Located on the slopes of Devil’s Peak in Cape Town, the University of Cape Town is a leading, research-intensive university in South Africa and on the continent, known for its academic excellence and pioneering scholarship. The university is home to a third of South Africa’s A-rated researchers (acknowledged by the Department of Science and Technology as international leaders in their field) and a fifth of the country’s national research chairs. UCT encourages students and staff to use their expertise to speed up social change and economic development across the country and continent, while pursuing the highest standards of excellence in academic knowledge and research: developing African solutions to African challenges that are also shared by developing nations around the world.
UCT, like the city of Cape Town, has a vibrant, cosmopolitan community drawn from all corners of South Africa. It also attracts students and staff from more than 100 countries in Africa and the rest of the world. The university has strong partnerships and networks with leading African and other international institutions - helping to enrich the academic, social and cultural diversity of the campus as well as to extend the reach of UCT’s academic work.
Senior Lecturer, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town
Researcher in the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Group, University of Cape Town
Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town
Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town
Chair of OWSD SA National Chapter and Emeritus Professor in Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town
Arderne Chair of Literature, with interests in higher education as well as topics in literary, cultural and political studies, University of Cape Town
Research Coordinator, Lecturer and Senior Researcher, African Climate & Development Initiative, University of Cape Town
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
Postdoctoral Fellow in Conservation Genetics, University of Cape Town
Economist, University of Cape Town
Executive Director, Pacific Biodiversity Institute; Affiliate Professor, University of Washington at Bothell; Research Associate, University of Cape Town (ACDI and FitzPatrick Institute), University of Cape Town
Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance, University of Cape Town
Associate Professor and DST/NRF Bio-economy Research Chair, University of Cape Town
Lecturer in Education Development, University of Cape Town