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  2. University of Cape Town - Wikipedia

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    The University of Cape Town was founded at a meeting in the Groote Kerk in 1829 as the South African College, a high school for young men. The college had a small tertiary-education facility, introduced in 1874 [9] that grew substantially after 1880, when the discovery of gold and diamonds in the north – and the resulting demand for skills in mining – gave it the financial boost it needed ...

  3. List of admission tests to colleges and universities - Wikipedia

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    Students may choose to take the tests that are required by the program they are applied. TPAT1: Medical Aptitude Test (developed by the consortium of Thai medical schools, COTMES) TPAT2: Liberal arts Aptitude Test. TPAT3: Scientific, technological, and engineering Aptitude Test. TPAT4: Architecture Aptitude Test.

  4. Placement testing - Wikipedia

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    Placement testing is a practice that many colleges and universities use to assess college readiness and determine which classes a student should initially take. Since most two-year colleges have open, non-competitive admissions policies, many students are admitted without college-level academic qualifications. Placement exams or placement tests ...

  5. Medical school - Wikipedia

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    Medical school. A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, professional school, or forms a part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, MBChB, MBBCh, BMBS), Master of Medicine (MM, MMed), Doctor ...

  6. University and college admission - Wikipedia

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    University admission or college admission is the process through which students enter tertiary education at universities and colleges. Systems vary widely from country to country, and sometimes from institution to institution. In many countries, prospective university students apply for admission during their last year of high school or ...

  7. List of universities in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Now part of North-West University: University of the Cape of Good Hope: Cape Town: 1873 1916 Renamed University of South Africa: Cape Technikon: Now part of Cape Peninsula University of Technology: University of Durban-Westville: Westville: 1972 1 January 2004 [11] Now part of University of KwaZulu-Natal: Eastern Cape Technikon: 1994 2005

  8. International Mathematical Olympiad selection process

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    A final training camp takes place at the University of Cape Town or more recently, the University of Pretoria just before the IMO. The Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad has been used informally as a test, along with an IMO selection test written at the schools of the top fifteen in the event of indecision.

  9. Academic grading in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Thus, at the University of Cape Town and the University of South Africa (UNISA), the percentages are calibrated as follows: a 1st class pass is given for 75% and ...