University reference
Sol Plaatje University
Sol Plaatje University, established in 2014, is an active ROR organization in Kimberley, ZA. ROR classifies the organization under education. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.
Key facts
- ROR identifier
- https://ror.org/01kn7bc28
- Country
- ZA
- City
- Kimberley
- Administrative area
- Northern Cape
- Website
- https://www.spu.ac.za/
- Established
- 2014
- Organization types
- education
- Acronyms
- SPU
- External identifiers
grid grid.449297.5 isni 0000 0004 5987 0051 wikidata Q17090884 - Organization relationships
- Latitude
- -28.73226
- Longitude
- 24.76232
- ROR last modified
- 2024-12-11
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Acronyms | SPU |
|---|---|
| GRID identifiers | grid.449297.5 |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0004 5987 0051 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q17090884 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.
| QID | Q17090884 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2511424234 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-06-28T10:16:30Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | Sol Plaatje University | ||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.spu.ac.za/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q258 | ||||||||||||
| Inception |
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OpenAlex institution metadata
Works and research-topic context
Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.
Published topics: African studies and sociopolitical issues, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Archaeology and Rock Art Studies, South African History and Culture, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, African history and culture studies, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, African cultural and philosophical studies, Education Systems and Policy, Remote Sensing in Agriculture
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
160.00 works2026
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
View source data
| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 160.00 works | — | — |
| 2025 | 267.00 works | — | — |
| 2024 | 184.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 154.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 137.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 126.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 87.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 33.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 33.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 19.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 8.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 4.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 3.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 1.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
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Research Organization Registry
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- dbdfb9b8dad3
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Research Organization Registry (ROR)
DataOfWorld deterministic university profile template
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- university-profile-v1
- License
- Original DataOfWorld text
- Attribution
- DataOfWorld
Wikidata structured data
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 604064b5298b
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Wikidata structured data; DataOfWorld preserves QID and revision metadata.
OpenAlex metadata
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 75aaf42e9afc
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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