The University of Cape Town is a public research university founded in 1829. It is located in Cape Town, South Africa and is South Africa’s oldest higher education institute. The main teaching campus or Upper Campus is part of the Rhodes Estate on the slopes of Devil's Peak. This fairly small campus contains faculties of Science, Engineering, Commerce, and Humanities, the Smuts Hall and Fuller Hall residences. In the center of Upper Campus is Memorial Hall, the site of students’ graduation, examinations, and many ceremonial events. Upper Campus is also home to the Chancellor Oppenheimer library with 1.3 million books. .The Middle and Lower Campuses are separated from the Main Campus by university’s sports fields. They contain the Law faculty, the School of Economics, the South African College of Music, student residences, university administrative offices, and sporting facilities.

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