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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]
The University of Johannesburg has its own shuttle service that transports students between the Doornfontein Campus, Soweto Campus, Kingsway Campus, and Bunting Road Campus. [17] Additionally, all of these campuses are served by Rea Vaya, a bus rapid transit system in Johannesburg. [18]
The campus, when still RAU, was the first to have an on-campus shopping mall, known as the "S.S." which stands for Studente Sentrum (Afrikaans for Student Center), in the Republic of South Africa. RAU also set up Campus Square, a shopping centre serving the suburb of Melville and students living off campus in the nearby neighbourhoods.
The University of South Africa (UNISA) [a] is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa . Through various colleges and affiliates, UNISA has over 400,000 students, including international students from 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's ...
The first real significant change in curriculum came in 1951 when the College became a senior college and, under the guidance of A. J. Raitt, started to offer the degree courses of the University of South Africa (UNISA) as part of the regular four-year diploma courses.
The long campaign for an Afrikaans education college or university was conducted in three phases. The first campaign between 1956 and 1961 reached its peak with the establishment of the Goudstadse Onderwyskollege in February 1961. During the second phase between 1961 and 1965, negotiations were held with the University of South Africa (Unisa ...
University of Johannesburg: UJ 1 January 2005 1 (1967 as RAU, Technikon Witwatersrand and the East Rand campus of Vista University) >50,000 [28] Johannesburg, Soweto: Eng Nelson Mandela University: Madibaz / NMU 1 January 2005 2 (1964 as UPE) 19,768 2,884 22,652 Port Elizabeth, George: Eng University of South Africa: Unisa 1873 300,000
Rankings of universities in South Africa are used to influence how students, parents, policymakers, employers, the wider public and other stakeholders think about higher education.These local league tables are based on international university rankings since there are no South African rankings yet.