University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)

The University of the Witwatersrand is a leading South African university situated in Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University and its students and alumni are known as Witsies.

The university has an enrolment of 30,833 students as of 2013, of which approximately 18 percent live on campus in the university's 22 residences. As of 2013, 67.14 percent of the university's total enrolment is for undergraduate study, with the remaining 30.86 percent being postgraduate.

Wits University has 5 faculties encompassing the Sciences, Commerce, Law, Management, Engineering, Health Sciences and Humanities with 33 schools offering over 3000 courses.