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#3 Stellenbosch University (US) - Stellenbosch

Popularly known by its nickname “Maties,” Stellenbosch University is recognised as one of the top research universities in the country. Over 28,000 students are enrolled across the university’s ten faculties that is spread across 5 campuses, with close to 35 percent being postgraduate enrollments. International students make up over 10 percent of those admitted, with more than three-quarter of those coming from other parts of Africa.
The university boasts the highest throughput rate of first-year students at 87 percent, and an overall undergraduate success rate of 83,9 percent. The university has a total of 975 academic staff members, and 13 A-rated researchers, with 60 percent of its permanently appointed teaching/research staff holding doctorates. It has total of 18 research chairs awarded by the South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI).

In 2013 the university opened its first business incubator called LaunchLab that provides student entrepreneurs a platform to develop and test their business ideas.

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