UNIVERSITY IN WITWATERSRAND

CHANGING YOUR FUTURE BY CHALLENGING YOUR MIND

VISION

Universities have the immense responsibility of producing cutting edge research, generating knowledge, producing high-calibre leaders and critical thinkers for the future, and reaching out to the communities in which they are located.

Wits University is proudly fulfilling that role both in Africa and on the international stage. It is catering for the changing needs of a democratic South Africa and, from its location in the heart of Gauteng, reflects and celebrates its diversity of cultures.

Its outstanding academic reputation and sustained stance against social injustice has earned it the respect of the international community and has attracted international students and researchers. This century we will continue redressing historical injustices, thereby providing new and fulfilling opportunities for black students and attracting and retaining the best black staff in the sector.

We will build increasingly close relationships with the private sector, and the public sector professions in seeking sponsorship of research projects, research students, joint appointments of staff, and joint programmes of research that contribute to economic and academic development.

We will have a selective approach to research development, concentrating on areas of actual and potential international excellence, as well as new collaborations with top universities in Europe and the US. Our student-centred learning will be sensitive to the needs, views and lives of students.

We will strive for transformation in the context of an unswerving commitment to academic standards. We will continue to produce outstanding graduates armed with the confidence to serve this continent at the highest level, and to contribute to the international context, in which South Africa is taking its place as a leading democracy.

MISSION

The fundamental role of any university is to promote freedom of enquiry and the search for knowledge and truth. Wits has built a reputation for itself in this role, establishing itself at the industrial and commercial heart of South Africa as a centre for education and research of the highest quality. Wits's mission is to build on this foundation in a way that takes account of its responsibilities within South Africa today; and to maintain and enhance its position as a leading university in the Republic, in Africa, and in the World by sustaining globally competitive standards of excellence in learning, teaching and research.

ACCOMMODATION

THE LODGE: Anselia, Kiaat, Marula, Naboom, Silverleaf and Torchwood
All the rooms are en-suite and also has a kitchen should there be a self-catering requirement. There is a swimming pool as well as a communal braai area.

AEROCAMP: Giraffe and Impala
These rooms are en-suite.

CARAVILLA: Huildboom, Ironwood, Jackalberry, Knobthorn, Leadwood, Matumi, Num-Num, Olive, Puzzelbush and Redthorn
These are dormitories with communal ablution facilities with a kitchen and braai area for self-catering.

BUSHCAMP: Bushbuck, Duiker, Reedbuck, Steenbuck, Nyala, Kudu and Zebra
These are rustic rondavels which have communal ablution facilities with a kitchen for self-catering.

FOUR SISTER: Bokota, Mangela, Nwarhi and Nkoro
Has a communal ablution facilities with a kitchen

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: +27(0)11 717-1054
Fax: +27(0)11 717-1059