Rhodes University

Rhodes University

public research university

Year dem found am	1904
Native label	Rhodes University
Affiliate plus	Association of African Universities
Funder	Open Society Foundations, Open Society Foundations, Open Society Foundations, Open Society Foundations, Open Society Foundations
Dem name after	Cecil Rhodes
Country	South Africa
Coordinate location	33°18′49″S 26°31′11″E
Member of	South African National Library and Information Consortium, ORCID, Inc., African Library and Information Associations and Institutions, Association of African Universities, International Association of Universities
Demma headquarters location	Makhanda
Dema official website	https://www.ru.ac.za/

Rhodes University (Afrikaans: Rhodes Universiteit) be public research university wey dey locate insyd Makhanda (Grahamstown) insyd de Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.^[1] Ebe one of four universities insyd de province.

dem establish am insyd 1904, Rhodes University be de province ein oldest university, den de sixth oldest South African university for continuous operation, de University of the Free State (1904),^[2] University of Witwatersrand (1896), University of South Africa (1873) as de University of the Cape of Good Hope,^[3] Stellenbosch University (1866)^[4] den de University of Cape Town (1829)^[5] precede am. Na dem found Rhodes insyd 1904 as Rhodes University College, dem name after Cecil Rhodes, thru grant from de Rhodes Trust. E cam turn constituent college of de University of South Africa insyd 1918 before e cam turn independent university insyd 1951.

De university get enrollment of over 8,000 students insyd de 2015 academic year, of whom just over 3,600 live insyd 51 residences for campus top, plus de rest (dem know as Oppidans) wey dey take residence insyd digs (off-campus residences) anaa for dema own homes for de town insyd.

1. ↑ "CHE | Council on Higher Education | Regulatory body for Higher Education in South Africa | Education | Innovation | University | South Africa". che.ac.za. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
2. ↑ Brief History – UFS was established 28 January 1904 Retrieved 28 April 2011 Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
3. ↑ "University of the Witwatersrand". uniRank™. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
4. ↑ "Universiteit Stellenbosch". uniRank™. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
5. ↑ "University of Cape Town". uniRank™. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2018.