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The University of Cape Town (UCT) (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad, Xhosa: iYunivesithi yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa.Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest university in Sub-Saharan Africa in continuous operation.
1: University of Cape Town: 838 2 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1247 3 Stellenbosch University 1295 4 University of Pretoria 1297 5 University of KwaZulu-Natal * 1354 6 University of Johannesburg 1699 7 North-West University 2201 8 University of South Africa 2779 9 University of the Western Cape 3498 10 University of the Free State
The Young Guns and Res Rugby competitions were restricted to full-time students only. [3] In the 2013 season , Varsity Cup teams were required to have 18 full-time students in their 23-man squads. In addition, students needed to have passed at least 30% of their previous year's courses, and all players, even non-students, must have finished ...
The 2016 Varsity Cup was contested from 8 February to 11 April 2016. The tournament (also known as the FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-university rugby union competition featuring eight South African universities.
The teams ranked 1 and 2 will host the semi-finals, against the teams ranked 4 and 3 respectively. The winners will advance to the final, to be hosted by the highest ranking finalist. All matches are played on Mondays. The league scoring system follows a standard scoring system and awards 3 points are awarded for a win, and 1 point for a draw ...
1 January 2005 1 (1967 as RAU, Technikon Witwatersrand and the East Rand campus of Vista University) >50,000 [28] Johannesburg, Soweto: Eng Nelson Mandela University: Madibaz / NMU 1 January 2005 2 (1964 as UPE) 19,768 2,884 22,652 Port Elizabeth, George: Eng University of South Africa: Unisa 1873 300,000
The origin of the university can be traced back to the Stellenbosch Gymnasium, which was founded in 1864 and opened on 1 March 1866. The first five students matriculated in 1870, but capacity did not initially exist for any tertiary education .
There are also joint endeavours between the University of the Western Cape, the University of Cape Town, and Stellenbosch University. 20% of all students at UWC are postgraduates. Like other South African universities, UWC has been affected by sporadic student protests since 2015. The reasons for the protests change with each new period of protest.