Locating Courses at University of Witwatersrand

 

  • View the University of the Witwatersrand Web page.
  • Select a "Faculty" from the column and download the PDF.
  • Course descriptions can be searched after you've downloaded this.

 


Credit Conversion

 

  • Credit conversion varies based on Faculty.

 

Academic Calendar

The South African academic year starts in February and ends in November. Interstudy students spending, for example, the North American Fall semester in South Africa will actually be entering the second semester of the South African system after the South African mid-year (July/winter) break. At Wits, the semester-based calendar is subdivided in four terms: the first (from February to April) and second (from April to May) form Semester I, which corresponds with the Spring semester in the North American academic calendar; and after a three-to-four week break in June/July, the third term (from July to September) and fourth (from September to November) form Semester II which roughly corresponds with the North American Fall semester.