About The University of Cape Town (UCT)

The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College making it the oldest higher education institute in South Africa. In terms of full university status, it is jointly the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa alongside Stellenbosch University which received full university status on the same day in 1918.

UCT is the highest-ranked African university in the QS World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities, and its Commerce, Law, and Medicine Faculties are consistently placed among the hundred best internationally. It is the only African member of the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF), within the World Economic Forum, which is made up of 26 of the world’s top universities.The language of instruction is English.

UCT is an inclusive and engaged research-intensive African university that inspires creativity through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery and citizenship; enhancing the lives of its students and staff, advancing a more equitable and sustainable social order and influencing the global higher education landscape.

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University of cape town uct Rankings

• 1st in Africa
  (Times Higher Education 2019)
  (Quacquarelli Symonds 2019)
  (US News Best Global Universities 2019)
  (Center for World Univeristy Rankings 2018-2019)
  (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019)
• 156th in the world
  (Times Higher Education 2019)
• 198th in the world
  (Quacquarelli Symonds 2020)
• 114th in the world
  (US News Best Global Universities 2019)
• 252nd in the world
  (Center for World Univeristy Rankings 2019-2020)
• 201-300 in the world
  (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019)

University of cape town uct General contacts

Postal address

University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

Contact numbers and email addresses

UCT switchboard: +27 (0)21 650 9111

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