41 702
Students in 2025
25 835
Undergraduates
15 867
Postgraduates
200 000
Alumni
7
Campuses, including Wits Rural Facility
400
Buildings
18
Residences
12
Libraries
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Academic programmes with national and international accreditation.
More facts about Wits
In 2026, the new R250 million Brian and Dorothy Zylstra Sports Complex will open. This integrated facility for training, research, and clinical practice promises world-class therapeutic facilities, an aquatics centre, and a residence for elite athletes.
Wits health sciences students receive top-notch training in first-class facilities like the new Phantom Heads Laboratory, the Zola Wits Dental Clinic, the Surgical Skills Lab, and the Wits McAlpine Burns Unit.
Wits trains the highest number of medical specialists and sub-specialists in South Africa. Students interact with researchers and specialists across multiple clinical training platforms in public hospitals and clinics, and at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre.
The Wits DigiMine is a ‘mock mine’ that tests the latest digital technologies underground. The laboratory aims to make mining safer and more sustainable, using digital technologies.
The Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery Institute is a world-leading interdisciplinary research and training institute with a focus on innovation in data science and machine intelligence.