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Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa , together with the University of Cape Town - which received full university status on the same day in The students of Stellenbosch University are nicknamed "Maties".
In the latest edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings , Stellenbosch University was ranked in the category in the world and third in Africa. SU is home to a multicultural community of students, staff and alumni. Stellenbosch University is ranked in the top worldwide in development studies , theology , agriculture and forestry.
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Afrikaans English. Another reputable ranking system, QS World University Rankings recently ranked the university at in the world and also third in Africa. SU is home to a multicultural community of students, staff and alumni. In , four of the five matriculates became the institution's first graduates by attaining the "Second Class Certificate" through distance learning, and the gymnasium's student numbers rose to over a hundred.
Click here to read their stories. Although the university was originally named the University of Stellenbosch Afrikaans: Universiteit van Stellenbosch , it nowadays uses two forms: the English version Stellenbosch University abbreviated SU and the Afrikaans version Universiteit Stellenbosch abbreviated US. The university is one of three public universities in the Western Cape and one of about 20 universities in the country.
In , this college was renamed Victoria College ; when it acquired university status on 2 April it was renamed once again, to Stellenbosch University.
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However, in the s, the Cape Colony's first locally elected government took office and prioritised education. Universiteit Stellenbosch.
The first MA degree in Stellenbosch and in South Africa was completed in , and also in that year, the Gymnasium's first four female students were enrolled. The origin of the university can be traced back to the Stellenbosch Gymnasium , which was founded in and opened on 1 March The first five students matriculated in , but capacity did not initially exist for any tertiary education.
Later in , the institution acquired its first Professor and, in the coming few years, its capacity and staff grew rapidly. Stellenbosch University Afrikaans : Universiteit Stellenbosch is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch , a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch University Home Dear, Mr. Mandela, Dear, Mrs.
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The term probably arises from the Afrikaans word "tamatie" meaning tomato, and referring to the maroon sports uniforms and blazer colour. Its first academic senate was constituted at the beginning of , when several new premises were also acquired. Stellenbosch University consistently ranks in the top worldwide in law , politics and geography.
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Single Sign-On (SSO) is the system which handles your logon access to participating based applications. An alternative theory is that the term comes from the Afrikaans colloquialism maat meaning "buddy" or "mate" , originally used diminutively "maatjie" by the students of the University of Cape Town 's precursor, the South African College. By , very little, if any, instruction was delivered in English. A personal intervention by the Prime Minister in the same year ensured that Stellenbosch qualified, after initially being allocated to be purely a secondary school.