UCT first in Africa in the world rankings
The University of Cape Town has retained the top spot in Africa on the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings

The 2022 TB Davie Memorial Lecture titled “Activism and the Corporate University: incompatible or possible?” will be presented by Professor Fran Elaine Baum from the University of Adelaide in Australia at 18:00 SAST on Wednesday, 24 August.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Geneva Science Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) invites you to submit your ideas to win an all-expenses paid trip to the GESDA Summit 2022 in Geneva.
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.
UCT is a global university in Afrika unleashing human potential to create a fair and just society.
The University of Cape Town has retained the top spot in Africa on the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings
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.
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.
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.
UCT produces graduates whose qualifications are internationally recognised and locally applicable, underpinned by values of engaged citizenship and social justice.
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Are you considering doing a PhD? This is a 12 week fully online course facilitated by the Children’s Nursing Development Unit (CNDU), in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Cape Town.
This short course course will equip healthcare and counselling professionals to assess and manage patients living with life-threatening and life-limiting illness, to improve their quality of life and to support care provided at home.
The aim of this course is to equip nurses, who work regularly or occasionally with sick children.
Conductor: Brandon Phillips
Soloist: Gerhard Joubert
(winner of the 2021 Laura Searle Prize for Piano Concerto Playing).
Brahms: Symphony No. 2.
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major.
This course is open to all professional and enrolled nurses currently registered with the South African Nursing Council.
The Simulation Launchpad course is run over two days in-person at UCT and is designed to ensure solid basic educational theory and practical concepts related to simulation-based education before moving into practice.
Register for Masithethe isiXhosa Course for staff and students offered by the Multilingualism Education Project (MEP) based in the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED). The course will take place from March to May and August to October 2022. It is a 12 sessions online course offered during 13:00 - 14:00 time or 16:00 17:00.
As the School's flagship academic programme, Master of Development Policy and Practice (MDPP) equips leaders with the skills they need to inspire and create meaningful change for public good. Read more.
As the School's newest academic programme, it teaches students to address the challenge of designing, winning support for, and implementing new programmes in government and the broader public sector. Apply today!