Notable programs
Mining & Metallurgical Engineering
Wits' founding discipline, born from the Witwatersrand goldfields — among the most respected mining-engineering programmes in the world and a direct pipeline into the global resources industry.
Medicine & Health Sciences (MBBCh)
A top African medical school with its own private teaching hospital (Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre) and deep clinical-research output.
Palaeoanthropology & Human Origins
Globally pre-eminent, tied to the Cradle of Humankind/Sterkfontein; Wits' Lee Berger led the Australopithecus sediba (2010) and Homo naledi (2015) discoveries.
Accounting (Chartered Accountancy)
One of South Africa's leading CA pathways, feeding the Big Four firms and corporate finance across the continent.
Law (LLB)
A flagship school steeped in the university's anti-apartheid legal heritage — Nelson Mandela studied law here — with strong constitutional and human-rights tradition.
Wits Business School (MBA)
Consistently ranked among the top MBA programmes in South Africa, based at the Parktown management campus.