The University of Cape Town (UCT) has recorded strong performance in two major international rankings released in November 2025.

UCT has performed well in the latest ShanghaiRanking's Global Rankings of Academic Subjects, placing in the top 20 for mining and mineral engineering. UCT has performed well in the latest ...

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has appointed Department of Chemical Engineering head Professor Alison Lewis as dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment – the first woman to be ...

University of Cape Town (UCT) student Sarah Nzeka will graduate with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemical Engineering on 29 March 2022 after registering at UCT for the first time in 2012. The ...

University of Cape Town (UCT) civil engineering graduate Tinashe Chipako won the 2018 South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) National Investigative Project Showdown for his research ...

The Greenovate Awards is a joint venture initiative between Growthpoint Properties and the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) launched in 2015. This student programme aims to educate and ...

A cutting-edge LiDAR project at UCT is transforming archaeological understanding of South Africa’s pre-colonial urban ...

A University of Cape Town (UCT) engineering PhD student, Resoketswe Manenzhe, won first prize in the short story category at the recent Writivism Festival. Manenzhe is attached to the Centre for ...

A University of Cape Town (UCT) engineering student has given the prestigious institution a shocking legal lesson over allegations that he plagiarised his “electricity supply expansion” assignment.

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