Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University

public university, open-access publisher

Year dem found am	1866
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]

1. ↑ "Space in South Africa | Space Lab". www.spacelab.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
2. ↑ "SUNSAT - eoPortal Directory - Satellite Missions". directory.eoportal.org. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
3. ↑ "CHE | Council on Higher Education | Regulatory body for Higher Education in South Africa | Education | Innovation | University | South Africa". che.ac.za. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
4. ↑ "Language at Stellenbosch University". www.sun.ac.za. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
5. ↑ "Stellenbosch University – SEC CERT". Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.