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8 - University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, C.P

Motto: 'Pectora roborant cultus recti' (A sound education strengthens the spirit)

Stellenbosch University (Afrikaans: Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch was founded in 1864 and opened on 1 March 1866 and is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa together with the University of Cape Town which received full university status on the same day in 1918. Stellenbosch University (abbreviated as SU) designed and manufactured Africa's first microsatellite, SUNSAT, launched in 1999

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