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    Busisiwe HohoBy Busisiwe HohoApril 12, 2010No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The 2010 Rhodes University graduation ceremonies from 8 to 10 April saw 1 824 students from all six faculties at the university being awarded qualifications.
     

    The 2010 Rhodes University graduation ceremonies from 8 to 10 April saw 1 824 students from all six faculties at the university being awarded qualifications.
     

    A total of 1 145 of these students obtained first-time qualifications, which includes diplomas, certificates and degrees, while 679 graduates received postgraduate qualifications.

    Rhodes is particularly proud of the growing number of women students being awarded their tertiary education qualifications.

    Of the total number of students graduating this year, 721 are male graduates while 1 103 of them are female graduates.

    Within the six academic faculties at Rhodes, the Humanities retain the largest number of graduates at 692 while Commerce has 402.

    The number of science graduates is still growing with the faculty recording 321 graduates in 2009 and 338 graduates in 2010.

    Rhodes University enjoys one of the highest undergraduate pass rates at a tertiary institution in South Africa.

    It also has one of the highest research  outputs per capita of academic staff, making Rhodes a university of choice for postgraduate study.

     

     Graduation 2009*Graduation2010*
    Total number of sTotal number
    of students graduatingtudents graduating
    1777679
    Total number of male graduates705721
    Total number of female graduates1 0721 103
    Racial breakdown:  
    Asian10171
    Black681681
    Coloured4468
    White9511 004
    Students graduating with first
    degrees (including diplomas and
    certificates
    1 0271 145
    Students graduating with
    postgraduate degrees and diplomas
    750679
    Breakdown of graduates across:  
    Commerce394402
    Education261260
    Humanities662692
    Law6070
    Pharmacy7962
    Science321338

    * These are the minimum amounts as at 31 March 2010:these numbers may increase throughout the year.

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