UCT is Africa’s most international university
UCT is the 57th most international university in the world. This is according to the annual list published by Times Higher Education (THE). UCT is also the only university in Africa to make the cut.
Campus Life 2023
Welcome to the University of Cape Town! We’ve made a wide range of services available to you, whether it’s mental health or physical wellness, or information about study resources. Find out more in Campus Life 2023.
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Vice-Chancellor’s Blue Carpet Scholarship
The Vice-Chancellor’s Blue Carpet Scholarship is awarded to matriculants who have excelled in the final National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations and want to study at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
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UCT ChatBot
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Chatbot is the guide that new and returning students, staff and parents will have at their fingertips to get up to speed with the ins and outs of the institution during the registration period.
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Apply online
Applications for undergraduate study at UCT in 2023 have closed. Applications for financial assistance must be submitted directly to NSFAS. Application deadlines for postgraduate programmes can be confirmed with the relevant faculty office.
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UCT is a global university in Afrika unleashing human potential to create a fair and just society.
Vision 2030 #Unleash
Transformation
Sustainability
Excellence
Study at UCT
UCT produces graduates whose qualifications are internationally recognised and locally applicable, underpinned by values of engaged citizenship and social justice.
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:
User-friendly interface
Amathuba’s simple, user-friendly and accessible interface creates an improved student and staff experience.
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New digital learning platform
Amathuba powered by Brightspace is UCT’s new digital learning platform! Supporting face-to-face teaching and learning and offering a wide range of features, in an attractive, modern, and engaging user interface.
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Consistent student experience
Amathuba offers a consistent student experience across different courses.
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Latest news
Events
Introduction to healthcare for adolescents
Health service provision to Adolescents is distinctively different compared to younger children and adults.
Introduction to Palliative Care
This short course will equip healthcare and counselling professionals to assess and manage patients living with a life-threatening and life-limiting illness.
Introduction to Palliative Care
This short course will equip healthcare and counselling professionals to assess and manage patients living with a life-threatening and life-limiting illness.
Introduction to Palliative Care
This short course will equip healthcare and counselling professionals to assess and manage patients living with a life-threatening and life-limiting illness.
Notices
First-Year Campus Onboarding (FYCO) service now closed
The UCT First-Year Campus Onboarding (FYCO) service closed at the end of Monday, 30 January 2023.
First-year students are urged to note the following arrangements about the collection of student cards and laptops, as well as faculty-based orientation and registration.