Rhodes University: Statistics

Quick Review

Acceptance rate

52%

Enrollment

8,200

Type

Non-profit

Funding

Public-private
partnership

Website

ru.ac.za

Languages

English

Acceptance rate & Admissions

We've calculated the 52% acceptance rate for Rhodes University based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

Research profile

Rhodes University is a world-class research university with 14,406 scientific papers published and 220,830 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Environmental Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Engineering, Chemistry, Ecology, Physics, Geology, Geography and Cartography, and Political Science.

Publications

14,406

Citations

220,830

Rhodes University majors

by publication & citation count

Annual publication & citation counts

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by Rhodes University.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

Rhodes University alumni

1. Alice Maud Krige

   

   Born in

   South Africa

   Years

   1954-.. (age 69)

   Occupations

   television actorfilm produceractorfilm actorstage actor

   Biography

   Alice Maud Krige is a South African actress and producer. Her first feature film role was in Chariots of Fire (1981) as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon. She played the dual role of Eva Galli/Alma Mobley in Ghost Story (1981) and the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Voyager (2001), Star Trek: Lower Decks (2021), and Star Trek: Picard (2023).

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2. Wilbur Smith

   

   Born in

   Zambia

   Years

   1933-2021 (aged 88)

   Occupations

   novelistscreenwriterwriterbusiness executive

   Biography

   Wilbur Addison Smith was a Northern Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specialising in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.

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3. Ian Douglas Smith

   

   Born in

   Zimbabwe

   Years

   1919-2007 (aged 88)

   Occupations

   farmerpolitician

   Biography

   Ian Douglas Smith was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and now known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979. He was the country's first premier not born abroad, and led the predominantly white government that unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom in November 1965 following prolonged dispute over the terms, particularly British demands for black majority rule. He remained Prime Minister for almost all of the 14 years of international isolation that followed, and oversaw Rhodesia's security forces during most of the Bush War, which pitted the unrecognised white administration against communist-backed black nationalist guerrilla movements. Smith, who has been described as personifying white Rhodesia, remains a highly controversial figure.

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4. Chris Hani

   

   Born in

   South Africa

   Years

   1942-1993 (aged 51)

   Occupations

   politician

   Biography

   Chris Hani, born Martin Thembisile Hani SSA, SBS, CLS, DMG, MMS, was the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a fierce opponent of the apartheid government, and was assassinated by Janusz Waluś, a Polish immigrant and sympathiser of the Conservative opposition on 10 April 1993, during the unrest preceding the transition to democracy.

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All 49 notable alumni

Rhodes University faculties and divisions

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