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Newly merged North West University (NWU) is an amalgimation of campuses at Potchefstroom (established in 1869), Mafikeng, Vanderbijpark (est. in 1966) and Mankwe.
With approximately 57 000 full-time and distance-learning students in attendance in 2009, NWU is one of the largest in the country. Although each campus is known for specific faculties and specialities, Potchesfstroom has the largest housing and educational facilities – as well as a claim to the best student life in the country. After its merger in 2004, the university became part of the biggest multi-campus and multi-diverse institution in the country; spanning two provinces.
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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) formed in 2005 after the merger of the University of Port Elizabeth, the Port Elizabeth Technikon and the Port Elizabeth campus of Vista University.
NMMU brings together practical and higher education, as students can study towards diplomas and degrees up to and including doctoral level, and a number of courses include workplace experience as part of the curriculum. With about 25 000 students enrolled in 2008 in its five PE-based campuses (and one campus located in George), NMMU is the largest higher education institution in the Eastern and Southern Cape.
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The University of Limpopo is a result of the merger between the University of the North (1959) and the Medical University of South Africa (MEDUNSA: 1976).
These previous institutions form the Turfloop and MEDUNSA campuses of the University, respectively. Situated north-west of Pretoria, the university nestles in the foothills of the Hwiti (Wolkberg range), and was home to almost 6 000 students on the MEDUNSA campus in 2008.
The united University of Limpopo’s mission is to become “A world-class African university, which responds to education, research and community needs of our society through partnerships and knowledge generation, continuing the tradition of empowerment.”
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The new University of KwaZulu-Natal was formed in 2004 as result of the merger between the Unversity of Natal (established in 1910) and the University of Durban-Westville (founded in the 1960s).
Bringing together these two rich histories, UKZN was among the first batch of SA institutions to merge in accordance with government’s restructuring plans. With five campuses located in Durban and Pietermartizburg, UKZN’s vision is to be the premier university of African scholarship. This means that knowledge and research must arise from interfacing with our “local context”, which has many geographical, socio-political and economic dimensions.
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The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a result of the merger between the Rand Afrikaans University (est. 1967) and the Technikon Witwatersrand (est. 1979).
Prior to the merger, the Daveyton and Soweto campuses of the former Vista University had been incorporated into the Rand Afrikaans University. Established in 2005, UJ now has nine faculties spread over five campuses with more than 45 000 students in attendance. UJ’s vision includes the advancement of freedom, democracy, equality and human dignity as high ideals of humanity, through distinguished scholarship and through reputable research and innovation. In its mission statement, UJ commits itself to leading, challenging, creating and exploring knowledge.
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The University of the Free State (UFS) is in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State. Established in 1904, UFS is a multicultural, bilingual institution, serving more than 25 000 students, with 1 500 students currently at its Qwaqwa campus.
The university has six faculties offering a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. UFS has a high number of research and exchange agreements with internationally recognised institutions, contributing towards a diverse, mutually beneficial international culture within the framework of research, teaching and community service. In 2006, UFS was appointed the national training provider for the Jobs for Growth Programme – an initiative that forms part of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (Asgisa).
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Shortly after turning 90, the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape serveD a total of more than 10 000 students IN 2008 from its three campuses in Alice, Bhisho and East London.
Its five faculties and ten schools cover a range of undergraduate diplomas, bachelor’s and honours degrees to master’s and doctoral level studies. Known as the birth site of the black consciousness movement in the 1970s, the University of Fort Hare’s alumni include Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Robert Sobukwe, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, poet Dennis Brutus, journalist Can Themba, the first black Zimbabwean medical doctor, Tichafa Samuel Parirenyatwa, and historian, novelist and politician Stanlake Samkange.
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Founded in 1829, the University of Cape Town (UCT) is one of South Africa’s oldest and most prestigious universities.
With 20 000 students – 30% of whom are postgraduate, 55% black, 49% female and international, UCT is the highest ranked South African (and only African) university in the top 200 universities worldwide according to the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). With its Engineering, Science, Commerce and most of Humanities faculties packed into the picturesque slopes of Devil’s Peak, 60% of UCT students are studying “hard” subjects of Engineering, Sciences, Medicine, Law and Commerce – and it has strong research relations with major UK Russell League universities.
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