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Coordinates:33°18′49″S26°31′11″E / 33.31361°S 26.51972°E /-33.31361; 26.51972

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Public university in Makhanda (Grahamstown), South Africa

For the university in the United States, seeRhodes College.

Rhodes University
Coat of arms
Former names	Rhodes University College
Motto	Where leaders learn
Type	Public
Established	31 May 1904; 121 years ago (1904-05-31)
Endowment	R2.2 billion (2023)^[1]
Chancellor	Lex Mpati
Vice-Chancellor	Sizwe Mabizela
Academic staff	357^[2]
Students	7,005^[2]
Undergraduates	5,372^[2]
Postgraduates	1,633^[2]
Location	Makhanda , Eastern Cape , South Africa 33°18′49″S26°31′11″E / 33.31361°S 26.51972°E /-33.31361; 26.51972
Campus	Urban
Colours	Purple White
Nickname	Rhodian
Affiliations	AAU,ACU,HESA,IAU
Website	www.ru.ac.za

Rhodes University (Afrikaans:Rhodes Universiteit) is apublic research university located inMakhanda (Grahamstown) in theEastern Cape province of South Africa.^[3] It is one of four universities in the province.

Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the province's oldest university, and it is the sixth oldest South African university in continuous operation, being preceded by theUniversity of the Free State (1904),^[4]University of Witwatersrand (1896),University of South Africa (1873) as theUniversity of the Cape of Good Hope,^[5]Stellenbosch University (1866)^[6] and theUniversity of Cape Town (1829).^[7] Rhodes was founded in 1904 asRhodes University College, named afterCecil Rhodes, through a grant from theRhodes Trust. It became a constituent college of theUniversity of South Africa in 1918 before becoming an independent university in 1951.

The university had an enrollment of over 8,000 students in the 2015 academic year, of whom just over 3,600 lived in 51 residences on the campus, with the rest (known asOppidans) taking residence off-campus (in rented "digs" or in their own homes).

	Undergraduate	Postgraduate	Eastern Cape	South Africa
Black	54%	49%	86.3%	79.6%
Coloured	4%	3%	8.3%	9%
White	38%	44%	4.7%	8.9%
Asian	4%	4%	0.4%	2.5%

v t e Rhodes University
Campus	1820 Settlers National Monument Africa Media Matrix Albany Museum Cory Library for Historical Research International Library of African Music Makana Botanical Gardens Rhodes University Library
Student life	Rhodes Music Radio
People	Chancellor:Lex Mpati Vice-chancellor:Sizwe Mabizela Notable academics Notable alumni
Related	D. C. S. Oosthuizen Lectures Philosophical Papers Student Comrade Prisoner Spy
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National	United States Czech Republic Israel
Other	Yale LUX

Gender composition of student body (2012)^[17]
	Black	Coloured	White	Asian	All students	South Africa
Female	61%	67%	53%	61%	58%	51%
Male	39%	33%	47%	39%	42%	49%

Times Higher Education Ranking 2023 to 2024
Year	World Rank
2023	801–1000
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