The University of Cape Town (UCT) is South Africa's oldest university, and is one of Africa's leading teaching and research institutions.
88 ACCREDITED RESEARCH GROUPS
- UCT has 88 accredited research groups with a host of research strengths including, Astronomy, cosmology and gravity, drug discovery, biodiversity, marine research, mineral beneficiation, schools, Infectious diseases and molecular medicine and more.
6 FACULTIES
- The university has 6 faculties - Commerce, Engineering & the Built Environment, Law, Health Sciences, Humanities and Science – which are all supported by the Centre for Higher Education Development, which addresses students' teaching and learning needs.
1st IN AFRICA
- UCT leads, in Africa, in all five of the major world university rankings: Times Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds, Center for World University Rankings, U.S. News and World Report Best Global Universities Rankings and ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities.
183rd IN THE WORLD
- UCT is ranked as 183rd university in the world by the latest 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
109th IN THE WORLD
- The recent 2022 edition of the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings saw UCT ranked at 109th globally.
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