Contact information

Office Hours:

Monday to Friday
8am - 4.30pm

Postal address

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Private Bag 3 | Wits 2050 | South Africa

Wits Central Switchboard

Tel: +27 (0)11 717-1000

Admission/application enquiries (undergraduate and postgraduate)

Including queries about the online application system and self-service portal

• Student Call Centre: +27 (0)11 717-1888, or log a query at: www.wits.ac.za/askwits

Contact numbers and email addresses for academic staff

• Search for academic staff here.

Support and Emergency contacts

• Wits Student Crisis Line: Support for students experiencing emotional and psychological distress, available 24/7/365. Call: 0800 111 331
• Counselling and Careers Development Unit: Tel:+27 (0)11 717 9140 / 32 | Email: info.ccdu@wits.ac.za
• Gender Equity Office: Tel: +27 (0)11 717 9790
• Wits Protection Services: Braamfontein Campus East:+27 (0)11 717 4444 / 6666 | Braamfontein Campus West +27 (0)11 717 1842 | Health Sciences Campus: +27 (0)11 717 2222 / 2232 | Education Campus: +27 (0)11 717 3340 | Business School: +27 (0)11 717 3589
• Wits Integrity Hotline: 082 938 45 59/69 | Email: wits.integrity@wits.ac.za
• Staff support: AskNelson Wits Employees only 0861 635 766
• Campus Health and Wellness Centre +27 (0)11 717 9111 / 9113

ulwazi learning portal

• /ulwazi/ 
• If you have a problem related to ulwazi, please log a ticket by following the link witshelp-ism.saasiteu.com/

Wits ICT Helpdesk

• Tel: +27 (0)11 717 1717 | Students: ITStudentHelp@wits.ac.za  | Staff: IThelp@wits.ac.za   |  Log a ticket witshelp-ism.saasiteu.com/

Faculties

• Commerce, Law and Management
• Engineering and the Built Environment
• Health Sciences
• Humanities
• Science

General contacts

• Alumni Relations
• Academic transcripts
• Accommodation
• International Students
• Fees Office
• Financial Aid and Scholarships Administration
• Examinations and Graduation Office
• Disability Rights Unit
• Kudu Card Office/TSS (Icam)
• Parking Office
• Postgraduate Research, and Development Office
• Student Affairs Office
• University Libraries
• Wits Communications Team (media queries) 
• Wits Marketing, Wits Shop and social media
• Wits Development and Fundraising Office
• Wits Plus (selected part-time Wits undergraduate degrees, selected postgraduate programmes, and short courses)
• Wits Enterprise
• Wits Sport
• Wits Language School