Strategic Planning Framework

UCT Strategic Planning Framework

2020 Vision

Our vision for UCT is to be an inclusive, engaged and research-intensive African 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.

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Our statement of values

We embrace our African 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

A new, inclusive identity for UCT

We want a student and staff body that is more representative of the country and the continent, and for students and staff to see themselves – their cultures, values, heritage and knowledge systems – reflected at the university.

Global partnerships with a distinctive African lens

We want to advance the status and distinctiveness of scholarship in Africa, and attract and connect people from all over the world, by promoting a vibrant and supportive intellectual environment at UCT.

A research-intensive university

We want UCT researchers to continue making a distinctive contribution to local and global knowledge and to produce new solutions to challenges facing the African continent and the world.

Innovation in teaching and learning

We want to improve students’ success rates, broaden their academic perspectives, stimulate their social consciousness and cultivate more critical citizens by renewing our approach to teaching and learning, and pioneering new methods.

Social impact through engaged scholarship

We want to enhance UCT’s engaged scholarship to address critical development and social justice issues, including the expansion of community and external partnerships.

2020 Vision