Global rankings: UCT rises in research ranking
UCT has been ranked 116th globally by the US News Best Global Universities Rankings, up nine places.
'Forward thinking' UCT, CAF executive programme takes flight
UCT and CAF have teamed up to train African football executives.
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Postgraduate applications for 2025 are open
Seize the opportunity to join Africa’s leading university. Find out everything you need to know about applying for postgraduate studies at UCT.
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Graduation September 2024
The University of Cape Town celebrates all who graduated from Monday, 2 September until Wednesday, 4 September 2024. The ceremonies were livestreamed on the website, and video recordings are now available.
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UCT Official Merchandise
For a limited time only, purchase your UCT Official Merchandise at Steve Biko Students’ Union Building, Cissie Gool Plaza on UCT upper campus.
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Message from the new vice-chancellor
One of the most commonly known African proverbs states: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”. This comes to mind on a day like this, as I commence my term as vice-chancellor at UCT.
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Teaching and Learning Conference
Submit your proposal by 13 September for UCT’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference, themed All About Curriculum: New Visions and Future Directions. 2024 promises to be transformative for educators, students, and academic leaders.
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Research & innovation news
UCT is committed to generating new knowledge in, for and from Africa. Our recent achievements include identifying a new heart-attack gene and a landmark restitution of human remains that allowed redress and social justice through science.
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UCT and the Sustainable Development Goals
UCT is committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and contributes meaningfully to all 17 of them. As the leading university in Africa, we have a critical role to play in addressing global challenges through research.
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Research and innovation: highlights 2020/21
Despite the global pandemic – and, in fact, driven by the increased urgency it created – the year of 2020/21 at UCT was marked by great research achievements and several seminal events informed by and feeding into our forward thinking.
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Continuing education
Unleash your potential by completing one – or more - of UCT’s continuing education short courses, workshops, seminars, lectures and conferences. These are offered in collaboration with the following UCT units and partners:
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Corporate governance: Practical insights
This 20-hour remote course will cover the latest principles and best practices of corporate governance and responsibilities of directors, discussing key trends as well as using relevant case studies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics & Policy in Africa
The imperative for responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance is becoming increasingly evident. This course examines the law, policy, and ideology around the development of AI.
UCT String Ensemble
For this concert UCT String Ensemble joins forces with the strings of the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra to perform Händel, Mozart and South African composer Hans Huyssen.
Public Sector Real Estate Programme
Dept. of Construction Economics and Management course
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Notices
ICTS scheduled maintenance – September 2024
ICTS will be conducting scheduled maintenance on Sunday, 15 September 2024.
Limited ICT services will be available, unless advised to the contrary, for the duration of the maintenance slot from 07:00 to 17:00. Please note that this maintenance slot starts two hours earlier than usual/previously stated.
Council’s letters to individuals referenced in the panel’s report
The UCT Chair of Council, Mr Norman Arendse (SC), has written letters of apology to individuals who have been wronged as referenced in the report of the independent panel, as well as to the 37 anonymous complainants referred to in the Ombud Report.