Snapshots showcasing UCT’s research focal areas, including the critical mobilising levers, which are a cornerstone for the university’s research enterprise
We are currently in the internal rounds of the 2025 EDHE Entrepreneurship Intervarsity. If you have entered your existing business, you are one step closer to competing for R100,000 and the prestigious title of Studentpreneur of the Year.
International networks grow Africa’s research footprint and connect Africa with the global north. UCT participates in networks that support education and research capacity.
UCT is Africa’s leading university and one of the best in the world, with strong networks across the continent. This gives our partners access to researchers and projects with a global impact.
UCT is co-leading four of the 17 Africa–Europe Clusters of Research Excellence (CoRE), an initiative that will address head-on the inequity that has characterised research in relation to Africa, to the detriment of global science.
UCT is a member of the U7+ Alliance of World Universities, a global network that brings together leaders from over 50 universities across five continents, committed to addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges