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Stellenbosch University consistently ranks in the top 200 worldwide in law, politics and geography. Stellenbosch University is ranked in the top 100 worldwide in development studies, theology, agriculture and forestry. [59] In 2012, Webometrics ranked Stellenbosch's web footprint 2nd largest in Africa, again behind the University of Cape Town. [60]
Stellenbosch (/ ˈ s t ɛ l ə n b ɒ s /; [3] Afrikaans: [ˈstælənˌbɔs]) [4] [5] is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Cape Town, along the banks of the Eerste River at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountain.
It is the third oldest South African university in continuous operation, after the University of Cape Town (founded in 1829), [6] and Stellenbosch University (founded in 1866). [7] Eight years later, in 1904, the school was moved to Johannesburg and renamed the Transvaal Technical Institute .
The Higher Education Leadership and Management Programme (HELM) was founded in 2002. [20] HELM is one of the flagship programmes, offered by USAf. This programme offers contextual and bespoke leadership and management programmes for emerging, middle and senior managers and leaders in universities.
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 (1904), [4] University of Witwatersrand (1896), University of South Africa (1873) as the University of the Cape of Good Hope, [5] Stellenbosch ...
The university offered a limited training for lower-to-middle-level positions in schools and the civil service. In the first years of its existence, a great deal of the teaching staff was white. Many of the lecturers came from Stellenbosch University. The language in most lectures was Afrikaans. The first rector was N. J. Sieberhagen (from 1960 ...
A university or school prospectus is a document sent to potential (prospective) students to attract them to apply for admissions. It usually contains information about the institution and the available courses, including advice on how to apply and the benefits of accepting a place.
Wim de Villiers formed a management team in 2015 to resolve the language issue on behalf of the university. The management team decides that all teaching at Stellenbosch University will be facilitated in English and that substantial academic support will be made available in other South African languages according to students' needs.