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The University of Johannesburg, colloquially known as UJ, is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa.The University of Johannesburg was established on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University. [12]
On 1 March 1922, the University College, Johannesburg, was finally granted full university status after being incorporated as the University of the Witwatersrand. The Johannesburg municipality donated a site in Milner Park, north-west of Braamfontein, to the new institution as its campus and construction began the same year, on 4 October.
From 2018 to 2023, Marwala was the vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Johannesburg. As Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg, Marwala developed and implemented the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) strategy, [ 8 ] by introducing a compulsory artificial intelligence course and an Africa Insights course for all ...
The Minister of Education wrote to the Council on Higher Education (CHE) requesting that they research the matter. [66] In the CHE-led probe [ 67 ] entitled an "Inquiry into the Remuneration of University Vice-Chancellors and Senior Executive Managers in South Africa" , many serious issues about governance were highlighted.
In 1959, the Extension of University Education Act prohibited established universities from accepting most black students, although the government did create universities for black, coloured, and Indian students. [30] The number of schools for blacks increased during the 1960s, but their curriculum was designed to prepare children for menial jobs.
Now part of University of Johannesburg: Technikon SA 1 January 2004 [32] Now part of University of South Africa: Transvaal University College: Johannesburg, Pretoria: 1906 1910/1930 Predecessor of the University of Pretoria and the University of the Witwatersrand. The University of the Witwatersrand was named the Transvaal University College ...
The GCRO is a collaboration between the Universities of Johannesburg and Witwatersrand, the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng Provincial Government, and SALGA-Gauteng. The GCRO's purpose is to collect information and create a database on the Gauteng City Region to provide to government, lawmakers and civil society an informed understanding of the ...
University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Campus. Kingsway Campus Auckland Park, also known as APK, is the largest and most populated of the four campuses of the University of Johannesburg. [1] [2] It is also the seat of the administration and governance body of the university. The campus was formerly the only educational campus of the Rand ...