UCT best in Africa in world rankings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked 121st globally – and top in South Africa and on the continent – in the sixth edition of the US News Best Global Universities rankings....
UCT Law on the brink of a new frontier
To explore the parallels between law and technology, and draw further on their interconnectedness for both research and teaching and learning, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has undertaken to establish Africa’s first Centre...
UCT in global top 100 for graduate employability
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has won a spot among the top 100 universities worldwide, securing 91st position in the 2020 Quacquarelli-Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings published today. This ranking provides insight into an...
Seven A-rated researchers for UCT
The University of Cape Town (UCT) welcomes the A-rating of seven of its researchers by the country’s National Research Foundation (NRF). The ratings were formally awarded at the NRF awards on Thursday, 12 September...
Warm response to Moloi-Motsepe’s election as chancellor
There has been a warm response to the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) election of Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe as the university’s sixth chancellor, a position that she will take up from 1 January 2020....
High praise for UCT’s open online courses
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been recognised with five massive open online courses (MOOCs) on the Class Central list of the Top Free Online Courses of All Time, which is based on tens...
UCT medical research on the world stage
Three researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) recently hosted an IdeasLab on innovative research into infectious diseases at the World Economic Forum’s 13th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2019 in Dalian,...
UCT bio-brick on show at Vienna museum
It may not be the prettiest showpiece at the MAK Design Lab in the Austrian Museum for Applied Arts/Contemporary Art in Vienna, but it’s the thought that counts. UCT’s world-first bio-brick, made using human...
UCT tops in Africa in all five major rankings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) took the top spot in South Africa and jumped back up into the 201–300 band in the latest ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2019, published on...
VC’s top career tips for postgrads
Focus. Discipline. Passion. Those were the three traits highlighted as essential to build a rewarding career in academia by Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng during her address to University of Cape Town (UCT) postgraduate students....