UCT GSB MBA ranked number seven globally for impact and sustainability
The UCT GSB’s MBA programme has been ranked number seven globally and number one in Africa in the 2024 Better World MBA ranking by ‘Corporate Knights’ magazine.
11th UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Installation Ceremony
In May 2024, UCT Council announced the university’s 11th vice-chancellor. Professor Mosa Moshabela, who took office in August, has been officially installed on 25 November 2024. A video recording of the ceremony is now available.
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2025 Summer School: 20 January – 1 February
Celebrate 101 years of lifelong learning at the University of Cape Town. Join us at Summer School in January 2025 and feast your mind on lectures presented by world-class scholars on ground-breaking research topics.
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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 second semester of 2025 will open in January 2025.
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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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UCT Summer School 2025
Celebrate 101 years of lifelong learning at the University of Cape Town. Join us at Summer School in January 2025 and feast your mind on lectures presented by world-class scholars on ground-breaking research topics.
The Dr Stuart Saunders Memorial Lecture
UCT and the Department of Medicine invite you to a lecture titled "Reconceptualising Global Health and Medicine - A Time for Courage and Ethical Scholarship" by Professor Ntobeko Ntusi, President and CEO of the SAMRC.
Annual UCT Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture
Join us for the annual Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture featuring guest speaker Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, titled Ukuba Ngumntu: Love, Compassion, Solidarity.
The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013
This six-hour remote course will discuss the grounds for lawful processing and focus on material aspects of the 2013 POPI Act.
Notices
ICTS scheduled maintenance – December 2024
ICTS will be conducting scheduled maintenance on Sunday, 15 December 2024.
Limited ICT services will be available, unless advised to the contrary, for the duration of the maintenance slot from 07:00 to 17:00.
- 07:00–09:00: PeopleSoft will be unavailable from 07:00 to 09:00 and will be available again from 09:00 onwards.
- 09:00–17:00: PeopleSoft, Amathuba, ServiceNow, UCT email and other Microsoft 365 services will remain available throughout the day. All other ICT services will be unavailable between 09:00 and 17:00.
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Updated: 10 December 2024
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.