Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University is a South African public research university located in the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape region. Together with the University of Cape Town, which obtained full university status on the same day in 1918, Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest existent university in Sub-Saharan Africa. SUNSAT, Africa's first microsatellite, was constructed and launched in 1999 by Stellenbosch University (abbreviated as SU).

The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities was signed by Stellenbosch University, the first African university to do so.

Stellenbosch University is organized into ten faculties and has over 150 departments. There are over 40 research (and other) institutions in the city. The following faculties are located on the main campus: Arts and Social Sciences, Science, Education, AgriSciences, Law, Theology, Economic and Management Sciences, Engineering.

The university is one of only three public universities in the Western Cape, and one of around 20 in South Africa. Stellenbosch University was placed third in Africa and 251-275 in the globe in the newest edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The university was recently ranked 390 in the world and third in Africa by another respectable rating system, QS World University Rankings.

Established: 1918
Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Website: http://www.sun.ac.za/english