University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has been named among the Times Higher Education’s (THE) 10 People of the Year. Professor Phakeng is among the 10 people “who mattered in higher education...
Like many institutions of performing arts, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) renowned Opera School has grappled with new formats of teaching and learning during the COVID-19 lockdown. But students have engaged with material...
University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng invites alumni to support the University through the UCT Trust UK. Please click on the following link to read our 2020 Annual Appeal Letter ...
Right now, it’s a deep hole on a site at the corner of Woolsack Drive and Cross Campus Road on the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) middle campus. But soon the four-storey Hasso Plattner School...
Teacher, thought leader, policy influencer and founding director: these are some of the words that come to mind when one thinks of Professor Alan Hirsch. And these are certainly part of the legacy he...
Veteran law scholar and activist Professor Hugh Corder well remembers his BCom LLB graduation at the University of Cape Town (UCT). It was 16 June 1976. Afterwards, he travelled north to what is now Mpumalanga, passing Soweto....
Professor Heather Zar, the chair of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and the director of the South African Medical Research Council Unit on Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty...
The University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) is the only business school in Africa to feature in the prestigious Financial Times rankings for its groundbreaking Executive MBA programme. The UCT...
UCT moved from 121st to 103rd position in the 2021 US News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings, tied with Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, and was ranked in the top 100 for...
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) has nominated three University of Cape Town (UCT) academics as 2019 fellows. The fellowships are awarded to scholars who have achieved academic excellence and have contributed to significant scientific...