2012 Annual Report

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (known as Wits) celebrated nine decades of excellence in 2012. It used its 90th anniversary to celebrate its past successes, to acknowledge its current achievements and to outline a vision for the future. Wits is renowned for its academic and research excellence and its commitment to advancing the public good. Its social leadership role was highlighted throughout 2012.

Distinctly Wits: Wits is the only university in Gauteng, and one of only three universities in Africa, to be placed in the top 400 (from amongst 23 500 universities world-wide) in three separate international rankings. A world-class research university, Wits aims to be firmly embedded in the top 100 universities in the world by 2022, its centenary year.