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Our accreditation

Wits’ academic programmes continue to enjoy national and international accreditation. The curriculum is cutting-edge and is continuously enhanced to ensure that our students and staff keep up to date with the newest knowledge from around the globe.

Wits School of Accountancy:

  • Has Level 1 accreditation status, the highest level of accreditation awarded by the  (SAICA).
  • Wits students achieved a 91% pass rate in part one of the SAICA qualifying examinations in 2015 and a 93% pass rate in the 2014 SAICA Assessment of Professional Competence examinations.

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  • WBS's programmes are fully accredited by the .
  • The School’s MBA degree enjoys prestigious international accreditation from the Association of MBAs.
  • The WBS is also a member of the , the South µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø Business Schools Association and the .

Wits School of Public Health:

The School is internationally renowned for its academic and research activities, and was awarded a grant by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases hosted by the  and supported by , the UNDP and the  to run an implementation science postgraduate training programme with the University of North Carolina that will identify bottlenecks in health systems and how to address them.
International funders preferentially send students from Africa to the School, which enjoys local and international partnerships with institutions like:

  • The
  • Brown University
  • Colorado University
  • The  which foster state of the art public health teaching and research programmes

Wits’ Architecture degrees:

Our architecture degrees are accredited by the  and the . Planning degrees are accredited by the South µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø Council for Planning.

The Wits Actuarial Science Programme:

The Honours level provides exemption from 12 of the examinations required for qualification as a professional actuary of the . This qualification has international recognition with associations such as:

  • The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the UK
  • The Institute of Actuaries of Australia
  • The Actuarial Association of Europe

Wits' Engineering degrees

The University’s undergraduate engineering degrees are recognised by the  and have also been approved by the professional engineering accrediting bodies in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and Hong Kong.

Wits’ BSc Honours degree in quantity surveying is accredited by:

  • The
  • The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK)
  • The Chartered Institute of Building (UK)

The BSc Honours in Construction Management is accredited by the  and the .

The BSc Construction Studies degree is accredited by both the South µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession and the .

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