University of Cape Town

UCT is in the top 200 universities worldwide in the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with four areas ranked in the top 100.

UCT leaps up in Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2024 and remains the best university in Africa.

Professor Sir Angus Deaton will deliver the first annual Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture, titled “The politics of numbers: economists confront poverty and inequality”. Join us online at 18:00 SAST on Monday, 3 July 2023.

UCT is one of the best institutions in the world for development studies, according to the latest subject rankings from Quacquarelli Symonds.

Professor Elizabeth Mayne delivered her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Racing the Red Queen”, at 17:00 SAST on 29 May 2023.

Two years after the devastating UCT Fire of 18 April 2021, UCT in partnership with DStv Africa have launched ‘Stories from the ashes’, which includes a special book made from the ash and remnants of the fire.

Professor Romy Parker will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Pain Management to Reduce Suffering in South Africa”, at 17:00 SAST on 8 June 2023.

UCT has been named the top university in Africa in the Center for World University Rankings.

The surge of transgender youth is a worldwide phenomenon as easily accessible information and neuroscientific developments help them understand who they are.