Grahamstown, South Africa
Hobart and William Smith Colleges maintain an affiliation with Rhodes University in Grahamstown, an institution with a world-wide reputation for academic excellence and rigor. Rhodes is distinctive among South African universities for its small size (7,000 students) which enables close mentorship and collaboration between students and faculty.
In addition, Rhodes’ “residential college” structure is unique and promotes a strong feeling of community. The university has a long-standing commitment to community engagement and students will have the opportunity to elect structured service-learning classes for academic credit to foster an understanding of the wider community and the challenges facing the people of the Eastern Cape.