Rhodes University
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Name (Latin)
Rhodes University
Other forms of name
RU (Rhodes University)
Rhodes Universiteit
Rhodes University College
Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
University of South Africa. Rhodes University College
Coordinates
26.51972222 26.51972222 -33.31361111 -33.31361111 (gooearth )
Type of corporate body
Universities and colleges
Associated country
South Africa
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Rhodes University website, viewed October 16, 2024:banner (Rhodes University, RU 1904-2024, 120 years of excellence) History of Rhodes (Rhodes University College was founded by Act of Parliament on May 31, 1904; constituent college of the University of South Africa, 1918; when the future of the University of South Africa came under review in 1947, Rhodes opted to become an independent university, but needed 150,000 pounds in free capital for an endowment; funds were raised and donated, and Rhodes University was inaugurated on March 10, 1951)
- Rhodes University website, viewed Sep. 19, 2017:Why Rhodes, History of Rhodes (Rhodes University College; location, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape; founded by Act of Parliament on May 31, 1904, with four founding professors from St Andrew's College; it adapted the tutorial system from the Oxbridge model; its students took examinations at University of the Cape of Good Hope; it became a constituent college of the new University of South Africa in 1918; Rhodes opted to become an independent university in 1947)
- Wikipedia, October 16, 2024(Rhodes University (Afrikaans: Rhodes Universiteit); a public research university located in Makhanda (Grahamstown), Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; one of four universities in the province; established 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; inaugurated on 10 March 1951)