Year dem found am | 1866 ![]() |
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Nickname | Maties ![]() |
Affiliate plus | Association of African Universities ![]() |
Motto text | Pectora roborant cultus recti ![]() |
Country | South Africa ![]() |
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Stellenbosch Local Municipality ![]() |
Coordinate location | 33°55′58″S 18°51′51″E ![]() |
Member of | ORCID, Inc., World Digital Library, South African National Library and Information Consortium, Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, Association of African Universities ![]() |
Demma headquarters location | Stellenbosch ![]() |
Dema official website | https://www.sun.ac.za/ ![]() |
Stellenbosch University (SU) (Afrikaans: Universiteit Stellenbosch, Xhosa: iYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch) be public research university wey dey situate insyd Stellenbosch, town insyd de Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch be de oldest university insyd South Africa den de oldest extant university insyd Sub-Saharan Africa, wey dem receive full university status insyd 1918.[1] Stellenbosch University design den manufacture Africa ein first microsatellite, SUNSAT, dem launch am for 1999 insyd.[2]
Dem organise Stellenbosch insyd 139 departments across 10 faculties wey dey offer bachelor's (NQF 7) to doctoral degrees (NQF 10) insyd de English den Afrikaans language.[3][4] Across five campuses insyd de Western Cape, de university be home to 32,000 students.
Dem nickname de students of Stellenbosch University "Maties". De term probably dey arise from de Afrikaans word "tamatie" (wey dey mean tomato, wey dey refer to de maroon sports uniforms den blazer colour). Alternative theory be say de term dey komot from de Afrikaans colloquialism maat (wey dey mean "buddy" anaa "mate"), University of Cape Town ein precursor originally use diminutively ("maatjie"), de South African College.[5]
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