Cultural and recreational opportunities are varied in the metropolitan area, including theater, symphony, opera, ballet, and numerous museums. It is about 500 miles from London, or a little over one hour by plane. Aberdeen is known as the oil capital of Europe. Since the university was founded in 1495 and has over 9000 students, Aberdeen is also known as a university town. The University of Aberdeen provides students with a wide array of courses to choose, however the university is primarily known as a major science center with some thirty departments or specialist units offering undergraduate courses in scientific study.
Accommodation is provided in a single study-bedroom in one of the residence halls.
Students may study at Aberdeen for either a semester or academic year. The university is located in Grahamstown, about 550 miles from Cape Town, on the eastern cape of South Africa. Rhodes University was named after Cecil Rhodes. One of the university's distinctive features is its tutorial system, modeled closely on those of Cambridge and Oxford universities. Students are assigned tutors and tutorial groups within academic departments.