Wits Prospectus – Download and Apply at Wits

University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg – Wits offers you the opportunity to become globally competitive and locally relevant with a qualification from one of South Africa’s leading universities.

It is a university that is renowned for its high calibre graduates, academic standing and research capabilities.

Wits challenges you to create new knowledge boundaries and to develop original thinking which is the cornerstone of intellectual growth.

Our research focus ensures that Wits students and staff operate at the leading edge of disciplines.

Approximately one third of the student body at Wits comprises postgraduate students.

Wits is thus dedicated to providing quality training to postgraduate students as one means of ensuring a continuous supply of active and motivated researchers, while at the same time enriching the University’s undergraduate teaching.

Wits Application Guidelines

Please logon to the Student Self-Service portal or click on this link https://self-service.wits.ac.za/ to apply for residence, if you have already submitted an academic application.

• Complete an online application to study at Wits University:
  1. Click here if you are already enrolled at Wits.
  2. Click here if you are new to Wits and want to create a new application.
  3. Click here to continue with an application you have already started.
• Click here to download an application form.
• Click here to go to the self-service portal (after you have applied) to do the following:
  1. upload supporting documents.
  2. check the status of your application.
  3. apply for residence.