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Rhodes University is a public research university located in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. 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 S…
Rhodes University is a public research university located in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. 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, University of Witwatersrand, University of South Africa as the University of the Cape of Good Hope, Stellenbosch University and the University of Cape Town. 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.
  • Former names: Rhodes University College
  • Motto: Where leaders learn
  • Type: Public
  • Established: 31 May 1904
  • Endowment: R2.2 billion (2023)
  • Chancellor: Lex Mpati
  • Vice-Chancellor: Sizwe Mabizela

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