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Open Day 2023
The annual University of Cape Town (UCT) Open Day is aimed at high school learners in Grade 10, 11 and 12, their families and teachers, and presents an ideal opportunity to explore the vast range of undergraduate study options available at UCT.
17 May 2023
UCT ranks in top 1.4% of universities worldwide
UCT has been named the top university in Africa in the Center for World University Rankings.
16 May 2023
UCT Inaugural Lecture with Prof Kirsty Donald
Prof Kirsty Donald’s inaugural lecture focused on the risk and resilience in early childhood brain development.
15 May 2023
Context matters: Understanding childhood brain development
During her inaugural lecture, UCT’s Prof Kirsty Donald delved into what factors are prevalent in the maturing of the brain.
15 May 2023
Falling Walls Lab is heading for Cape Town
Falling Walls Lab is coming to UCT in September.
12 May 2023
Rocking the Cradle: new evidence shows site is much younger than thought
New research shows that South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind site is much younger than previously pegged, dramatically changing the narrative of its antiquity.
12 May 2023
Donation from UCT Hospitality comes just in time for winter
UCT’s hospitality unit recently handed a sizeable linen donation to six charities across Cape Town.
11 May 2023
Scientists unravel the growth patterns of giant wombat-like animals from ancient Australian rainforests
UCT’s Prof Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, together with researchers from Australia, recently published a paper on a 15-million-year-old giant wombat-like animal from Australia.
11 May 2023
Context matters: Understanding childhood brain development
Professor Kirsty Donald is in UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
10 May 2023
UCT TB researcher elected Fellow of the Royal Society
UCT’s Prof Valerie Mizrahi is among the 80 outstanding researchers, innovators and communicators from around the world who have been elected as the newest Fellows of the Royal Society.
10 May 2023
UCT introduces new ATAP cohort
UCT hosted a welcome reception for the new cohort of awardees in the Accelerated Transformation of the Academic Programme on 3 May.
10 May 2023
Boost for humanities postdoc research as national institute comes on board
UCT is celebrating another key partnership as the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences pave the way for a postdoctoral research fellowship programme.
10 May 2023
Studying at UCT: Day in the life of a Law student, Nuraan Armino
Meet Nuraan Armino, a third-year student at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
09 May 2023
Brave new world: On the edge of a second quantum revolution
Professor Jeff Murugan’s inaugural lecture described the possibilities of quantum mechanics, not least of which is an era of clean energy through quantum batteries.
05 May 2023
UCT to host new Wellcome-funded Discovery Research Platform for Infection
CIDRI-Africa at UCT has been chosen to host eight new Wellcome-funded Discovery Research Platforms.
05 May 2023
Brian Warner (1939–2023)
Brian Warner, senior scholar and emeritus Distinguished Professor in the Department of Astronomy at UCT, died peacefully at home on 5 May 2023 at the age of 83.
05 May 2023
International innovation title for UCT engineers’ greywater solution
The UCT NextGen Engineers team have won another international innovation prize for their 3D-printed, modular greywater filter with applications in water-poor, disadvantaged communities.
03 May 2023
An ode to Emer Prof George Ekama
Emer Prof George Ekama from UCT’s EBE faculty passed away on 19 February 2023.
03 May 2023
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