{"id":1160,"date":"2020-12-21T16:46:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2020-12-21T16:58:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:58:42","slug":"university-of-johannesburg%e2%80%8e-uj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/university-of-johannesburg%e2%80%8e-uj\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Johannesburg\u200e (UJ)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"4\">Key Information<i><\/i><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40%\">Name of University<\/td>\n<td>University of Johannesburg\u200e (UJ)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Acronym<\/td>\n<td>UJ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Motto<\/td>\n<td>The Future. Reimagined.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Established<\/td>\n<td>1 January 2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Country<\/td>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Province<\/td>\n<td>Gauteng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Type<\/td>\n<td>Public university<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faculties<\/td>\n<td>College of Business and Economics; Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture; Faculty of Education; Faculty of Engineering &amp; the Built Environment; Faculty of Health Sciences; Faculty of Humanities; Faculty of Law and Faculty of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Campus<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"aCOpRe\"><span id=\"DeltaPlaceHolderMain\">Auckland Park Kingsway, Auckland Park Bunting Road, Doornfontein and Soweto campuses<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UJ Website<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\">www.uj.ac.za<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Johannesburg (UJ)<strong> founded in 1 January 2005<\/strong> is a public university in Gauteng. UJ has four campuses:\u00a0the Auckland Park Kingsway, Auckland Park Bunting Road, Doornfontein and Soweto campuses \u2013\u00a0 all located in the metropolitan area of the City of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University has\u00a08 Faculties viz., Education, Law, Humanities, Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Health Sciences, Science,\u00a0 Engineering and the Built Environment as well as the\u00a0 College of Business and Economics, housing the newly established Johannesburg Business School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Johannesburg (UJ) Faculties and Courses offered<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of faculties and courses offered by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) is given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Architecture<\/li><li>Fashion Design Fashion Production<\/li><li>Graphic (Communication) Design<\/li><li>Industrial Design<\/li><li>Interior Design<\/li><li>Jewellery Design and Manufacture<\/li><li>Multimedia ( Digital) Design<\/li><li>Visual (Fine) Art<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>BEd in Foundation Phase Teaching (Grades R-3)<\/li><li>BEd in Intermediate Phase Teaching (Grades 4-7)<\/li><li>BEd in Senior Phase and FET Teaching (Grades 7-12)<\/li><li>Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).<ul><li>PGCE (Further Education and Training Teaching)(Grade 7-12)<\/li><li>PGCE: (Senior Phase &amp; Further Education and Training Teaching) (Grade 10-12)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Engineering &amp; the Built Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/febe\/Pages\/Postgraduate-School-of-Engineering-Management.aspx\">Postgraduate School of Engineering Management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/febe\/School of Electrical Engineering\/Pages\/default.aspx\">School of Electrical Engineering<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/febe\/School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment\/Pages\/default.aspx\">School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/febe\/School-of-Mechanical-and-Industrial-Engineering\/Pages\/default.aspx\">School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/febe\/School-of-Mining-Metallurgy-and-Chemical-Engineering\/Pages\/default.aspx\">School of Mining, Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Health Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Biomedical-Technology\">Biomedical Sciences<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Chiropractic\">Chiropractic<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Emergency-Medical-Care\">Emergency Medical Care<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Environmental-Health\">Environmental Health<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Homoeopathy\">Complementary Medicine<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Human-Anatomy-and-Physiology\">Human Anatomy and Physiology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Medical-Imaging-and-Radiation-Sciences\">Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences (Radiography)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Nursing-Sciences\">Nursing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Optometry\">Optometry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Podiatry\">Podiatry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/health\/Sport-and-Movement-Studies\">Sport and Movement Studies<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Humanities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/humanities\/department-of-anthropology-and-development-studies\">Anthropology and Development Studies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/humanities\/Department-of-English\">English<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/humanities\/department-of-historical-studies\">History<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/humanities\/Department of Philosophy\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Philosophy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/humanities\/dpir\">Politics and International Relations\u200b<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/humanities\/psychology\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Psychology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/humanities\/Department-of-Religion-Studies\">Religion Studies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/humanities\/Department-of-Social-Work\">Social Work<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/humanities\/sociology\">Sociology<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Law <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/law\/Pages\/MercantileLaw.aspx\">Mercantile Law<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/law\/Pages\/PracticalBusinessLaw.aspx\">Practical Business Law<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/law\/Pages\/Private-Law.aspx\">Private Law<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/law\/Pages\/Procedural-Law.aspx\">Procedural Law<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/law\/Law-Clinic\">Law Clinic<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/law\/Pages\/Public-Law.aspx\">Public Law<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/csweb\">Academy of Computer Science and Software Engineering<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/biochemistry\">Biochemistry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/foodtech\">Biotechnology and Food Technology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/botany\">Botany &amp; Plant Biotechnology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/chemicalsciences\">Chemical Sciences<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/geography\">Geography, Environmental Management &amp; Energy Studies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/geology\">Geology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/mam\">Mathematics and Applied Mathematics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/physics\">Physics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/statistics\">Statistics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/faculties\/science\/zoology\">Zoology<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prospectus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Johannesburg (UJ) prospectus contains information about the institution and the available <strong>courses<\/strong>, including advice on how to apply, registration, contact details and the benefits of accepting a place among others. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uj.ac.za\/digital-books\/UJ_Undergrad_Prospectus2021\/\"><strong>Download University of Johannesburg (UJ) Prospectus for undergradu<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uj.ac.za\/digital-books\/UJ_Undergrad_Prospectus2021\/\">ate<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Johannesburg (UJ) Accommodation \/ Residences<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important information<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For first time applicants, first complete the academic application process and use your student\/reference number to complete the residence application as indicated below.\u00a0<\/li><li>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/studyatUJ\/Student-Accommodation-Residence-Life\/Pages\/default.aspx\">click here<\/a>\u00a0for more information on student accommodation and residence life.\u00a0<\/li><li>Once you have been academically admitted at the University in January 2021, and your received a letter of confirmation of placement in residence, you will be required to pay a residence deposit of R1220.00<\/li><li>Admission to the University does not guarantee admission to the residences (depending on space availability)<\/li><li>You may reside only on the campus where you attend your studies.\u00a0<\/li><li>No residence transfers are allowed.<\/li><li>Only applicants studying towards FULL TIME\u00a0curricular undergraduate and postgraduate programmes may apply for residence.<\/li><li>Residence online application is not available for 1<sup>st<\/sup> Time Entering Students 24 years and older.\u00a0 You can download a hardcopy application form at the bottom of this page.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/registration.uj.ac.za\/pls\/prodi41\/w99pkg.mi_login\">HERE<\/a> to apply online for UJ Residence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Johannesburg (UJ) Application Status<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you have submitted your application study at <em><em>University of Johannesburg (UJ)<\/em> in South Africa<\/em> and you would like to check the status of your application to the college for your programme of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have applied and have received the acknowledgement letter, you may use the login details on such a letter to track the process of your application. To do that navigate to the login screen and login using the details given on the acknowledgement letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To track your application go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/student.uj.ac.za\/status.aspx\">https:\/\/student.uj.ac.za\/status.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to apply to study at University of Johannesburg (UJ)?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to apply to the University of Johannesburg (UJ) to study in the next academic year, you can apply online at: <a href=\"https:\/\/apply.online.uj.ac.za\/Start-Now\/Apply-Now\"><strong>https:\/\/apply.online.uj.ac.za\/Start-Now\/Apply-Now<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Application for January intake, closes end of October each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Campus of University of Johannesburg (UJ) and contact details<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Auckland Park Kingsway Campus<\/strong><br>Corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Auckland Park Bunting Road Campus<\/strong><br>Bunting Road, Auckland Park\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Doornfontein Campus<\/strong><br>Cnr Siemert &amp; Beit Streets, Doornfontein\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Soweto Campus<\/strong><br>Old Potch, Road Soweto\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tel: <\/strong>+27 11 559 4555<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>e-mail: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:mylife@uj.ac.za\">mylife@uj.ac.za<\/a><br><br>For more information visit University of Johannesburg (UJ) official website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\">https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Information Name of University University of Johannesburg\u200e (UJ) Acronym UJ Motto The Future. 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