows promise: we worked out how much South Africa should pay for it


December 6, 2022

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention method. It is taken by people who are…

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