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Ideas, culture and conversations take centre stage at UCT Summer School 2026
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) flagship Summer School programme will take place from 19-31 January 2026. The only programme of its kind on the continent, it is open to the public, staff and students. It includes lectures, excursions, campus tours, performances – including by Opera UCT and, for the first time, a ballet.
04 Dec 2025
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UCT lecture explores immunity and vaccine sovereignty in an age of outbreaks
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Wendy Burgers delivered the final inaugural lecture in the 2025 series, titled “In Defence of Us All: Engineering Immunity in the Age of Outbreaks” on Thursday, 20 November in the New Learning Centre Lecture Theatre on the health sciences campus.
03 Dec 2025
Media release
UCT study highlights competing pressures shaping AI use in teaching
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) has shared early insights from its emerging research into how staff and students develop the literacies needed to use generative AI (GenAI) ethically, critically and constructively in teaching, learning and assessment.
03 Dec 2025
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UCT leads landmark study to curb alcohol harm in SA
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) have launched a landmark multidisciplinary research initiative to investigate the political, economic and social drivers of harmful alcohol use in South Africa and Botswana and assess its far-reaching impacts. The five-year project aims to generate evidence that supports the co-creation of effective policies and community interventions with stakeholders to reduce alcohol-related harm.
03 Dec 2025
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UCT hosts discussion on improving scientific communication and media reporting on marine resource management issues
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) departments of Biological Sciences and Mathematics and Applied Mathematics will jointly host a discussion session on Improving Scientific Communication and the Media when reporting on Marine Resource Management on Wednesday, 3 December 2025 at the John Day (Zoology) Building on upper campus.
02 Dec 2025
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UCT accelerates Africa’s genomics future with launch of pioneering short course
A groundbreaking new initiative, the African Genomics Short Course (AGSC), was launched at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences on 1 December 2025. Running until 10 December 2025, the programme marks a significant step in strengthening genomics education, research capacity and scientific leadership across Africa.
01 Dec 2025
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UCT hosts International Stock Assessment Review Workshop
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group (MARAM) is hosting the annual International Stock Assessment Review Workshop from Monday, 1 December to Friday, 5 December 2025 at UCT’s Mathematics Building on the upper campus. Three world-leading scientists in the field are participating in the workshop.
01 Dec 2025
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UCT and MeerKAT unlock cosmic secrets: gravitational waves revealed in record time
The University of Cape Town (UCT), in collaboration with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) and leading international institutions, has made groundbreaking strides in unveiling the mysteries of the universe. Harnessing the extraordinary capabilities of South Africa’s world-renowned MeerKAT radio telescope, the collaboration has found compelling evidence for a low-frequency gravitational wave background–cosmic ripples in spacetime that stretch and squeeze the fabric of the Universe.
03 Dec 2024
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UCT-led study reveals alarming vaping rates among South African high school learners
A groundbreaking study led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has uncovered startling levels of vaping among high school learners in South Africa, with nearly 30% of Grade 12 students reporting active use. This first-of-its-kind research, involving over 25 000 learners across 52 schools, was published in The Lancet EClinicalMedicine .
02 Dec 2024
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UCT MBA students win global innovation competition
A team of Master of Business Administration (MBA) students from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) has claimed victory at the Geneva Challenge 2024, a global competition spotlighting groundbreaking solutions to pressing societal challenges. Competing against 222 teams from 94 countries, the UCT team’s project, Mntase Cares – Mobile Clinics for Youth Empowerment , emerged as the winning innovation, addressing the critical issue of teenage pregnancy in South Africa.
02 Dec 2024
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UCT academics’ research excellence recognised by leading SA academies of science ASSAf and SAYAS
Ten University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers have been inducted as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). Concurrently, the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) admitted one researcher from UCT.
19 Dec 2023
UCT gets massive R200m donation from Donald Gordon Foundation
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is pleased to announce a momentous donation of R200 million from the Donald Gordon Foundation (DGF), marking a transformative leap for the university's Neuroscience Institute. This substantial contribution is set to accelerate innovative neuroscience research in Africa and on a global scale.
18 Dec 2023
South African men face massive, disproportionate burden of homicide – UCT research
A recent study by researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) confirmed that South African men bear an enormous burden of homicide, reflecting their neglect in prevention and policy responses to violence.
08 Dec 2023
UCT records an unqualified audit report for 2022
The University of Cape Town (UCT) Council is pleased to report that its external auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Incorporated (PwC), has signed the consolidated financial statement for the year ended 31 December 2022 and expressed an unqualified audit opinion.
06 Dec 2023
UCT among nine partners in new collaborative to strengthen primary healthcare in Africa
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is one of the nine partners in the new Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative (AHEHC), a pioneering initiative aimed at strengthening primary healthcare across Africa and empowering the continent’s health sector through transformative education and innovation.
06 Dec 2023
UCT project towards a water-sensitive campus making great strides
Good progress has been made to help the University of Cape Town (UCT) become a water-sensitive campus, through the Khusela Ikamva “Secure the Future” Sustainable Campus research project. The project is in its third year and supports the environmental sustainability goals of UCT’s Vision 2030.
04 Dec 2023
Road crashes second leading cause of death among children in Cape Town – UCT study
A study by the University of Cape Town (UCT)’s PhD graduate-in-waiting Zulfah Albertyn-Blanchard has found that road traffic crashes are the second leading cause of death among children living in the City of Cape Town (CoCT).
04 Dec 2023