University of Cape Town was formally established as a university in 1918 and is a community of exceptionally talented students, teachers and researchers – and a wide range of professional, administrative support and service staff – all of whom are committed to help change this world for the better.
UCT is committed to engaging with the key issues of our natural and social worlds through outstanding teaching, research and scholarship. It seeks to advance the status and distinctiveness of scholarship in Africa through building strategic partnerships across the continent, the global south and the rest of the world.