Where to study astronomy

Students from the University of the Free State examine the telescope at HartRAO, September 2002. Source: HartRAO

Astronomers work to increase our understanding of how the Universe began, how it has evolved and will evolve. They study how interstellar dust, gas clouds, planets, stars, galaxies and clusters of galaxies came to exist and how they work. To do this the only tools available are light, physics and mathematics. Find out more about astronomy as a career.

• The National Astronomy and Space Science Programme
  (run by a consortium of institutions)
  University of Cape Town, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
  Private Bag Rondebosch 7701
  Tel: (021) 650-2344/650-2334, Fax: (021) 650-2334
  
  
• University of Cape Town
  Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town
  Private Bag Rondebosch 7700,
  Tel: (021) 650-3342, Fax: (021) 650-3342
  
  
• University of the Free State
  Department of Physics, University of the Free State
  PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300,
  Tel: (051) 401-2926/6158
  
  
• University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
  School of Pure and Applied Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
  Durban 4041, Tel: (031) 260-2775, Fax: (031) 261-6550
  
  
• University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg
  School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
  Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209
  Tel: (033) 260-5326, Fax: (033) 260-5009
  
  
• North-West University
  School of Physics, North-West University
  Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom 2520
  Tel: (018) 299-2423, Fax: (018) 299-2421
  
  
• Rhodes University
  Department of Physics and Electronics, Rhodes University
  PO Box 94, Grahamstown 6140,
  Tel: (046) 603-8450, Fax: (046) 622-5049
  
  
• University of South Africa
  Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Astronomy
  PO Box 392, UNISA 0003
  Tel: (012) 429-6202, Fax: (012) 429-6064
  
  
• University of Stellenbosch
  Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Stellenbosch
  Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602
  Tel: (021) 808-4368, Fax: (021) 808-4981
  
  
• University of the Witwatersrand
  School of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  Private Bag-3, Wits-2050, Johannesburg
  Tel: (011) 717-6138, Fax: (011) 717-6149