UJ wins GMA Award and showcases LAViR at Global MOOC Conference in Mexico City
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has earned international recognition after being selected as one of the winners of the 2025 Global MOOC and Online Education Alliance Awards. The award honours the Learning Analytics embedded Virtual Reality Classroom, known as LAViR, a short learning programme on microteaching created by the University’s Faculty of Education’s Centre for […]
UJ Women’s Football and Table Tennis shine at USSA Summer Championships
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) Orange Army made a powerful statement at the 2025 University Sport South Africa (USSA) Summer Championships, concluding a successful five-day campaign on Friday, 5 December. UJ secured two gold medals, a silver medal, and a bronze medal across the various sporting codes hosted in three cities, with star performances from […]
Ensuring no one is left behind
Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg. He recently published an opinion article that first appeared in the China Daily on 05 December 2025. South Africa’s presidency of the G20 has created momentum while China’s 15th Five-Year Plan offers a time frame for translating commitments into action Editor’s note: The […]
UJ scholars strengthen the University’s global research reputation
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) continues to build its reputation as one of Africa’s leading research institutions, driven by scholars whose work is influencing global thinking in science, technology and innovation. The latest independent analysis by ScholarGPS highlights this momentum and recognises the quality, reach and impact of UJ’s academic output. A key highlight of […]
Becoming human in southern Africa: What ancient hunter-gatherer genomes reveal
In one of the largest African hunter-gatherer ancient-DNA studies to date, population geneticists from Uppsala University in Sweden, and a cognitive archaeologist from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, analysed the DNA of 28 people who lived in southern Africa between 1200 and just a few hundred years ago. It contributes further evidence that southern African hunter-gatherers were some of […]
UJ TTO showcases innovation at the Science Forum South Africa
The University of Johannesburg (UJ)’s Technology Transfer Office (UJ TTO) is taking part in the Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) at the CSIR International Convention Centre, where it is showcasing a range of home-grown innovations and engaging with potential partners, investors and researchers. The forum once again brought together researchers, innovators, investors, funders and organisations […]
Vice-Chancellor Message – 28 November 2025
Dear UJ community, To end what has been an eventful and productive year on a high note has to be one of the most gratifying experiences, both from an individual and collective perspective. Historic Visit to Liberia Early on Saturday, I led a delegation from our University to Liberia. The purpose of the visit was […]
UJ deepens strategic partnerships in Liberia as VC meets former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
A high-level delegation from the University of Johannesburg (UJ), led by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Letlhokwa Mpedi, has spent this week in Liberia strengthening academic, research and partnerships across the country. The visit reflects UJ’s commitment to building influential Pan-African networks that advance innovation, knowledge production and long-term development on the continent. The delegation’s […]
Globelics International Conference highlights UJ’s commitment to global collaboration and innovation
The voices in the Global South need to be amplified and meaningful collaboration and inclusive perspectives are the only way to enrich global knowledge and practice. This was the powerful message the University of Johannesburg (UJ)’s Professor Erika Kraemer-Mbula welcomed attendees to the three-day International Globelics Conference. The conference, which started on Monday 24 November […]
UJ’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Letlhokwa George Mpedi honoured with doctorate in Liberia
“Whatever the next chapter may be… the future of Africa is in your capable hands.” This was the message of Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg (UJ), as he addressed the twelfth graduation convocation of William V. S. Tubman University (TU) in Liberia on Monday, 24 November 2025. It […]
