A new initiative positioning software as a core component of research quality and productivity has been launched at UCT.

Ahead of International Day of Forests, the importance of protecting tree ecosystems comes into focus, including at UCT, where ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

A UCT-led team has used South Africa's MeerKAT and Salt to reveal a vast hidden supercluster lurking behind the Milky Way.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched a new training course to help grow Africa’s skills in genomics research. The African genomics short course (AGSC) began at UCT’s faculty of health ...

In a statement released on 17 February 2026, the University of Cape Town’s vice-chancellor, Professor Mosa Moshabela, confirmed that nearly all remaining registration holds affect self-funded students ...

Do the bones of Nile crocodiles have the same number of growth marks as their age? And can such growth rings be counted to accurately gauge the age of these reptiles? Is this also an accurate method ...

“This represents a defining moment in the history of UCT. It must be handled with utmost rigour, conscientiousness and objectivity,” reads a letter from the law firm Webber Wentzel, sent on behalf of ...

A damning report that says racism is entrenched at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has reignited discussions about how to erase the divisive legacy of colonialism at South Africa’s top research ...

Media personality Lerato Kganyago hinted that she's studying at UCT, while some of her fans congratulated her, others ...

Astronomers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) – working with colleagues from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France), ...