4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (489+ words) The 2026 Students’ Representative Council (SRC) elections will take place from 14 to 18 September 2026. Read more about this and other recent developments on campus. 1. SRC elections season to take place from 14 to 18 September 2026 Election season is officially under way, with the 2026 Students…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (151+ words) The University of Cape Town (UCT) celebrated the accomplishments of its Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment (EBE) graduates at the spring graduations, with the ceremony taking place at 18:00 on Monday, 7 September 2026. The evening ceremony recognised the hard work and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (332+ words) Dear colleagues and students From Monday, 7 September to Wednesday, 9 September 2026, the University of Cape Town (UCT) will celebrate approximately 2 320 graduates who are ready to shape a fair and just society as they cross the stage during the university's Spring Graduation…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1277+ words) Across the sandstone cliffs and shelters of the Maloti-Drakensberg and Stormberg mountains, San fine-line paintings have survived for generations. They portray humans and animals, but for University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD graduate Dawn Green, they are far more than…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (153+ words) news.uct.ac.za Make your bid at the 2026 Michaelis Silent Auction The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Michaelis School of Fine Art’s 2026 Silent Auction is taking place from 4 to 6 September 2026. The auction is the school’s largest and most important…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (665+ words) Until recently, the outside atrium adjacent to the Faculty of Health Sciences' (FHS) canteen was a place people walked past, not through. The water features were full of leaves, the water itself was stagnant, plants were dying, and when the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (403+ words) Sinegugu Silara has been living with a visual impairment for most of her life. And it’s the little things like hopping onto a packed UCT Shuttle during peak hour and grabbing a coffee at a campus café before class that…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (434+ words) The study used multiple data collection methods, including a retrospective review of more than 30 000 medico-legal case files spanning an eight-year period, prospective surveys of key stakeholders and relevant professionals, and a comprehensive review of the published literature. Reid will graduate…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (192+ words) news.uct.ac.za UCT Epic Job Expo connects students with career opportunities University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Epic Job Expo 2026 brought together students, employers and industry leaders for a day focused on career opportunities, networking and the transition from…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (409+ words) As the not-so-new director of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Institute for Creative Arts (ICA), Professor Nomusa Makhubu is determined to establish new areas of transdisciplinary research that join academia and civil society to bridge traditional academic boundaries and…...