Graduation March 2023
The University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted 15 graduation ceremonies from Monday, 27 March to Friday, 31 March 2023. Ceremony recordings and news coverage is available on the UCT News website.
Making school cool again
UCT’s Department of Student Affairs (DSA) plans to empower, uplift and unleash human potential in university staff by helping those who don’t hold a matric certificate to obtain one.
What an integrated student journey should look like: Indaba revisits foundations
The recent ISS Indaba explored ideas to build and maintain a humanising, enabling and integrated student experience at every stage of their UCT journey.
A toast to UCT community on ‘M&G’s’ 200 Young South Africans list
UCT applauds its young affiliates who appear on the ‘M&G’s’ Top 200 Young South Africans list for 2023.
UCT ranks 9th in the world for SDG 6: clean water and sanitation
UCT is in the top 200 universities worldwide in the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with four areas ranked in the top 100.
UCT jumps 64 places in latest world rankings
UCT leaps up in Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2024 and remains the best university in Africa.
The first annual Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture
Professor Sir Angus Deaton will deliver the first annual Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture, titled “The politics of numbers: economists confront poverty and inequality”. Join us online at 18:00 SAST on Monday, 3 July 2023.
UCT's development studies rank 12th in the world
UCT is one of the best institutions in the world for development studies, according to the latest subject rankings from Quacquarelli Symonds.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Elizabeth Mayne
Professor Elizabeth Mayne delivered her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Racing the Red Queen”, at 17:00 SAST on 29 May 2023.