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.
December 2023 Graduation recordings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted graduation ceremonies on Thursday, 14 and Friday, 15 December 2023.
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Graduation December 2023
The University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted graduation ceremonies on Thursday, 14 and Friday, 15 December 2023.
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Season's Greetings
We wish all staff, students and extended UCT community members a safe, pleasant holiday season. Thank you for contributing to the 2023 academic programme.
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Bursaries
UCT together with its many partners has a number of bursaries on offer for many undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
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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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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.
Certificate Course in Palliative Nursing 2024
This certificate course aims to improve patient care through improved palliative nursing knowledge, skills and performance.
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.