The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked among the top 100 globally for two subjects – clinical, pre-clinical and health, and social sciences – in the 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings by subject.
Download: The South African Health Review (SAHR) 2019
Congratulations to Dr Odirile Obuseng, Dr Santhuri Viranna and Dr Zola Musimar who are the recipients of the POETIC scholarships to Harvard in 2020.
News
Monday, 27 January 2020
Two researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) are among 20 women scientists recognised by the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science programme for their excellent contributions to science in sub-Saharan Africa.
Publication Date:
Fri, 06 Dec 2019 - 14:30
For students and staff members at the University of Cape Town (UCT), 2019 will no doubt stand out as a year where the ravages of gender-based violence (GBV) cut painfully to the core of campus life. With her tragic death still a gaping wound in the collective consciousness, Uyinene Mrwetyana’s memory is being honoured in a striking campaign against intimate partner violence (IPV) by the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Publication Date:
Thu, 05 Dec 2019 - 15:45
“I see molecules everywhere – in hair, in clothes, in everything. It fascinates me that you can look at a molecule’s chemical structure and modify the bonds and structures to modify the properties of molecules. Then those new structures can be used for something terrible, like bombs, or for something wonderful, like foods and medicines.”
Publication Date:
Thu, 05 Dec 2019 - 13:30
At the age of 27, University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD student Malebo Malope made history as the first black genetics counsellor in South Africa.
Publication Date:
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 - 14:45