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Schools 6
School of Biomedical Sciences Departments 2
School of Clinical Medicine Departments 45
- Anaesthesiology
- Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Cardiology
- Clinical Associates
- Clinical Haematology
- Clinical Medicine
- Community Paediatrics
- Dermatology
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Division of Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Family Medicine
- Forensic Medicine
- Forensic Psychiatry
- General Surgery
- Intensive Care
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Oncology
- Neonatology
- Nephrology
- Neurological Surgery
- Neurology
- Neuropsychiatry
- Nuclear Medicine
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Paediatric Cardiology
- Paediatric Haematology and Oncology
- Paediatric Nephrology
- Paediatric Neurology
- Paediatric Pulmonology
- Paediatric Surgery
- Paediatrics & Child Health
- Perinatal HIV
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiation Physics
- Rheumatology
- Surgery
- Urology
School of Clinical Medicine Units / Centres 2
School of Oral Health Sciences Departments 10
School of Pathology Departments 9
School of Public Health Departments 3
School of Public Health Units / Centres 3
School of Therapeutic Sciences Departments 6
Commerce, Law and ManagementComing soon
Schools 6
- School of Accountancy
- School of Business Sciences
- School of Economics and Finance
- School of Law
- Wits Business School
- Wits School of Governance
School of Accountancy Units / Centres 1
- Centre for Critical Accounting and Auditing Research (CCAAR)
School of Business Sciences Departments 4
- Human Resource Management and Management Division
- Information Systems Division
- Insurance and Risk Management Division
- Marketing Division
School of Business Sciences Units / Centres 9
- Chair in Insurance Education
- Entrepreneurship and Business Ideas Development Unit (EBIDU)
- Knowledge and Information Economics/Human Resources Agency (KIEHRA)
- SBS Behavioural Lab
- SBS Centre of Research Excellence
- Sustainability and Wellbeing Group (SaWG)
- Technology Innovation and Insurance and Risk Group (TIIRU)
- Wits Entrepreneurship Clinic
- Wits Strategic Foresight Research Group
School of Economics and Finance Departments 2
- Economics Division
- Finance Division
School of Economics and Finance Units / Centres 8
- African Microeconomic Research Unit (AMERU)
- EPOG-Unesco chair
- FirstRand Foundation Chair in Financial Data Science
- Helen Suzman Chair in Political Economy
- Institutions and Political Economy Group (IPEG)
- PPS Chair in Health Economics
- The Derek Schrier and Cecily Cameron Chair in Development Economics
- Wits Fintech Hub
School of Law Units / Centres 5
- Centre for Applied Legal Studies
- Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Earth Justice and Stewardship
- Mandela Institute
- NRF SARChI Chair on 'Equality, Law and Social Justice'
- Wits Law Clinic
Wits Business School Departments 6
- Digital Business and Information Systems
- Energy
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Strategy
- Finance and Economics
- Management
- Philanthropy
Wits Business School Units / Centres 6
- African Energy Leadership Centre
- Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI)
- Good Governance Academy
- WBS Case Centre
- Wits Crucible - Centre for Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
- Wits MIND Investec Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Business Transformation
Wits School of Governance Units / Centres 6
- African Centre for Conflict Management (ACCM)
- Civic Tech Innovation Network (CTIN)
- Public Ethics Network of South Africa (PEN.ZA)
- Tayarisha Research Centre
- The Gauteng Research Triangle Initiative for the Study of Population, Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development (GRT-INSPIRED)
- UNESCO Chair in Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy
Units / Centres 2
- Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR-AA)
- Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
Engineering and the Built EnvironmentComing soon
Schools 7
- School of Architecture and Planning
- School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- School of Construction Economics and Management
- School of Electrical and Information Engineering
- School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering
- School of Mining Engineering
School of Architecture and Planning Departments 2
- Architecture
- Planning
School of Architecture and Planning Units / Centres 3
- Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies (CUBES)
- South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning
- Wits-VITS (Vernacular Innovations in Technology and Science)
School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Departments 2
- Chemical Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Units / Centres 9
- Clean Coal Technology Research
- Green Engineering and Industrial Ecology
- Hydrometallurgy Research Group
- Mineral Processing Research Group (MPRG)
- Pyrometallurgy
- SARChI Chair: Hydrometallurgy: Innovation and Sustainability
- SIMMET Research Group (Sustainable and Innovative Minerals and Metals Extraction Technology)
- Wits Water
- DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials (CoE-SM) (ended)
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Units / Centres 7
- Construction Materials Research Group
- Environmental Infrastructure Group
- Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Sustainable Infrastructure, Water and Environment
- Transportation Engineering & Systems Group
- Water Research Group
School of Construction Economics and Management Units / Centres 3
- CEM Research Unit
- Construction Procurement Research Group
- IPDM (Infrastructure procurement and delivery management)
School of Electrical and Information Engineering Units / Centres 10
- Biomedical Engineering Research Group
- Centre for Telecommunications Access and Services (CeTAS)
- Centre of Excellence in High Voltage Engineering (CEHVE)
- Electric Power Research Group (EPRG)
- ENERGISE Centre for Just Energy Transition
- Future Electrical Energy Technology (FEET)
- Johannesburg Lightning Research Laboratory
- Optical Communication Lab
- Software Engineering and Data Intensive Computing (SEDIC) Research Group
- Systems and Control
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering Units / Centres 15
- Aerospace Propulsion and Power
- Air Traffic Management
- Biomechanics
- Cold Spray Research
- Eskom EPPEI Centre for Combustion Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Intelligent Systems and Control
- Materials Research
- Metal Aeronautical Components Fatigue Life Improvement Group (MacFLI)
- Residual Stresses
- Systems Engineering
- Thermo/Fluids
- Transnet Centre for Systems Engineering (TCSE)
- TUNRA Bulk Solids Africa
- Vortices and Vorticity in Flows
School of Mining Engineering Units / Centres 1
- Mine Planning and Optimisation Research Group (MPORG)
Units / Centres 12
- Extended Urbanisation
- Mineral Resources Governance Research Group
- National Aerospace Centre
- Next Frontiers in Advanced Materials Lab
- Property and Real Estate Sustainability Studies Research Group
- Responsible Mining Laboratory
- SAMERDI RTIMS Research Centre
- SAMERDI SATCAP Research Centre
- Sibanye-Stillwater Digital Mining Laboratory (DigiMine)
- Transnet Matlafatšo Centre (TMC)
- Wits Institute of Data Science (WIDS)
- Wits Mining Institute (WMI)
HumanitiesComing soon
Schools 5
- School of Human and Community Development
- School of Literature, Language and Media
- School of Social Sciences
- Wits School of Arts
- Wits School of Education
School of Human and Community Development Departments 3
- Psychology
- Social Work
- Speech Pathology and Audiology
School of Human and Community Development Units / Centres 13
- Assessment Research and Innovation in Africa (ASRIA) Lab
- Child Language, Literacy and Multilingualism Cluster
- Critical Affect Studies (CAS) Cluster
- Emthonjeni Centre
- FACT-NET-10
- Health Communication Research Unit (HCRU)
- HealthTech Research Cluster
- Narrative Enquiry for Social Transformation (NEST)
- Psychoanalytic Studies
- Swallowing and Dysphagia Society
- The Wits Preventive Audiology (WPA) Cluster
- The Wits Violence Studies Group (WVSG)
- WITS Neuroscience Research Lab (Wits Neurl)
School of Literature, Language and Media Departments 15
- African Languages
- African Literature
- Creative Writing
- English Studies
- French
- German
- Italian
- Journalism
- Linguistics
- Media Studies
- Portuguese
- Publishing Studies
- SA Sign Language
- Spanish
- Translation and Interpreting
School of Literature, Language and Media Units / Centres 5
- Portuguese Language Centre Camões I.P.
- SARChI Chair in Digital Humanities
- Transphil
- Tsikinya-Chaka Centre for the Study of Shakespeare, Transnationalism and Multilingualism
- Wits Centre for Journalism
School of Social Sciences Departments 8
- Anthropology
- Demography & Population Studies
- Development Studies
- History
- International Relations
- Philosophy
- Political Studies
- Sociology
School of Social Sciences Units / Centres 9
- African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS)
- Afro-Asia Programme
- History Workshop
- NRF SARChI Chair in History (Local Histories and Present Realities)
- SA UK Bilateral Research Chair in Political Theory
- SARCHi Chair in Critical Diversity Studies
- SARChI Chair in Gender Based Violence and Femicide
- SARChI Chair in Mobility and the Politics of Difference
- Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS)
Wits School of Arts Departments 9
- Cultural Policy and Management
- Curatorial, Public and Visual Cultures
- Digital Arts
- Drama for Life
- Film and Television
- Fine Arts
- Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies
- Music
- Theatre & Performance
Wits School of Arts Units / Centres 1
- Arts Research Africa (ARA)
Wits School of Education Departments 7
- Curriculum and Social Studies
- Division of Studies in Education
- Educational Leadership, Policy and Skills
- Foundation Studies Division
- Languages, Literacies and Literatures
- Mathematics Education Division
- Science and Technology Division
Wits School of Education Units / Centres 13
- Centre for Deaf Studies
- Centre for Researching Education and Labour (REAL)
- Early Grade Reading Study
- Hub for Multilingual Education and Literacies (HuMEL)
- ICT in Education Research Thrust
- Marang Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology (MST) Education
- SARChI Chair in Advancing African Languages for Social Inclusion and Success in Higher Education
- SARChI Chair in Mathematics Education
- SARChI Chair in Numeracy
- South African Research Chair in Skills Development
- UNESCO Chair in Teacher Education for Diversity & Development
- Wits Maths Connect Primary
- Wits Maths Connect Secondary
Units / Centres 6
- African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS)
- Learning Information Networking Knowledge (LINK) Centre
- LINK-MICTSETA Research Chair (Media, Information and Communication Technologies)
- Society, Work and Politics Institute (SWOP)
- Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER)
- Wits Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) Hub
ScienceComing soon
Schools 9
- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences
- School of Chemistry
- School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
- School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies
- School of Geosciences
- School of Mathematics
- School of Molecular & Cell Biology
- School of Physics
- School of Statistics and Actuarial Science
School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences Units / Centres 10
- Biocontrol and Applied Entomology Lab
- Climate Change Physiology
- Conservation of Plant Germplasm
- Higher Plant Systematics Research
- Insect Ecophysiology Laboratory
- Phycology Research
- Plant Biotechnology
- Sustaining Natural Resources in African Ecosystems
- Urban Ecology and Sustainability Lab
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Laboratory
School of Chemistry Units / Centres 13
- Biocatalysis and Green Chemistry
- Bioinorganic and Coordination Chemistry
- Catalysis and Nanocarbons
- Energy and Functional Materials
- Environmental Analytical Chemistry
- Environmental Geochemistry
- Materials Electrochemistry and Energy Technologies
- Medicinal and Peptide Chemistry
- Molecular Sciences Institute
- Nano-WEBS
- Organic Synthesis
- Organometallic Chemistry
- Structural Chemistry and Crystallography
School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Units / Centres 5
- CAandL Lab
- Mathematical Sciences Support
- PRIME Lab
- RAIL Lab
- WITS ExplainableAI Lab
School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies Departments 2
- Archaeology Division
- Geography Division
School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies Units / Centres 2
- Centre in Water Research and Development CIWaRD
- Rock Art Research Institute
School of Geosciences Units / Centres 4
- BUGEMET Research Chair (Bushveld Geology and Metallogeny Research Chair)
- DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Integrated Mineral and Energy Resource Analysis (CIMERA)
- The African Research Centre for Ore Systems Science (CORES)
- Economic Geology Research Institute (EGRI) (ended)
School of Mathematics Units / Centres 2
- DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CoE-MaSS)
- John Knopfmacher Centre for Applicable Analysis and Number Theory
School of Molecular & Cell Biology Units / Centres 3
- Integrative Cancer Biology Research Laboratory
- Plant Biotechnology Programme
- Protein Structure-Function Research Laboratory
School of Physics Units / Centres 12
- ARUA CoE-SM
- Hunting the Hidden Group
- Institute for Collider Particle Physics (ICPP)
- Mandelstam Institute for Theoretical Physics (MITP)
- Materials for Energy Research Group (MERG)
- Materials Physics Research Institute (MPRI)
- Nano-Scale Transport Physics Laboratory (NSTPL)
- Nuclear Structure Research Group (NSRG)
- Physics Education Group
- Structured Light Lab
- Wits Centre for Astrophysics
- Wits propulsion lab (Space Propulsion and Plasma Physics)
School of Statistics and Actuarial Science Units / Centres 2
- Mixture Models & Inference (MMI) Group
- Survival Analysis & Machine Learning Research Group
Units / Centres 6
- ARUA CoE Materials for Energy and Nano-technology
- Evolutionary Studies Institute
- Genus
- Global Change Institute
- South African Quantum Technology Initiative
- Sterkfontein Caves Centre