Alice is a small town in the Ciskei about 2km from the University Campus across the Tyhume River. It is important to remember that this University has struggled under the system of apartheid and is actively involved in the complex business of ensuring that it's students receive the best of what higher education can provide, in spite of years of inequitites. Length of Study Due to its location in the Southern Hemisphere, the University of Fort Hare s academic year runs from February to late November with a long vacation mid-June, with another week off in September. Students should therefore be prepared to spend a Spring Semester followed by a Fall Semester. A one-semester option may be possible for students attending February through June.
Priority is given to full-year participants.
Housing Housing is provided on campus in one of the residential halls Each residence is under the general supervision of a Warden who acts as the parent of the student while in the hostel. Women s residences are on one side of the campus and men s on the other.