{"id":1398,"date":"2021-02-09T09:15:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T07:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2021-02-09T09:15:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T07:15:20","slug":"rhodes-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/rhodes-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhodes University"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"4\">Key Information<i><\/i><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40%\">Name of University<\/td>\n<td>Rhodes University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Acronym<\/td>\n<td>RU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Motto<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"aCOpRe\">Strength, Virtue, Truth<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Established<\/td>\n<td>1904<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Country<\/td>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Province<\/td>\n<td>Eastern Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Type<\/td>\n<td>Public university<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faculties<\/td>\n<td>Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Science <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Campus<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"aCOpRe\"><span class=\"LrzXr\">Grahamstown<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rhodes University Official Website<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\">https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhodes University<strong> founded in 1904<\/strong>, is a public university in Eastern Cape with campuses in Alice, East London and Bhisho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rhodes University Faculties and Courses offered<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of faculties and courses offered by the Rhodes University is given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Commerce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/facultyofcommerce\/studying\/links\/bachelorofbusinessscience\/\">Bachelor of Business Science<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/facultyofcommerce\/studying\/links\/bachelorofcommerce\/\">Bachelor of Commerce<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/facultyofcommerce\/studying\/links\/bachelorofeconomics\/\">Bachelor of Economics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/facultyofcommerce\/studying\/links\/postgraduatediplomainaccountancy\/\">Postgraduate Diploma in Accountancy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/facultyofcommerce\/studying\/links\/postgraduatediplomainenterprisemanagement\/\">Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Management<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>BEd (Foundation Phase Teaching) degree<\/li><li>BEd (in-service) degrees<\/li><li>Postgraduate Certificate in Education<\/li><li>Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education<\/li><li>Bachelor of Education Honours<\/li><li>Masters in Education degrees<\/li><li>PhD (Education) degrees<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Humanities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bachelor of Art &#8211; BA<\/li><li>Bachelor of Fine Art &#8211; BFA<\/li><li>Bachelor of Journalism &#8211; BJourn<\/li><li>Bachelor of Music &#8211; BMus<\/li><li>Bachelor of Social Science &#8211; BSS<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faulty of Law<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>LLB<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Pharmacy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bachelor of Pharmacy degree<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty of Science<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of Departments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/accounting\/\">Accounting<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/afrikaansenneerlandistiek\/\">Afrikaans and Netherlandic Studies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/africanlanguages\/\">African Languages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/anthropology\/\">Anthropology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/bm\/\">Biochemistry, Microbiology<\/a><\/li><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/biotech\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biotechnology Innovation Centre<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/botany\/\">Botany<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/businessschool\/\">Business School<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/teachingandlearning\/\">Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/chemistry\/\">Chemistry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/confuciusinstituterhodesuniversity\/\">Chinese<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/classics\/\">Classical Studies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/computerscience\/\">Computer Science<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/drama\/\">Drama<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/economics\/\">Economics and Economics History<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/education\/\">Education<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/linguisticsandappliedlanguagestudies\/\">English Language and Linguistics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/environmentalscience\/\">Environmental Science<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/teachingandlearning\/esu\/\">Extended Studies Unit<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/fineart\/\">Fine Art<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/french\/\">French<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/geography\/\">Geography<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/geology\/\">Geology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/german\/\">German<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/history\/\">History<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/humankineticsandergonomics\/\">Human Kinetics and Ergonomics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/ichthyology\/\">Ichthyology and Fisheries Science<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/informationsystems\/\">Information Systems<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/jms\/\">Journalism &amp; Media Studies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/law\/\">Law<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/english\/\">Literary Studies in English<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/managementdepartment\/\">Management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/mathematics\/\">Mathematics (Pure and Applied)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/modernfiction\/\">Modern Fiction<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/musicmusicology\/\">Music &amp; Musicology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/pharmacy\/\">Pharmacy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/philosophy\/\">Philosophy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/physicsandelectronics\/\">Physics and Electronics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/politicalinternationalstudies\/\">Political and International Studies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/psychology\/\">Psychology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/schooloflanguages\/\">School of Languages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/sociology\/\">Sociology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/statistics\/\">Statistics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/zoologyandentomology\/\">Zoology and Entomology<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prospectus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhodes University prospectus contains information about the institution and the available <strong>courses<\/strong>, including advice on how to apply, registration, contact details and the benefits of accepting a place among others. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/admissiongateway\/\">Download Rhodes University Prospectus<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entry Requirements<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You have to meet the below entry requirements in order to study at Rhodes University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your application will only be considered for admission to the University if you qualify for Bachelor&#8217;s degree study AND you satisfy the faculty requirements. To qualify for with a Bachelor&#8217;s pass status, learners are required to take seven subjects, four of which are compulsory (two languages, Life Orientation and either Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy) and three of the learner&#8217;s own choice from the subjects on offer at the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To qualify for degree studies at Rhodes University, learners must pass:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>English language at an achievement rating of 4 (50 &#8211; 59%) or above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least four of the seven subjects must be from the list of recommended subject list set out below and sutdents must have obtained an achievement rating of 4 (50 &#8211; 59%) or above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet Faculty requirements:&nbsp; subject requirements and percentage required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PLEASE NOTE:&nbsp; Obtaining the minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended subject list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accounting, Agricultural Science, Business Studies, Consumer Studies, Dramatic Arts, Engineering Graphics &amp; Design, Economics, Geography, History, Information Technology, Languanges, Life Sciences, Mathematics \/ Mathematical Literacy, Music, Physical Science, Religion Studies, Visual Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minimum entry requirements for admission to Rhodes University in 2021 are set out in the following table below. Note (a) the point levels that are required (b) the differences in the achievement levels that are needed for Mathematical Literacy, (c) the need for Life and\/or Physical Sciences for degrees in Science or Pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For full details of entry requirements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\/admissiongateway\/application\/entryrequirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>!<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rhodes University Application Status<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you have submitted your application study at <em><em>Rhodes University<\/em> in South Africa<\/em> and you would like to check the status of your application to the college for your programme of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have applied and have received the acknowledgement letter, you may use the login details on such a letter to track the process of your application. To do that navigate to the login screen and login using the details given on the acknowledgement letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To track your application go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/ross.ru.ac.za\/\">https:\/\/ross.ru.ac.za\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to apply to study at Rhodes University?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to apply to the Rhodes University to study in the next academic year, you can apply online at: <a href=\"https:\/\/ross.ru.ac.za\/\">https:\/\/ross.ru.ac.za\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Application for January intake, closes end of September each year.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Campus of Rhodes University and contact details<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Physical Address<\/strong><br>19 Somerset Street<br>Grahamstown<br>6139<br>Eastern Cape<br>South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tel: 046 603 7211<br>Fax: 046 603 8084<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information visit Rhodes University official website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Information Name of University Rhodes University Acronym RU Motto Strength, Virtue, Truth Established 1904 Country South Africa Province Eastern Cape Type Public university Faculties Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Science Campus Grahamstown Rhodes University Official Website https:\/\/www.ru.ac.za Overview Rhodes University founded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[214],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutions","tag-rhodes-university"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1398"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1413,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions\/1413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}