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University of Johannesburg

The University of Johannesburg (UJ), one of the largest, multi-campus, residential universities in South Africa, seeks to achieve the highest distinction in scholarship and research within the higher education context.

Born from the merger between the former Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) and the Soweto and the East Rand campuses of Vista University in 2005... read more

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Dr Jimmy Ellis, Director: International Relations, addresses 2011 first year Top Achiever students in the UJ Auditorium on Kingsway Campus.

Professor Derek van der Merwe addresses 2011 first year Top Achievers on statistics about top achievers from 2006 to 2011.

2011 First Year Faculty Top Achievers - (from left to right): Martin Trollop, Lauren Beukes, Anton Steenkamp, Tanya Blaeser, Jan Botha, Jane Beyers, Batanai Jona, Ingrid Atkins, Vaughan Fraser Batchelor, and Daniella Visser.

2011 First Year Diploma Top Achievers - (left to right): Aude Kesia Nnegue Obiang, Yala Prisca Mangala, Rorisang Pule, Melchior Luketa, Thandeka Tanya Buthelezi, Vaughan Fraser Batchelor, Bernice van der Westhuizen, Tanya Blaeser, and Harold Lemao.

2011 First Year Degree Top Achievers - (from left to right): Warren Makiwa, Yovanka Snyman, Laurenz Langer, Jane Beyers, Anton Steenkamp, Ingrid Atkins, Pride Marambanyika, and Daniella Visser.

Top three diploma recipients - (from left to right): Tanya Blaeser (1st), Vaughan Fraser Batchelor (2nd), and Harold Lemao (3rd).

Top three degree recipients - (from left to right): Ingrid Atkins (3rd), Anton Steenkamp (1st), Daniella Visser (2nd).

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Faculty

Faculty refers to an academic unit of the university. There are nine faculties at the University of Johannesburg. The faculties are: Art, Design and Architecture; Economic and Financial Sciences; Education; Engineering and the Built Environment; Health Sciences; Humanities; Law; Management; and Science.

Academic Department

An academic department is a division of a university's faculty and is devoted to a particular academic discipline or subject matter.

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