UCT top in Africa in latest world rankings

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked 226th in the world by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2022. This position puts UCT among the top 18% of universities worldwide and...

Groote Schuur Hospital performs South Africa’s first bowel enteroscopy

A team of academics at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Division of Medical Gastroenterology have performed South Africa’s first successful bowel enteroscopy (endoscopy of the small bowel). The cutting-edge procedure was carried out at...

Minister Nzimande pledges help to UCT library, students after fire

Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Dr Blade Nzimande has pledged help from his department’s flagship funding agencies, the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), to...

Fire rages across UCT Campuses

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Dr Stuart Saunders (1931–2021)

Donations to the Stuart and Anita Saunders Bursary Programme in memory of Dr Stuart Saunders, former Vice-Chancellor and founder of the UCT Trust, can be made from the UK

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