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.
2025 First-Year Campus Reception
The First-Year Campus Reception (FYCR) kicks off on Saturday, 1Â February, until Monday, 3Â February, at the Sports Centre. Registration information is available online.
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Parent Orientation 2025
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is hosting Parent Orientation on Saturday, 1 February 2025.
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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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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 produces graduates whose qualifications are internationally recognised and locally applicable, underpinned by values of engaged citizenship and social justice.
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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Events
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.
Clinical Ethics Forum
Ethical choices: antibiotic use in palliative care
Dean's Dialogue: Life at the End of the Road
Navigating the ethics of assisted dying.
Document formatting for lawyers
This ten-hour remote short course, held over five days, covers the essential MS Word skills that legal professionals are expected to have.
Notices
2025 First-Year Campus Reception
The First-Year Campus Reception (FYCR) kicks off on Saturday, 1 February, until Monday, 3 February, at the Sports Centre.
Read more on the UCT News website.
Updated: 27 January 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 will take place on Saturday, 1 February, starting at 09:00 and again at 14:00.
Updated: 27 January 2025