WITS-Changing your Future by Challenging your Mind

Location: Johannesburg

Telephone: +27 (0) 11 717 1000

Website: http://web.wits.ac.za/

Faculties: Commence & Law, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Science

Tuition Fees: R9660-R32800 (depending in degree)

The University of Witwatersrand or Wits as it is commonly known is great and internationally respected university to go to. I myself nearly went to Wits but chose rather to get away from home. One of the great aspects of the university is the volume of subjects one can choose from with everything from Health Sciences to Humanities. Interestingly enough Wits is well known for its in-depth and sometimes pioneering research that takes place in South Africa.

For people living in Johannesburg the university is easily accessible provided one gets up early enough to beat the early morning traffic. For those of you who are unlucky enough not to live in Johannesburg there are 15 residents to choose from.

Although be careful of huge size of wits. Many of my friends who go there have found the place to be very alienating at times. They get up in the morning, drive to Wits, go to lectures, eat lunch, go to more lectures and the drive home. This while not talking to anyone or socialising at all. With such big lectures and so many people making friends can be hard. Just try not to get lost in the sea of students.