Rhodes University Company Profile

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Company Name	Rhodes University
Website	www.ru.ac.za
Snippet	Rhodes University is a public research university located in Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.[3] It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the province's oldest university, and it is the sixth oldest South African university in continuous operation, being preceded by the University of the Free State (1904),[4] University of Witwatersrand (1896), University of South Africa (1873) as the University of the Cape of Good Hope,[5] Stellenbosch University (1866)[6] and the University of Cape Town (1829).[7] Rhodes was founded in 1904 as Rhodes University College, named after Cecil Rhodes, through a grant from the Rhodes Trust. It became a constituent college of the University of South Africa in 1918 before becoming an independent university in 1951.
Type	Public
Motto	Where leaders learn
Campus	Urban
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Website	www.ru.ac.za
Location	Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}33°18′49″S 26°31′11″E / 33.31361°S 26.51972°E / -33.31361; 26.51972Coordinates: 33°18′49″S 26°31′11″E / 33.31361°S 26.51972°E / -33.31361; 26.51972
Nickname	Rhodian
Students	7,005[2]
Endowment	R429.6 million[1] (US$59.853 million as of 2008[update])
Chancellor	Lex Mpati
Established	31 May 1904
Affiliations	AAU, ACU, HESA, IAU
Former names	Rhodes University College
Postgraduates	1,633[2]
Academic staff	357[2]
Undergraduates	5,372[2]
Vice-Chancellor	Sizwe Mabizela

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