Achievements . Launch of the Sumbandila Satellite into space . Host three of the seven National Research Fund Centres of Excellence above any other University in the country . One of the top academic and research Institutions in the country . Average success rate of 82% per annum . The only Institution with a Faculty of Military Sciences in the country Challenges . Only 4% of academic staff are black and 76% of undergraduates are whites . Low throughput rate of black undergraduates . Lowest recipient of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding compared with other Universities in the country . Limited infrastructure to accommodate more academic staff . Insufficient strategy to attract more black prospective undergraduates to the University