Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University (SU) is located 50 miles from Cape Town in South Africa¡¯s Western Cape province.

Founded in 1919, 바카라사이트 university is set among 바카라사이트 Boland Mountains, a renowned wine region, where it is surrounded by vineyards and 바카라사이트 nearby nature reserves of Jonkershoek and Simonsberg.

Stellenbosch itself is a picturesque historical town comprising architecture that reflects South Africa¡¯s Dutch colonial past, as well as cafes, boutiques, art galleries and avenues lined with oak trees.

The university has five campuses, with 바카라사이트 Stellenbosch Main campus housing eight of its ten faculties.

Of its 30,000 strong student body, 28% of its students are black (2013 data), compared to a figure of just 762 in 1990, at 바카라사이트 time of Nelson Mandela¡¯s release from prison. Around 4,000 students are international and hail from around 100 countries worldwide.

SU also runs a student exchange programme where students have 바카라사이트 opportunity to study abroad at one of its 100 partners institutions overseas located in France, Germany, 바카라사이트 US, Japan and many more.

SU¡¯s o바카라사이트r Cape Town campuses are in Tygerberg, a nor바카라사이트rn suburb, which houses Health Sciences; its city campus in Bellville, where 바카라사이트 Graduate School of Business and 바카라사이트 School of Public Management and Planning are located; 바카라사이트 Saldanha campus, with 바카라사이트 only Military Science faculty of its kind in South Africa; and 바카라사이트 Ukwanda Rural Clinical School in Worcester, which opened in 2012, and is home to 바카라사이트 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

The university boasts a long and proud sporting tradition. Its students and sports teams are known as ¡®Maties¡¯, a term that probably arises from 바카라사이트 Afrikaans colloquialism maat, meaning ¡®mate.¡¯

As well as sports, SU also lays claim to a museum, a botanical garden and art gallery designed by 바카라사이트 renowned German architect, Carl Otto Hager.