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March 2024 graduation and other updates
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) March 2024 graduation ceremonies, which got underway on Saturday, 23 March, will continue until Thursday, 28 March 2024 – with almost 5 000 graduands honoured and honorary doctorates conferred on four distinguished individuals.
27 Mar 2024
Upcoming UCT Summer School courses
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Centre for Extra-Mural Studies (EMS) will host a number of interesting Summer School courses between April and June 2024.
27 Mar 2024
Faculties of Law and Science graduation ceremony 2 – March 2024
The University of Cape Town (UCT) honoured graduates from the Faculties of Law (in the faculty’s only ceremony) and Science (in the faculty’s second ceremony) on Tuesday, 26 March 2024 at 14:00.
26 Mar 2024
Looking through the lens of missed vaccination opportunities
Dr Chukwudi Nnaji probes three critical questions for missed opportunities for vaccination in his PhD research.
26 Mar 2024
UCT PhD scholar becomes only fifth African in prestigious CAS Future Leaders Programme
A University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD scholar, Athi Welsh, has been selected in the prestigious CAS Future Leaders Programme , making him only the fifth African to attain this honour.
26 Mar 2024
Half a million followers on TikTok and studying towards a master’s
He is master of Kasi humour, soon to be capped with a BSc (Honours), and knee deep in the first semester of a master’s degree … meet Lesedi Rampou Lale, man of comedy and chemistry.
26 Mar 2024
UCT VC appointed to esteemed international academy
The University of Cape Town (UCT) staff members have recently reached various milestones, including the appointment of Vice-Chancellor (interim) Emeritus Professor Daya Reddy by Pope Francis to the esteemed Pontifical Academy of Sciences .
26 Mar 2024
International honour for VC and other highlights
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is proud to announce the appointment of Vice-Chancellor interim Emeritus Professor Daya Reddy by Pope Francis to the esteemed Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
26 Mar 2024
Faculty of Commerce graduation ceremony 2 – March 2024
The University of Cape Town (UCT) honoured graduates from the Faculty of Commerce on Tuesday, 26 March 2024 at 10:00.
26 Mar 2024
Bringing primary healthcare services to campus staff
On Monday, 18 March, the ribbon was cut to mark the opening of UCT’s Dis-Chem Wellness Centre, which brings quality primary healthcare services to the workplace for pay classes two to six.
26 Mar 2024
Illegal cigarettes cost South African government over R100 billion since 2010
Research by the University of Cape Town (UCT) academics Dr Nicole Vellios and Professor Corné van Walbeek has revealed that the South African government has been losing billions of rands because of illegal cigarettes since 2010.
26 Mar 2024
Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ceremony 1 – March 2024
The University of Cape Town (UCT) honoured graduates from the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment on Monday, 25 March 2024 at 18:00.
25 Mar 2024
Faculty of Humanities graduation ceremony 2 – March 2024
The University of Cape Town (UCT) honoured graduates from the Faculty of Humanities on Monday, 25 March 2024 at 14:00.
25 Mar 2024
UCT to honour close to 5 000 students in the March graduation season
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will honour approximately 4 850 graduands – including 26 PhD degrees – during the ongoing March graduation ceremonies taking place over five days.
25 Mar 2024
Bending the arc towards health equity
Professor Susan Cleary delivered her inaugural lecture on 14 March.
25 Mar 2024
From HR to opera – an inspirational journey
Luvo Maranti graduates this year with a Performance Diploma in opera. This is one of the tenor’s many outstanding accomplishments, few of which he imagined achieving.
25 Mar 2024
Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony 1 – March 2024
The University of Cape Town (UCT) honoured graduates from the Faculty of Health Sciences on Monday, 25 March 2024 at 10:00
25 Mar 2024
Adopt a social approach to managing TB
UCT’s Dr Anna Versfeld said patients’ social contexts must be taken into consideration to help tackle the TB scourge in South Africa.
24 Mar 2024
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