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Rhodes University (Afrikaans: Rhodes Universiteit) is a public research university located in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. [3] It is one of four universities in the province.
The other, the University of Rhode Island, is overseen by its own board of trustees. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The state operates two public universities, the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College , as well as the Community College of Rhode Island , which offers degrees at six locations.
Grahamstown was the location of the testing of the first diamond find by Henry Carter Galpin. [citation needed] In 1904, Rhodes University College was established in Grahamstown through a grant from the Rhodes Trust. [17] In 1951 it became a fully-fledged University, Rhodes University.
The Rhodes University Library is a library located in Makhanda, under the Makana municipality. It was initially established in 1937 in the Clock Tower building of Rhodes University College. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The early origins of Rhodes can be traced to the mid-1830s and the establishment of the all-male Montgomery Academy on the outskirts of Clarksville, Tennessee. [4] The city's flourishing tobacco market and profitable river port made Clarksville one of the fastest-growing cities in the then-western United States and quickly led to calls to turn the modest "log college" into a proper university. [4]
The University of the Witwatersrand was named the Transvaal University College from 1906 to 1910. The University of Pretoria was established as the Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College in 1908 and retained that name until 1930. University of Transkei: Transkei: 1977 2005 Now part of Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science
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The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". [4] As of 2019, the URI enrolled 14,653 undergraduate students, 1,982 graduate students, and 1,339 non-degree students, making it the largest university in the state. [5] [6] Its main campus is located in the village of Kingston in southern