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UCT among the top 1.3% universities in the world. The University of Cape Town remains the best university in Africa and has been ranked in the top 1.3% of universities in the world by the Center for World University Rankings. View our rankings.
Welcome to the University of Cape Town! UCT has six campuses, including Upper, Middle and Lower campuses; Hiddingh Campus; the Health Sciences Campus; and the Breakwater Campus, which has a newly established satellite facility in Phillippi.
Applications and registration. Find out everything you need to know about applying for postgraduate studies at UCT. Applications for 2024 coursework postgraduate studies close soon. Check the 2024 Directions for Postgraduate Applicants for faculty- or programme-specific closing dates.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad, Xhosa: iYunivesithi yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a multicultural, multinational community of around 5 000 academic and professional, administrative support and service staff, and some 29 000 students who come from over 100 countries across the globe.
University of Cape Town is ranked #116 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more...
Learn more about studying at University of Cape Town including how it performs in QS rankings, the cost of tuition and further course information.
Welcome to the University of Cape Town! We’ve made a wide range of services available to you, whether it’s mental health or physical wellness, or information about study resources. Find out more in Campus Life 2024.
Overviews of research activity in the Faculty are available in the annual UCT Research Reports. Research in the Faculty of Science is carried out by individual researchers, by research groups in Departments, and within a series of formal Research Units, Centres and Institutes.
According to the latest QS rankings, the Science Faculty at UCT places in the band 51-100 top universities in the Earth and Marine Sciences and in the band 101-150 in the Biological and Environmental Sciences.
