University of Fort Hare
University of Fort Hare
University of Fort Hare South Africa
The University of Fort Hare is a public university in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was a key institution of higher education for black Africans from 1916 to 1959. It offered a Western-style academic education to students from across sub-Saharan Africa, creating a black African elite. Fort Hare alumni were part of many subsequent independence movements and governments of newly independent African countries.
History:
During the 1830s, the Lovedale Missionary Institute was built near Fort Hare. James Stewart, one of its missionary principals, suggested in 1878 that an institution for the higher education of black students needed to be created.
Vision:
A vibrant, equitable, and sustainable African university, committed to teaching and research excellence at the service of its students, scholars, and the wider community.
Mission:
To provide high-quality education of international standards contributing to the advancement of knowledge that is socially and ethically relevant and applying technological and socio-economic development of our nation and the wider world.
Values:
Integrity – To respect and affirm the dignity, equality, freedom, and rich cultural diversity of all human beings as the basis for peace and social justice, the pursuit of truth, intellectual honesty, and openness to ideas.
Excellence – To be recognized as an international center for excellence that is both rooted in its environment and sensitive to the challenges of human progress, and to foster a culture of teaching and learning and research excellence in the University as a basic minimum requirement for living up to the claim of being a site of knowledge generation.
Innovation – To focus on the challenges presented by new information technologies, information management systems and processes, and opportunities for innovation. And to do so in an enterprising way that benefits the University and humanity.
Ethics – The attainment of the highest professional and ethical standards in teaching, learning, research, community engagement, and corporate governance.
UFH Courses Offered – Faculty of Health Sciences:
UNDERGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Therapy
- Bachelor of Health in Human Movement Science
- Bachelor of Nursing
CERTIFICATES & DIPLOMAS
Advanced Diploma in District Health Management and Leadership
POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS
- Master in Nursing Science – Health Management
- Master in Nursing Science – Health Management
- Master in Nursing Science – Medical-surgical Nursing
- Masters in Public Health – MPH
UFH Courses Offered –Faculty of Law (Nelson R. Mandela School of Law):
CENTRES & DEPARTMENTS
- Adjectival Law
- Mercantile Law
- Public Law
- Private Law
- Legal Clinic
- UNESCO Oliver Tambo Centre for Human Rights
- Speculum Juris Law Journal
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The University of Fort Hare Courses Offered – Faculty of Management & Commerce:
DEPARTMENTS
- Accounting
- Business Management
- Development Studies
- Economics
- Industrial Psychology
- Information Systems
- Public Administration
The University of Fort Hare Courses Offered – Faculty of Science & Agriculture:
DEPARTMENTS
- Agricultural Economics and Extension
- Agronomy
- Biochemistry and Microbiology
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Geographic Information Systems
- Geography & Environmental Science
- Geology
- Human Movement Science
- Livestock and Pasture Science
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Statistics
- Zoology and Entomology
University of Fort Hare Courses Offered – Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities:
DEPARTMENTS
- African Languages
- Afrikaans
- Communication
- Criminology
- English
- Fine Art
- History
- Human Settlement
- Library and Information Science
- Music
- Philosophy
- Political Science and International Relations
- Psychology
- Social Work & Social Development
- Sociology & Anthropology
- Theology
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University Fort Hare Faculties:
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Faculty of Law (Nelson R. Mandela School of Law)
- Faculty of Management & Commerce
- Faculty of Science & Agriculture
- Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
University of Fort Hare Departments:
- Accounting
- African Languages
- Afrikaans
- Agricultural Economics & Extension
- Agronomy
- Biochemistry & Microbiology
- Botany
- Business Management
- Centre for Theology
- Chemistry
- Communication
- Computer Science
- Criminology
- Development Studies
- Economics
- English
- Fine Art
- Geography
- Geology
- GIS & Remote Sensing
- History
- Human Movement Studies
- Industrial Psychology
- Information Systems
- Library & Information Science
- Livestock & Pasture Science
- Mathematics
- Music
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Social Work
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Statistics
- Zoology & Entomology
- Theology
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University of Fort Hare Postgraduate Courses
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University of Fort Hare Undergraduate Courses
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