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25 October 2024 is
Postgraduate applications for 2025 are open
Seize the opportunity to join Africa’s leading university. Find out everything you need to know about applying for postgraduate studies at UCT.
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UCT Semester Study Abroad Programme
The UCT Semester Study Abroad Programme offers international students academic excellence, diverse perspectives, and an unforgettable adventure. Applications for the first semester of 2025, close on 31 October 2024.
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UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Eftychia Nikolaidou
Professor Eftychia Nikolaidou from the School of Economics will present her inaugural lecture titled “Defence spending: Drivers and Economic Effects” at 17:00 SAST on Thursday, 10 October 2024.
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Global rankings: UCT rises in research ranking
UCT has been ranked 116th globally by the US News Best Global Universities Rankings, up nine places.
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:
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Events
Wellness Drive October 2024
The Wellness Drive is intended to raise students’ awareness of holistic well-being at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Eftychia Nikolaidou
Professor Eftychia Nikolaidou from the School of Economics will present her inaugural lecture titled “Defence spending: Drivers and Economic Effects” at 17:00 SAST on Thursday, 10 October 2024.
Functions, powers and obligations of sectional title trustees
This four-hour course sets out what people serving bodies corporate as trustees must and may not do.
Notices
ICTS scheduled maintenance – October 2024
ICTS will be conducting scheduled maintenance on Sunday, 13 October 2024.
Limited ICT services will be available, unless advised to the contrary, for the duration of the maintenance slot from 08:00 to 17:00. Please note that this maintenance slot starts an hour earlier than usual/previously announced.
Council’s letters to individuals referenced in the panel’s report
The UCT Chair of Council, Mr Norman Arendse (SC), has written letters of apology to individuals who have been wronged as referenced in the report of the independent panel, as well as to the 37 anonymous complainants referred to in the Ombud Report.
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