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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.

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UCT Community of Hope Vaccination Centre
UCT in partnership with the Western Cape Government have launched the world‑class Community of Hope Vaccination Centre.
Updated: 30 August 2021

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1st
IN AFRICA

UCT leads, in Africa, in all five of the major world university rankings: Times Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds, Center for World University Rankings, U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings and ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities.

183rd
IN THE WORLD

UCT is ranked as 183rd in the world by the latest 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.

109th
IN THE WORLD

The recent 2022 edition of the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings saw UCT ranked at 109th globally.

Upcoming Events

2022 01 Feb 09:00 — 22 Sep 17:00

Certificate Course in Palliative Nursing

This course is open to all professional and enrolled nurses currently registered with the South African Nursing Council.
It is recommended that the blended e-learning student have access to computers and is computer literate.

Course content:
Course work is divided into 4 modules.

Module 1: Principles and practice of palliative care.
Module 2: Theory and practice of symptom control.
Module 3: Communication skills in palliative care.
Module 4: Theory and practice of psychosocial, spiritual and supportive care.

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2022 23 Feb 09:00 — 25 Feb 13:00

Land Conference 2022: The Failed Promise of Tenure Security: Customary Land Rights and Dispossession

Twenty-five years after South Africa’s Constitution was adopted the 18 million South Africans living in the former homelands have limited recognition of their tenure security, land and livelihood rights. Instead, their customary and informal land rights are directly and systematically under threat from government laws, policies and practices that abrogate these rights.

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Notices

FREE Xhosa Communication Skills Courses
Register for Masithethe isiXhosa Course for staff and students offered by the Multilingualism Education Project (MEP) based in the Centre...
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Applications for the Mandela School MPhil degree programme are now open
As the School's newest academic programme, it teaches students to address the challenge of designing, winning support for, and implementing...
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Applications for the Mandela School Master degree programme are now open
As the School's flagship academic programme, MDPP equips leaders with the skills they need to inspire and create meaningful change for...
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