2.1.1. 2020@aGlance

Real estate

400 acres of Campuses (Braamfontein & Parktown combined)

Wits owns the • Sterkfontein Caves in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site (top left) • Wits Rural Facility in Mpumalanga (top right) • Pullen Farm (bottom left) • half of the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre (bottom right)

The Origins Centre at Wits is a world-class international tourist destination showcasing Khoisan and Rock Art.

Wits boast one of the largest and most diverse groups of geoscientists in Africa. 11 libraries, 1 259 929 books, 228 190 print & electronic titles & 236 online databases

14 museums and 2 art galleries (housing rare and valuable works of art).

The Wits Art Museum is the custodian of 9 000 works of art and one of the largest collections of African art. Wits owns two commercial companies: Wits Enterprise offers short courses, innovation and research support and the Wits Health Consortium conducts research, manages donor-funded activities, pursues entrepreneurial innovation in health and supports clinical trials. 18 Residences house a fifth of Wits students Wits has 30 Service departments

Wits Sport & Health (WISH) offers sport and exercise medical programmes to aid elite athletes in attaining peak performance and rehabilitation – the only peak performing training centre of its kind in South Africa

Intellectual capital

Wits ranked in the top 200 in the 2020 (ARWU ranking of world universities) 27 A-rated scientists 3 287 research outputs in 2020

Prof. Ramsay, Human Genetics (left), Prof. Kinnaird, Economic Geology (centre) and Prof.Collinson, Public Health Research Data (right) won the 2020 NSTF-South32 Research Awards (“Science Oscars”) (“Science Oscars”)

Knowlege sharing

Wits in association with York University (Canada) formed the Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence Data Modelling Consortium

Future investment

10 074 Graduates | 48% Postgraduates 84.61% Success rate