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Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Phone:
+27 21 808 9111

Address:
Private Bag X1 | Matieland, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa

Stellenbosch University is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is jointly the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa alongside the University of Cape Town which received full university status on the same day in 1918. Stellenbosch University designed and manufactured Africa's first microsatellite, SUNSAT, launched in 1999.Stellenbosch University was the first African university to sign the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.The students of Stellenbosch University are nicknamed Maties. The term probably arises from the Afrikaans word tamatie . An alternative theory is that the term comes from the Afrikaans colloquialism maat originally used diminutively by the students of the University of Cape Town's precursor, the South African College. Stellenbosch University is the second-highest ranked African University according to the 2017-2018 QS World University Rankings.
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