University of Cape Town

With millions of South Africa’s young people desperate for jobs and for opportunities to develop and ultimately earn a good living, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Mechanical Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering…

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked 173rd in the world by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2024. This is an impressive rise of 64 places compared to the previous year. UCT shares this position with…

“Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development” – this is Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3. This goal, along with other SDGs, is the focus of a newly funded collaborative Open AIR…

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Robotics Unit (ARU) has used an innovative new strategy, inspired by the movement of the cheetah, to allow for a powerful jumping movement in robots.In 2009, the robotic Mars Rover Spirit got…

Edmund Wessels, the brain behind FlexiGyn – a groundbreaking, innovative and easy-to-use gynaecological device, designed to address and improve the health of women on the ground – is one of the joint winners of the 2023 Africa Prize for…

As rain clouds gathered in the Mother City and a light but chilly wind gripped the air, the atmosphere inside the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Sarah Baartman Hall was warm and energetic – as ululations and cheers rang out in…

The Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations (ACTRC) recorded a remarkable 84 signatories at its recent launch event. This significant endorsement dwarfed the approximate 40 signatories the organisers had hoped to achieve…

In low- and middle-income countries, pregnant women with disabilities face significant environmental barriers to receiving antenatal care. And yet, antenatal care is a critical portal to quality maternity care services. In his home…

Protest, prison, humour and hope were recurring themes that emerged during a high tea event hosted by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Development and Alumni Department (DAD) in honour of the life and work of UCT alumnus and…

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Valerie Mizrahi is among the 80 outstanding researchers, innovators and communicators from around the world who have been elected as the newest Fellows of the Royal Society, the United…