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Wits is strategically located in Johannesburg, a world class city, with countless opportunities for students and staff to engage with and present solutions that will contribute to our country's knowledge-base and build our future. With its more than 160 000 graduates in its 95-year history, Wits has made and will continue to make its mark nationally and internationally. The 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) places Wits at 230 in the 201-300 overall ranking category, making it the highest ranking university in Africa. Wits was also ranked in the ARWU’s ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2017 and had three subjects ranked in the TOP100 subject list and 9 others in the TOP500 list.