Answer university admissions questions across channels

Source checkedHigher educationSouth Africa

The University of Johannesburg runs MoUJi, an Amazon Lex-based assistant available through web, Messenger and WhatsApp. Its guest post reports reducing peak-period temporary agents from 120 to 60 and saving over R500,000. Generative AI extensions are discussed separately from these established chatbot results.

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For whom

Large university admissions departments; service-design and cloud-integration expertise.

Not for

It is unsuitable for making admissions decisions without university staff.

Brain Score

6/10 brain cellsas of
Impact
2/2
Evidence
1/2
Reproducibility
0/2
Maturity
2/2
Reach
1/2

Five values from 0 to 2. The total has a minimum of 1. A reading aid based on the source, not an independently measured performance result. How the score works

Still current?

Partly, better ways exist

Today: Use the enhanced MoUJi, which added multilingual LLM responses in August 2026, rather than treating generative AI as a future extension.

Augments or replaces?

Replaces the task

MoUJi answers routine admissions questions without staff involvement, replacing frontline handling while people take complex escalations.

Original source

How the University of Johannesburg uses AI chatbots to increase student engagement and reduce costs 
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