University reference
University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand, established in 1922, is an active ROR organization in Johannesburg, ZA. ROR classifies the organization under education, funder. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.
Key facts
- ROR identifier
- https://ror.org/03rp50x72
- Country
- ZA
- City
- Johannesburg
- Administrative area
- Gauteng
- Website
- https://www.wits.ac.za
- Established
- 1922
- Organization types
- education, funder
- Aliases
- Wits University
- Acronyms
- Wits
- External identifiers
fundref 100009467, 501100001336, 501100010241 grid grid.11951.3d isni 0000 0004 1937 1135 wikidata Q534643 - Organization relationships
child 01vga2998, 02ayn5869 related 02g48bh60, 04nrs5002, 047x96110 - Latitude
- -26.20227
- Longitude
- 28.04363
- ROR last modified
- 2026-06-23
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Aliases | Wits University |
|---|---|
| Acronyms | Wits |
| FUNDREF identifiers | 100009467, 501100001336, 501100010241 |
| GRID identifiers | grid.11951.3d |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0004 1937 1135 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q534643 |
| ROR child relationships | 01vga2998, 02ayn5869 |
| ROR related relationships | 02g48bh60, 04nrs5002, 047x96110 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.
| QID | Q534643 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2517736649 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-07-15T10:55:45Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | University of the Witwatersrand | ||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.wits.ac.za/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q258 | ||||||||||||
| Inception |
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OpenAlex institution metadata
Works and research-topic context
Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.
Published topics: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Global Maternal and Child Health, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, South African History and Culture, HIV Research and Treatment, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Legal Issues in South Africa, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
6,584.00 works2024
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
View source data
| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6,584.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 6,584.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 6,572.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 6,430.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 5,653.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 4,802.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 4,375.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 4,080.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 3,996.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 3,554.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 3,159.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 2,633.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,600.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,211.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,863.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
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Research Organization Registry
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- dbdfb9b8dad3
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Research Organization Registry (ROR)
DataOfWorld deterministic university profile template
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- university-profile-v1
- License
- Original DataOfWorld text
- Attribution
- DataOfWorld
Wikidata structured data
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 3be58f7e2b5e
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Wikidata structured data; DataOfWorld preserves QID and revision metadata.
OpenAlex metadata
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 6600cd0fe3d0
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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