objectives include studying and modelling the relationship between environmental change and styles of mineralization in the Precambrian Era, particularly on the Paleoproterozoic Era, studying the temporal and spatial distribution, composition, and origin of mineral deposits on local and regional scales, and training postgraduate students in the field of Economic Geology. The PPM is financed by grants provided by the National Research Foundation of South Africa and the Faculty of Science. Sustainable Energy Technology and Research Centre Centre for Catalysis Research Centre for Banking Law Centre for International Law Centre for Africa-China Studies Research focus areas Below is a list of the spread of the NRF rated researchers per faculty as at April 2013. Science 42% Humanities 21% Engineering and the Built Environment 7% Health Sciences 7% Law 7% Education 5% Art, Design and Architecture 4% Management 4% Economic and financial sciences 3% Faculties The University of Johannesburg is composed of eight faculties. Art, Design and Architecture The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) offers programmes in eight creative disciplines. FADA is home to the following departments: Department of Industrial Design Department of Architecture Department of Fashion Design Department of Graphic Design Department of Interior Design Department of Jewellery Design and Manufacture Department of Multimedia Department of Visual Art College of Business and Economics The University of Johannesburg's College of Business and Economics (CBE) was launched on 1 July 2017. The college emerged from the former Faculty of Management and the former Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences. It has succeeded in helping a lot of students academically and is preferred by many SA students Education The faculty of Education's research focus areas include ecologists of learning to ecologists of practice, learning to be a teacher – towards learner outcomes in schools, discourse and performative practice of teachers in language literacy and communication, keystone species in the science and mathematics classrooms of two schools, teachers building practice as community counselors, teachers and tools: crafting technology education in practice, teacher identity and the culture of schools, Information and communication technology in schools, Values and human rights in education, and aggression in secondary schools in South Africa. Engineering and the Built Environment The faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment's research focus areas include civil engineering materials research, chromium steels, control and image processing, industrial electronics technology, manufacturing, mineral processing and technology, optical communications, process optimization of thermodynamic systems, small-scale mining and