Stellenbosch University (SU) is a public university located in the metropolitan area of Cape Town, with all the advantages of the classic campus. It has four campus. The main campus is located in Stellenbosch, the historic town (est. 1679). Medical and business school campuses in the city of Bellville, and military school in Saldanha. Su research-intensive university with 36% of their students at postgraduate level and the largest research production (full-time equivalent staff member) and the third largest in terms of total research among universities in South Africa. As a public institution of higher education SU regulated in accordance with the Law on Higher Education (101, 1997) and the Statute of the University of Stellenbosch. In 2010, Stellenbosch University (SU) was 27,694 students (10,043 graduate students) and 2,567 employees (835 teaching and research staff members, 1,457 administrative and technical staff and service workers 275). The University has ten faculties: Arts and Social Sciences, science, economics and management sciences, medicine, engineering, agricultural sciences, law, theology, education and military science. The raison d`etre of the University of Stellenbosch – to establish and maintain, in commitment to the academic ideal of excellent research and scientific practice, an environment in which knowledge can be discovered, can be shared, and can be applied for the benefit of the community.
