UCT moved up two places and remains the best university in Africa, according to the QS World University Rankings 2020.

It was a year of leadership transition at the university, as well as a year for recommitting to the university’s transformation agenda. The Year in Review 2018 gives a broad overview, and a few highlights, of the institution’s activities, its goals and its many achievements over the previous year.

UCT’s student delegate to the Worldwide Universities Network Conference in Ireland has returned from the event ready to help the university unpack pivotal challenges.

The findings of a five-year study, unpacked at UCT ahead of Youth Day, offer over 100 transformation recommendations for universities.

This year UCT's annual phonathon aims to raise in excess of R1 million for the 2020 Food Security Programme, a special initiative launched during the November 2018 exam season to address the issue of student hunger on campus.