Gateway to Success

New first-year students, Gateway to Success (GTS) is designed for you!

GTS is a jam-packed two-week journey that integrates academic content and skills, student life, health and wellness, and orientation to Wits.

Academic components include courses such as climate change, digital skills, academic writing, academic integrity and Wits’ online learning platform, ulwazi, as well as faculty-specific offerings. On-campus activities cover student wellness, holistic personal development and support, appreciation of diversity, culture, social responsibility, and community-building.

The first step in your experience as a new first year Wits student is the compulsory two-week Gateway to Success (GTS) programme. It integrates academic content and skills, student life, health and wellness and orientation to Wits. GTS runs in a blended format, with some activities taking place on campus and some run in an online mode.

The GTS programme for 2025 will be published at the end of the year. We hope to meet you next year.