University of the Witwatersrand

Summary

University of the Witwatersrand is a public research university^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• University of the Witwatersrand was a member of ORCID, Inc.^[3].
• University of the Witwatersrand was a member of Q118398^[4].
• University of the Witwatersrand was a member of Digital Preservation Coalition^[5].
• University of the Witwatersrand was a member of South African National Library and Information Consortium^[6].
• University of the Witwatersrand was a member of Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations^[7].
• University of the Witwatersrand was a member of Confederation of Open Access Repositories^[8].
• University of the Witwatersrand is located in Johannesburg^[9].
• University of the Witwatersrand is in the country of South Africa^[10].
• University of the Witwatersrand's instance of is recorded as public research university^[11].
• University of the Witwatersrand's instance of is recorded as higher education institution^[12].
• University of the Witwatersrand's instance of is recorded as university^[13].
• University of the Witwatersrand's headquarters location is recorded as Johannesburg^[14].
• University of the Witwatersrand's child organization or unit is recorded as Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System^[15].
• University of the Witwatersrand's child organization or unit is recorded as Faculty of Science^[16].
• University of the Witwatersrand's child organization or unit is recorded as Witwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research^[17].
• University of the Witwatersrand's child organization or unit is recorded as Origins Centre^[18].
• University of the Witwatersrand's Commons category is recorded as University of the Witwatersrand^[19].
• University of the Witwatersrand comprises Q138547472^[20].
• 1896 marks the founding of University of the Witwatersrand^[21].
• University of the Witwatersrand's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -26.190833333333, 'lon': 28.030277777778}^[22].
• University of the Witwatersrand's official website is recorded as https://www.wits.ac.za/^[23].
• University of the Witwatersrand's topic's main category is recorded as Category:University of the Witwatersrand^[24].
• University of the Witwatersrand's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+4712'}^[25].
• University of the Witwatersrand's ranking is recorded as {'amount': '+428'}^[26].
• University of the Witwatersrand's ranking is recorded as {'amount': '+424'}^[27].

Body

Founding

1896 marks the founding of University of the Witwatersrand^[21].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'University of the Witwatersrand'}^[28], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Universiteit van die Witwatersrand'}^[29], and {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Yunivesithi ya Witwatersrand'}^[30].

Operations

University of the Witwatersrand's headquarters location is recorded as Johannesburg^[14]. Subsidiaries include Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System^[15], an organization^[31], in South Africa^[32], founded in 1992^[33]; Faculty of Science^[16], a faculty of science^[34], in South Africa^[35]; Witwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research^[17]; and Origins Centre^[18], a museum^[36], in South Africa^[37].

Why It Matters

University of the Witwatersrand has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]