Vice-Chancellor’s message to the UCT community as the academic year starts

How often do you walk to campus? If you can, consider this your official encouragement to start.

Fully embrace student life at UCT – connect with others, get involved in campus activities and make use of academic and wellbeing support to shape your university journey from day one.

Professor Aubrey Mainza invites prospective students to the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment (EBE), where a student-centred approach to cutting-edge research and experiential learning prepares ethical leaders to solve complex challenges and design a more sustainable world.

Professor Suki Goodman invites the Class of 2025’s top-achieving students to the UCT Faculty of Commerce, where globally competitive BCom and Business Science degrees develop engaged and socially conscious graduates.

UCT’s Director of Admissions invites prospective students to #ChooseUCT as their university of choice, highlighting its standing as Africa’s leading university and a place where ambition is nurtured and futures are shaped.

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mosa Moshabela, congratulates the Matric Class of 2025 on reaching this important milestone.

UCT celebrated the dedication, creativity and long-standing service of its staff at the 2025 Annual Staff Awards, honouring those whose work continues to shape the institution’s excellence.

The 2025 South African Child Gauge highlights the intersecting factors of violence against women and children and call for coordinated national action.

UCT celebrated its 2025 retirees on 5 November 2025, recognising decades of service that have shaped the university’s identity and impact.

A quiet architect of access, Dr Medeé Rall has spent five decades opening UCT’s intellectual and cultural life to the public, expanding Summer School, excursions and lifelong learning into a gateway of possibility.

A pioneer of community-based medical education, Prof Mosedi Namane leaves a legacy of service, transformation, and hope at UCT.

Higher education leaders came together at UCT to discuss values-based leadership and reimagine universities as catalysts for ethical and sustainable change.