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Postgraduate guide
The Postgraduate Studies at UCT brochure gives a broad look at academic and student life at UCT.
eResearch reports
UCT eResearch is a distributed organisation that promotes use of advanced information technologies to support innovation in research.
Research reports
We have discontinued the publication of our annual research report, but we continue to celebrate the year’s research highlights in our annual Research and Innovation Highlights report (available below).
Research strategy
The University of Cape Town is South Africa and Africa’s leading university (as measured by all the top ranking systems) mainly due to its superb research output.
Sustainability and the SDGs
A report on SDG-focused research, innovation and knowledge translation happening at UCT.
Umthombo
Umthombo, a magazine featuring research stories from across the university. Umthombo as a name positions UCT, and this publication in particular, as a non-depletable well of knowledge.
UCT partners with French university to launch Africa’s first dual degree
UCT has teamed up with Sciences Po to offer students a prestigious, internationally recognised dual degree programme.