University of the Western Cape

University of the Western Cape

public university, open-access publisher

Year dem found am	1959
Official name	University of the Western Cape, Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland
Field for work	performing arts
Affiliate plus	Association of Commonwealth Universities
Motto text	Respice Prospice
Country	South Africa
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Bellville
Coordinate location	33°56′0″S 18°38′0″E
Dema official website	http://www.uwc.ac.za/

De University of the Western Cape (UWC; Afrikaans: Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland) be public research varsity insyd Bellville, near Cape Town, South Africa. Na dem establish de varsity insyd 1959 by de South African government as varsity give Coloured people per. Oda varsities insyd Cape Town be de University of Cape Town (originally for English-speaking whites), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and Stellenbosch University (originally for Afrikaans-speaking whites). Na de establishing of UWC be direct effect of de Extension of University Education Act, 1959. Dis law accomplish de segregation of higher education insyd South Africa. Na dem allow Coloured students per for few non-white varsities. For dis period insyd, oda "ethnical" varsities, such as de University of Zululand den de University of the North, dem found as well. Since well before de end of apartheid insyd South Africa for 1994 insyd, ebe integrated den multiracial institution.