University of Johannesburg

Corner Kingsway Avenue and University Road, Johannesburg

  • #=312 QS Global World Ranking
  • PublicStatus
  • Very HighResearch Output
  • 19,722Total Students
  • 2,168Faculty
  • 4,344Int'l Students

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The University of Johannesburg (UJ) offers postgraduate-level programmes in eight faculties (including one college):

  •  College of Business and Economics (including the Johannesburg Business School)
  • Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Science

UJ is the first and only African university admitted to the highly respected consortium of 28 research-intensive universities in the world, Universitas 21 – an important endorsement of the growing international stature of UJ. This membership gives UJ staff and students the opportunity to collaborate with many of the world's Top 100 universities.

Aspiring to greater heights in achieving an international reputation for academic and research distinction, UJ intends investing more than R600 million over the next seven years into six Flagship Research Institutes designed to enrich and deepen its academic profile through research innovation. The strategy aims to transform UJ into a pan-African epicentre of critical intellectual inquiry and scholarship. The Flagship Research Institutes, within UJ’s eight faculties, aim to influence the international search for intelligent solutions to the grand challenges of our time.

UJ postgraduate students are eligible for funding opportunities, some of which are administered by the Postgraduate Funding Support section of the Postgraduate School on the Auckland Park Kingsway Campus. Funding opportunities include: bursaries, scholarships, and fellowships.


About

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) offers postgraduate-level programmes in eight faculties (including one college):

  •  College of Business and Economics (including the Johannesburg Business School)
  • Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Science

UJ is the first and only African university admitted to the highly respected consortium of 28 research-intensive universities in the world, Universitas 21 – an important endorsement of the growing international stature of UJ. This membership gives UJ staff and students the opportunity to collaborate with many of the world's Top 100 universities.

Aspiring to greater heights in achieving an international reputation for academic and research distinction, UJ intends investing more than R600 million over the next seven years into six Flagship Research Institutes designed to enrich and deepen its academic profile through research innovation. The strategy aims to transform UJ into a pan-African epicentre of critical intellectual inquiry and scholarship. The Flagship Research Institutes, within UJ’s eight faculties, aim to influence the international search for intelligent solutions to the grand challenges of our time.

UJ postgraduate students are eligible for funding opportunities, some of which are administered by the Postgraduate Funding Support section of the Postgraduate School on the Auckland Park Kingsway Campus. Funding opportunities include: bursaries, scholarships, and fellowships.


University highlights

QS World University Ranking

  • 2014
    #601-650
  • 2015
    #601-650
  • 2016
    #601-650
  • 2017
    #601-650
  • 2018
    #601-650
  • 2019
    #551-560
  • 2020
    #501-510
  • 2021
    #=439
  • 2022
    #=434
  • 2023
    #=412
  • 2024
    #306
  • 2025
    #=312

Student & Staff

Total students
19,722

15%
85%

International students
4,344

35%
65%

Total faculty staff
2,168

894
1274

Total students
19,722

15%
85%

International students
4,344

35%
65%

Total faculty staff
2,168

1274
894
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Campus locations

University of Johannesburg Auckland Park Kingsway Campus,

Corner Kingsway Avenue and University Road , Johannesburg , Gauteng , South Africa , 2006

University of Johannesburg Auckland Park Bunting Road Campus,

Bunting Road , Johannesburg , Gauteng , South Africa , 2006

University of Johannesburg Doornfontein Campus,

Corner Siemert and Beit Streets , Johannesburg , Gauteng , South Africa , 2006

University of Johannesburg Soweto Campus,

Old Potch Road , Johannesburg , Gauteng , South Africa , 2006

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