University of Johannesburg

In its first five years of existence, UJ doubled its accredited research output and increased its number of distinguished South African Research Chairs from none to seven. This remarkable achievement was reached well ahead of the target set for 2015. The 2010 research outcome was the result of UJ’s desire, during the initial period, to establish UJ as a thoroughly research-focused university.

UJ boasts world-class, internationally recognised academic programmes based on curricula informed by cutting-edge developments in both undergraduate and postgraduate education. UJ’s programmes, within its nine faculties, are designed to prepare students for the world of work and for global citizenship. UJ’s graduate success rate now stands at 83,4% and the overall annual graduate output is in excess of 11,400 students. The University’s First Year Experience Programme (FYE), an initiative offering academic skills reinforcement with an accent on students mentoring fellow students, is one of the support programmes that help ease the school-to-university transition.

UJ has benefited from a large pool of researchers bringing together various fields of expertise and research focus areas. The University provides the ideal ground for interdisciplinary research with a growing number of NRF-rated researchers choosing to settle on our campuses. Six of our researchers are currently A-rated – all of whom are recognised as world leaders in their field. UJ is also home to a growing number of research centres. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Our research focuses on South Africa and the southern African region, but also looks​ beyond to the wider scholarly community

A qualification in botany or plant science may allow you to pursue careers in areas such as:

• Researcher / Analyst / Lab technician
• Lecturer / Teacher
• Herbarium Curator
• Molecular and Cell Biologist
• Microbiologist
• Environmental consultant & managers
• Ecologist
• Agricultural consultant
• Conservation or Forestry
• Conservation Biologist
• Ethobotanist
• Ecotourism
• Taxonomist
• Plant pathologist
• Plant geneticist
• Food quality control
• Food industry