General Information

Here is an aerial view of the Rhodes campus. (165K).

At Rhodes over 4000 students study courses in over 80 subjects lectured by 269 academics in 38 academic departments in eight Faculties. The University offers 50 degrees and about half as many diplomas.

Rhodes also has a Division in East London where over 400 of our students take part-time courses leading to BCom, BA, BSocSc(Hons), BPrimEd, BSocSc(Social Work) and BEd degrees.

Rhodes is the ninth oldest of Africa's 125 universities. After the continent's first universities were started in Morocco and Egypt in the 9th and 10th centuries there was a 900-year gap before Africa's next universities started - in South Africa. Among this latter group was Rhodes, which is the sixth oldest of this country's 21 universities.

It grew out of the college department of St Andrew's College, which had been preparing students for degree examinations since 1878. In 1904 four professors and 50 students walked down from St Andrew's to establish the Rhodes University College in the Drostdy.

Since then Rhodes has developed consistently high standards of teaching and research.

Correspondence with the University should be addressed to

The Registrar

Rhodes University

P. O. Box 94

GRAHAMSTOWN 6140

South Africa

E-Mail: registrar@ru.ac.za

Admission applications should be sent to

Assistant Registrar (Academic)

Admissions Office

Private Bag X1033

GRAHAMSTOWN 6140

South Africa

E-Mail: admissions@ru.ac.za

University telephone exchange

Voice: +27-461-318111

Fax: +27-461-25049

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