More women to graduate in 2010


The 2010 Rhodes graduation ceremonies from 8 to 10 April will see 1897 students from all six faculties at the University being awarded qualifications. A total of 1145 of these students will obtain first-time qualifications, which includes diplomas, certificates and degrees, while 700 graduates will get their 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, 755 are male graduates while 1142 of them are female graduates.

Within the six academic faculties, the Humanities retains 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 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.

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