Public university in Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa
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University of the Western Cape
Other names
Bush, uDubs
Motto
Latin: Respice Prospice
Motto in English
"Look Ahead"
Type
Public university
Established
1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Academic affiliations
ACU, CHEC, HESA, IAU
Chancellor
Thabo Makgoba
Vice-Chancellor
Tyrone Pretorius
Students
23,000+ (2023) [1]
Undergraduates
15,840
Postgraduates
6,160
Location
Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, Western Cape
,
South Africa
Campus
Urban setting
Mascot
Bushie
Website
www.uwc.ac.za
The University of the Western Cape (UWC; Afrikaans: Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland) is a public research university in Bellville, near Cape Town, South Africa. The university was established in 1959 by the South African government as a university for Coloured people only. Other universities in Cape Town are the University of Cape Town (originally for English-speaking whites), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and Stellenbosch University (originally for Afrikaans-speaking whites). The establishing of UWC was a direct effect of the Extension of University Education Act, 1959. This law accomplished the segregation of higher education in South Africa. Coloured students were only allowed at a few non-white universities. In this period, other "ethnical" universities, such as the University of Zululand and the University of the North, were founded as well. Since well before the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, it has been an integrated and multiracial institution.
^"UWC at a Glance". University of the Western Cape. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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