University of Cape Town

Fast-tracking access to vaccines for cervical human papilloma virus (HPV) is of utmost importance to reduce the burden of infection in sub-Saharan Africa, and will help save thousands of young women’s and girls’ lives.This was one of the…

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been placed top in South Africa and Africa in the ShanghaiRanking’s 2021 Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments. Notably, UCT also rose from 47th place in the 2020 rankings to 41st in…

Researchers from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Division of Interdisciplinary Palliative Care and Medicine and the Division of Radiation Oncology, in collaboration with colleagues in private practice and at King’s College London,…

A collaboration between the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the originator of WOOP, the goalsetting and realisation app students use to achieve academic targets, has now been translated into all 11 official South African languages. This…

Antarctica, remote, ice-covered and inhospitable to all but the hardiest. But the continent and its teeming wildlife is now in need of urgent protection. Visiting this polar desert and hotspot of climate change has been a dream come true…

Findings from a recent study led by researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) showed that the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions severely impacted the mental health…

A team of researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) participated in a research study to evaluate safer, shorter and more effective treatment for cryptococcal meningitis (CM) in under-resourced areas. The result of the research…

Eh!woza, a social impact non-profit organisation incubated at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM),implemented a competition to showcase BSc Medical Honours students’ work as…

After a two-year hiatus driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) student sports clubs and societies have kicked off the year with bumper enrolments. For example, the swimming club membership is up from 56 to…

University of Cape Town (UCT) student Cwenga Koyana and together with four other young African women took the top spot at the UNESCO and Women@Dior Global E-conference. The event took place in Paris, France, on Wednesday, 23 March and…