<P> Rhodes University is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa . It is one of four universities in the province . Established in 1904 , Rhodes University is the province 's oldest university , and it is the fifth or sixth oldest South African university in continuous operation , being preceded by the University of the Free State ( 1904 ) , University of Witwatersrand ( 1896 ) , Stellenbosch University ( 1866 ) and the University of Cape Town ( 1829 ) . Rhodes was founded in 1904 as Rhodes University College , named after Cecil Rhodes , through a grant from the Rhodes Trust . It became a constituent college of the University of South Africa in 1918 before becoming an independent university in 1951 . </P>
where is rhodes university situated in south africa
in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa