University of Fort Hare

The University of Fort Hare's main campus is located on the Tyhume river, in a town known as Alice in English and eDikeni in Xhosa. It is in the Eastern Cape Province about 50 km west of King Williams Town (or eQonce). In 2008, the Alice campus had some 5500 students.

 

A second campus at the Eastern Cape provincial capital of Bhisho was built in 1990 and hosts a few hundred students, while the campus in East London, acquired through incorporation in 2004 has some 3300 students.

 

Motto In lumine tuo videbimus lumen (In Thy light we shall see the light)
Established 1916
Type Public university
Vice-Chancellor Dr Mvuyo Tom
Students 9500
Location Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Website http://www.ufh.ac.za/
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