A 2017 archiving audit of UCT’s skeletal collection discovered 11 unethically obtained skeletons, nine of which came from Sutherland in the Northern Cape. In response, the university initiated a process of restitution and reburial.
Research has shed light on a barrier to developing an HIV cure: the latent viral reservoir that persists indefinitely in people on antiretroviral treatment.
UCT is an inclusive and engaged research-intensive African university that inspires creativity through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery and citizenship; enhancing the lives of its students and staff, advancing a more equitable and sustainable social order and influencing the global higher education landscape.
The vice-chancellors of all 26 public universities are calling for an urgent meeting with the President of South Africa, to register their anger at the scourge of gender-based violence in the country and to push for a plan of action to respond decisively to this crisis. Read more.5 September 2019
UCT leads, in Africa, in all of the five major world university rankings: Times Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds, Center for World University Rankings, US News Best Global Universities and ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities.
136th Times Higher Education
UCT moved 20 places to 136th position in the latest 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
121st US News
The sixth edition of the US News Best Global Universities rankings saw UCT being ranked 121st globally for 2020.
This course focuses on the structural design principles of reinforced concrete and structural steel. These principles are critical in both design of new structures as well as the assessment of existing structures. At the design stage, codes of practice provide guidance on selection of loading and materials, however at the assessment stage both the material and the loading maybe available, and a good understanding of structural behaviour is critical.
