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For decades, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø¿ª½± South African Education Program (UMSAEP) has delivered on the goal of aiding South Africans disadvantaged by their government's former apartheid policies. Since 1986, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø¿ª½± System has partneredÌýwith the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town, South Africa to advanceÌýmutual understanding between the institutions' faculties and fosterÌýcooperative teaching, research and service projects. More about UMSAEP ...

History

When UWC and the UM System first began their academic cooperation in 1986, UWC was a university established exclusively for "coloured"*Ìýstudents under the apartheid regime. Not surprisingly, it was badly underfunded. Nonetheless, UWC was one of the intellectual centers of the anti-apartheid movement. The cooperative agreement between UWC and the UM System was the first of its kind between a non-white South African university and a U.S. university. Today, UWC operates under a non-racial, democratic philosophy and has beenÌýrecognized as the 7th best university in Africa. ViewÌýÌýto learn more about the storyÌýof the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø¿ª½± South Africa Exchange Program.

*In SouthÌýAfrica, the term "coloured" is used to describe anyone of mixed race and is not considered a derogatory term.

Cape Town Waterfront

Table Mountain near Cape Town