Global rankings: UCT rises in research ranking
UCT has been ranked 116th globally by the US News Best Global Universities Rankings, up nine places.
The 58th TB Davie Memorial Lecture
UCT’s 58th TB Davie Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Judge Dire Tladi on Tuesday, 1 October 2024 at 18:00 SAST. The lecture is titled “The Narrative as the Enemy of Freedom of Thought”.
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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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'Forward thinking' UCT, CAF executive programme takes flight
UCT and CAF have teamed up to train African football executives.
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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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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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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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Public Sector Real Estate Programme
(Ends 4 October 2024)
More infoDept. of Construction Economics and Management course
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Corporate governance: Practical insights
(Ends 20 September 2024)
More infoThis 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.
The 3rd Neues Lied Competition for Art Song Duos
This year marks the third instalment of the Neues Lied Competition for Art Song Duos, which again invites young singers and pianists opportunity to showcase their talent with a programme of several art songs in various languages.
Advocates, attorneys and legal practitioners mediation - remote
This 60-hour course has been specially designed to enable lawyers to become mediators and mediation advocates in their spheres of speciality, including commercial, medical negligence, intellectual property, RAF and other matters.
Notices
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.