Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment

The University of Cape Town (UCT) celebrated graduates from the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment on Monday, 8 September 2025, at 14:00.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) celebrated graduates from the Faculty of Commerce on Monday, 8 September 2025, at 10:00.

UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mosa Moshabela encourages students to seek help when needed and calls for a culture of support to ensure every student’s success.

In his first year as UCT Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mosa Moshabela has championed a people-first approach to Strategy 2030, calling for listening, kindness and ubuntu to transform the university’s diversity into a unifying strength for future generations.

UCT Ikey Tigers captain Londiwe Tshabalala has been selected to represent South Africa at the 2026 Tag Rugby World Cup in Australia.

In the 59th TB Davie Memorial Lecture, Assoc Prof Loretta J Ross urged a shift from outrage to radical empathy, offering her ‘Five Cs’ framework as a path to justice grounded in love, integrity, and growth.

Curators Professor Premesh Lalu and Dr Kurt Campbell unpack the thinking behind Holding a Thought – the puppetry of Ukwanda – an interdisciplinary exhibition on collaborative storytelling through puppetry, presented as part of the Michaelis School of Fine Art’s centenary series exploring art’s role in public life and transformation in higher education.

UCT and the FirstRand Foundation, alongside national partners, are driving disability inclusion in higher education through Access4ALL, a national initiative strengthening support for students with disabilities across South Africa.

UCT’s Molecular and Cell Biology Department welcomed 60 learners for three days of hands-on science, opening doors to discovery and inspiring the next generation of scientists.

The second Collective Conversation for A Just Society brought together health and wellbeing experts to explore how co-creation can build stronger, more equitable health-care systems for all South Africans.

On 23 June 2025, UCT astronomers and students celebrated the Rubin Observatory’s first light, launching a decade of groundbreaking cosmic exploration.

UCT-supported exhibition At Their Feet explores care as an artistic method, pairing contemporary artists in reflective dialogue on memory, motherhood and creative exchange.