UCT at a glance

28 January 2015

UCT is not only the oldest university in South Africa. It is also the highest-ranked African university – in both the Times Higher Education and the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings of world universities. Founded in 1829 as the South African College and formally established as a university in 1918, UCT is home to more than 25 000 students from over 100 different countries.

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