UCT ranked 97th worldwide in the 2026 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with nine areas ranked in the top 100.

UCT has launched a continent-wide architectural competition to design a R600 million living memorial and school of public governance in honour of Nelson Mandela.

Cape Town: Following the devastating mountain blaze that raged through the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus and surrounding areas, insurance companies have sought the assistance of leading legal ...

Staring helplessly as flames from a weekend wildfire on the slopes of Table Mountain spread and razed the University of Cape Town’s library, chief librarian Ujala Satgoor was back amid the smouldering ...

Update (April 20): Nature reports that in addition to the library, the botany building also suffered significant damage. UCT’s Plant Conservation Unit lost all of the fossilized pollen used to study ...

When autumn paints the ivy-lined buildings a deep green colour on the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus into a reddish-orange or brownish-red, students are reminded the academic year is well ...