UCT retains Africa's top spot in ARWU rankings
UCT remains the top university on the continent, according to ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023.
UCT Short Courses
Complete one or more of UCT’s continuing education short courses. These are offered in collaboration with a number of UCT faculties, departments and partners.
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Students contribute to reimagining UCT's future
UCT’s SRC and the University of the Future steering committee hosted a co-create challenge event on 8 September in the Sarah Baartman Hall.
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UCT is a global university in Afrika unleashing human potential to create a fair and just society.
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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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Events
Music and Identity - A virtual exhibition
Music and Identity - A virtual exhibition
curated by students of the Musicology Department Detmold / Paderborn and the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town.
Fundamentals of Emergency Care
The Fundamental Emergency Care short course revises some of the important fundamental topics and principles required for anyone working in emergency centres or even dealing with occasional emergency presentations.
Michaelis Graduate Exhibition 2023
The Michaelis School of Fine Art hosts its annual Graduate Exhibition at Hiddingh Campus from 7 December – 14 December 2023.
Annual General Meeting (AGM) of UCT Convocation
Members of the UCT Convocation are hereby notified that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Convocation will be convened on a virtual platform on Thursday, 7 December 2023 at 17:00.
Notices
ICTS scheduled maintenance – 17 December 2023
ICTS will be conducting scheduled maintenance on Sunday, 17 December 2023.
The slot will run from 09:00 to 17:00. Limited ICT services will be available, unless advised to the contrary.