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.
Campus Life 2025
First-year students are invited to begin their journey through Campus Life 2025, which is a comprehensive guide to navigating university life. The publication includes lots of useful information.
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Funding opportunities
Explore opportunities to fund your undergraduate and postgraduate studies at UCT. Discover information on the various bursaries and structured loans currently on offer.
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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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Research & innovation news
UCT is committed to generating new knowledge in, for and from Africa. Our recent achievements include identifying a new heart-attack gene and a landmark restitution of human remains that allowed redress and social justice through science.
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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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A snapshot of research at UCT
Research at UCT is focused on addressing global challenges and realising both new opportunities within the social and natural world and new knowledge underpinning innovations of the future.
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Continuing education
Unleash your potential by completing one – or more - of UCT’s continuing education short courses, workshops, seminars, lectures and conferences. These are offered in collaboration with the following UCT units and partners:
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Pension fund law
This six-hour remote course aims to equip participants with sufficient knowledge of the main laws and legal principles applicable to retirement funds in South Africa, and the rights and obligations of those responsible for their governance,
Human rights and international humanitarian law
This remote twenty-hour course offers a detailed analysis of the history, conceptual, theoretical and development of human rights, and an examination of the various mechanisms of human rights protection and humanitarian issues in the world.
Competition law: An introduction
This 24-hour remote short course seeks to foster an understanding of the policy, statutory, and economic dimensions of competition law and policy in South Africa.
Notices
2025 First-Year Campus Reception
The First-Year Campus Reception (FYCR) took place from Saturday, 1 February, until Monday, 3 February, at the Sports Centre.
If you didn’t make it to the FYCR, don’t be concerned, you can still register.
Updated: 4 February 2025
Parent Orientation
Every year, the Vice-Chancellor invites parents, guardians, and sponsors of first-year students who have received firm offers to study at UCT in the coming year to Parent Orientation. This year, Parent Orientation took place on Saturday, 1 February, starting at 09:00 and again at 14:00.
Updated: 4 February 2025