Heads of Academic Departments
| Department | Name | Title | Period |
| Academic Development Programme | A/Prof Suellen Shay | Acting HoD & Deputy Dean | 01.07.2012 - 30.06.2013 |
| Accounting, College of | A/Prof Mark Gregory Graham | HoD | 01.01.2010 - 31.12.2015 |
| African & Gender Studies, Anthropology & Linguistics, School of |
A/Prof Jane Bennett | HoD | 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2014 |
| Anaesthesia | Prof Justus Ludolph Christiaan Swanvelder | HoD | Permanent |
| Archaeology | Emer. Prof John Parkington | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2014 |
| Architecture, Planning & Geomatics, School of | A/Prof Aletta Catharina Steenkamp | HoD | 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2014 |
| Astronomy | Prof Reneé Christine Kraan-Korteweg | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2014 |
| Biological Sciences | Prof Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2015 |
| Chemical Engineering | Prof Alison Emslie Lewis | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2017 |
| Chemistry | Prof Susan Ann Bourne | HoD & Deputy Dean | 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2016 |
| Civil Engineering | A/Prof Neil Armitage | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2017 |
| Clinical Laboratory Sciences | Prof Lorna Jean Martin | HoD | 01.10.2011 - 30.09.2014 |
| Commercial Law | Prof Alan John Rycroft | HoD | 01.03.2011 - 31.03.2016 |
| Computer Science | A/Prof Sonia Berman | HoD | 01.01.2009 - 30.09.2014 |
| Construction Economics & Management | Prof Keith Stone Cattell | HoD | 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2014 |
| Drama | A/Prof Geoffrey Hyland | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2015 |
| Economics, School of | A/Prof Edwin Muchapondwa | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2015 |
| Education, School of | Prof Pamela Helen Christie | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2016 |
| Electrical Engineering | Prof Martin Braae | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2014 |
| English Language & Literature | A/Prof Carrol-Ann Pauline Clarkson | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2013 |
| Environmental & Geographical Science | Prof Michael Edward Meadows | HoD | 01.01.2006 - 31.12.2013 |
| Film & Media Studies, Centre for | A/Prof Lesley Marx | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2015 |
| Finance & Tax | A/Prof Glen Holman | HoD | 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2014 |
| A/Prof Craig West | Acting HoD | 11.02.2013 - 12.04.2013 | |
| Fine Art, Michaelis School of | Prof Stephen Charles Inggs | HoD | 01.01.2008 - 30.12.2013 |
| Geological Sciences | Prof Steve Hilary Richardson | HoD | 01.01.2011 - 31.12.2015 |
| Graduate School of Business | Prof Walter Remi Juliaan Baets | HoD | 01.07.2009 - 30.06.2014 |
| Graduate School of Development Policy & Practice | Prof Alan Hirsch | HoD | Permanent |
| Health & Rehabilitation Sciences | A/Prof Harsha Kathard | HoD | 01.03.2007 - 31.05.2013 |
| Historical Studies | A/Prof Lance van Sittert | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2015 |
| Human Biology | Prof Lauriston Kellaway | HoD | 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2013 |
| Information Systems | A/Prof Lisa Florence Seymour | HoD | 01.07.2012 - 31.12.2014 |
| Languages & Literatures, School of | A/Prof Yasin Dutton | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2015 |
| Management Studies, School of | A/Prof Anton Schlechter | HoD | 01.08.2011 - 31.12.2014 |
| Mathematics & Applied Mathematics | Prof Hans-Peter Albert Kűnzi | HoD | 04.02.2013 - 31.12.2013 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Prof Christiaan Redelinghuys | HoD | 01.04.2010 to 31.03.2013 |
| Medicine | Prof Bongani Mawethu Mayosi | HoD | Permanent |
| Molecular & Cell Biology | A/Prof Vernon Errol Coyne | HoD | 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2016 |
| Music, South African College of | Dr Morné Bezuidenhout | HoD | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2015 |
| Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Prof Lynette Ann Denny | HoD | Permanent |
| Oceanography | Prof Chris James Charles Reason | HoD | 01.01.2011 - 31.12.2015 |
| Paediatrics & Child Health | Prof Heather Joy Zar | HoD | 01.09.20129 - 31.08.2015 |
| Philosophy | Prof David Benatar | HoD | 01.07.2008 - 30.06.2013 |
| Physics | A/Prof Andy Buffler | HoD | 01.07.2012 - 30.06.2017 |
| Political Studies | Prof Annette Seegers | HoD | 01.01.2011 - 31.12.2013 |
| Private Law | Prof Anton Gabriel Fagan | HoD | 01.01.2012 - 30.06.2017 |
| Psychiatry & Mental Health | Prof Dan Joseph Stein | HoD | Permanent |
| Psychology | Prof Mark Leonard Solms | HoD | 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2014 |
| Public Health & Family Medicine | Prof Mohammed Fareed Jeebhay | HoD | 01.10.2012 - 31.09.2017 |
| Public Law | Prof Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa | HoD | 01.07.2009 - 30.06.2014 |
| Radiation Medicine | Prof Raymond P Abratt | HoD | 01.04.2011 - 31.12.2014 |
| Religious Studies | Prof Abdulkader Ismail Tayob | HoD | 01.07.2011 - 30.06.2013 |
| Social Development | A/Prof Vivienne Elizabeth Taylor | HoD | 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2014 |
| Sociology | A/Prof David Michael Cooper | HoD | 01.07.2009 - 31.12.2013 |
| Statistical Sciences | A/Prof Francesca Little | HoD | 01.03.2013 - 31.12.2017 |
| Surgery | Prof Delawir Kahn | HoD | 01.01.2005 - 30.09.2015 |
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Office of the Registrar
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Information updated by:
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