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Strategic Plan
UCT’s Strategy
Vision 2030
Our vision for UCT is to be an inclusive, engaged and research-intensive Afrikan university. UCT will inspire creativity through outstanding achievements in discovery and innovation. It will be celebrated for the quality of its learning and contribution to citizenship. We will enhance the lives of students and staff and will advance a more equitable and sustainable social order. We aspire to be a leader in the global higher education landscape. In support of this our massive transformative purpose is, that we are a global university in Afrika unleashing human potential to create a fair and just society.
Read the Vision 2030 publication
There are three pillars at the core of our vision
Excellence
Transformation
Sustainability
Our statement of values
We embrace our Afrikan identity.
We widen educational and social opportunities.
We enhance the lives of individuals and communities.
We build an equitable social order based on respect for human rights.
We advance the public good by teaching, generating knowledge and actively engaging with the key challenges facing our society.
Creating a university culture that is
creative
research-informed
accountable
responsible
respectful
rigorous
nurturing
excellent
open
open-minded
curious
honest
collegial
inclusive
Goals
Holistic, innovative, future-oriented education
that produces intellectuals
Research solving Afrika’s problems
that contributes to global knowledge
Thought leadership on social justice
Organisational ethos that supports new ways
of thinking, being and doing
Vision 2030 for UCT
Our dream is to draw from the extraordinary social and cultural diversity, creativity and capacity for innovation of all our staff and students to contribute to making the 21st century the Afrikan century.
UCT will:
- attract students with exceptional potential from our country, our continent and our world
- offer a transformative and socially engaged undergraduate and postgraduate education
- provide both contact and digitally mediated education
- expand its capacity to offer continuous education and micro-credentials
- produce research that answers the complex problems of today and tomorrow
Teaching and Learning
We will work to unleash students’ potential through education to be resilient agents of change for themselves and in society.
UCT will:
- offer innovative curricula at the cutting edge of disciplines and professions
- offer a socially engaged curriculum
- develop graduate attributes targeted at the self, the community and the world
- provide a problem-based education that takes place both at the university and the workplace
Research
We will work to unleash knowledge in and from Afrika to redefine and co-create a sustainable global future.
UCT will:
- build on its globally recognised expertise in natural and social science disciplines, as well as in the humanities
- attract top academics from South Africa, the rest of Afrika and the broader global community
- intensify our global interface with other universities and research centres by leveraging our participation in international and Afrikan partnerships
Contact
Please email vision2030@uct.ac.za if you have a comment or question about this new vision.
Or visit http://vision2030.uct.ac.za/ for more on how this journey has unfolded.
