Campuses of the University of the Witwatersrand
The campuses of the
East Campus
When, in 1922, the University College, Johannesburg was granted full University status as the University of the Witwatersrand, a site in Milner Park in Braamfontein was donated to the new university by the Johannesburg municipality.[1] That site is today East Campus.
East Campus is the home of the faculties of
Just south of Robert Sobukwe Block is Solomon Mahlangu House, the tallest building on campus. Construction of Solomon Mahlangu House (formerly Senate House) was completed in 1977,[5] and it has since become strongly identified with University management, located on the eleventh floor of the building. "The eleventh floor" has become a metonym on campus for University management.[6] Solomon Mahlangu House is the location of meetings of the university's senate, as well as the university council. East Campus is also the location of Jan Smuts House, home of the South African Institute of International Affairs, as well as Bidvest Stadium, the home stadium of Wits University F.C.
The campus itself is centred on the Library Lawns, to the north of the Great Hall. The Wartenweiler and William Cullen Libraries are located on each side of the Library Lawns. To the north-east of the Library Lawns is the Student Union Building, home of the Matrix Student Mall (from which the building's colloquial name, "The Matrix", derives), opened in 2003, as well as the Student Representative Council (SRC) and many of the university's student clubs, societies and organisations. The Origins Centre, a museum that houses
There are four student residences on East Campus: Men's Hall of Residence, colloquially known as Men's Res, for male students, as well as the Sunnyside Hall of Residence, and Jubilee Hall, for female students. The fourth, International House, is a self-catering residence for foreign students.[7]
West Campus
Prior to 1985, what is now West Campus was the
The staff club[10] and a tower housing, a tuck shop and the security office were originally constructed for the Empire Exhibition, South Africa.[11]
There are three residences on West Campus, all mixed-gender. They are the self-catering Barnato Hall, the catering David Webster Hall, and the self-catering West Campus Village.[12]
Parktown Campuses
The Medical and Management schools and Education Campus are located in Parktown. The Medical School, home of the
See also
References
- ^ South African History Online, "The inauguration of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is celebrated", retrieved 12 December 2011
- ^ Wits University Faculty of Humanities Archived 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Contact Us, retrieved 12 December 2011
- ^ Wits University Faculty of Science Archived 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Contact Us, retrieved 12 December 2011
- ^ Southern African Regional Universities Association, History of the University of the Witwatersrand, retrieved 12 December 2011
- ^ Wits University Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, "Short History of the University", retrieved 12 December 2011
- ^ The Institutional Context of Restructuring External and Internal Determinants, retrieved 13 December 2011
- ^ Wits University Student Accommodation Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, East Campus Cluster, retrieved 12 December 2011
- ^ Wits University Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Archived 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Contact Us, retrieved 12 December 2011
- ^ Wits University Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management Archived 2011-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, Contact Us, retrieved 12 December 2011
- ^ "Empire Exhibition: Cape House details". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Tower of Light, West Campus, University of the Witwatersrand details". Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ Wits University Student Accommodation Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, West Campus Cluster, retrieved 12 December 2011
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