University of the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg
South Africa
+27 011 717 1000

Best in History

Best moot court performance of the law school throught out the recorded history (2016-2024)

About the Law School

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( or ). The university has its roots in the mining industry, as do Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand in general. Founded in 1896 as the South African School of Mines in Kimberley, it is the third oldest South African university in continuous operation.
The university has an enrolment of 40,259 students as of 2018, of which approximately 20 percent live on campus in the university's 17 residences. 63 percent of the university's total enrolment is for undergraduate study, with 35 percent being postgraduate and the remaining 2 percent being Occasional Students.The 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) places Wits University, with its overall score, as the highest ranked university in Africa. Wits was ranked as the top university in South Africa in the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) in 2016. According to the CWUR rankings, Wits occupies this ranking position since 2014.

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Actual Ranking
World
NA / 2024,   #186 / 2023
Africa
NA / 2024,   #7 / 2023
South Africa
NA / 2024,   #1 / 2023
Best in the Field (World)
International Media Law
# 5 / 2023
International Human Rights Law
# 25 / 2023
International Criminal Law
# 41 / 2023
WTO law
# 63 / 2023
Best Ranking Ever
Best World
#118 / 2021
Best National
#1 / 2023

Current Ranking

World ranking 2023

N.
Law School
184
Allameh Tabatabaei University
flag-IR Iran, Islamic Republic Of
-37
185
University of Dhaka
flag-BD Bangladesh
-37
186
University of the Witwatersrand
flag-ZA South Africa
-37
187
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
flag-DE Germany
-7
188
York University (Osgoode Hall Law School)
flag-CA Canada
-38
N.
Law School
1
University of the Witwatersrand
flag-ZA South Africa
-
2
Rhodes University
flag-ZA South Africa
-
3
University of Pretoria
flag-ZA South Africa
-
4
EDUVOS
flag-ZA South Africa
-
5
University of Johannesburg
flag-ZA South Africa
-

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