University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town
(UCT)
–
public
higher education institution in South Africa.

The history of UCT can be traced back to1829 .
Thanks to its quite favourable location inside Cape Town, students can enjoy an active city life with a rural serenity.

University ranking.

University of Cape Town ranks first in South Africa.

The university is among the best 5% worldwide, ranking 188 in international ratings. University of Cape Town has garnered a reputation in international circles for its programs in «Arts and Humanities», «Engineering and Technology», «Life Sciences and Medicine», «Natural Science», «Social Sciences and Management».

The university is considered to be among the best in the quality of education and ranks in the top 200 in that criterion. University of Cape Town is respected by employers of South Africa and the world.

Application process and the cost of tuition.

The applicant must provide the document of previous academic performance as well as the results of the examinations.

The academic year is traditionally consists of semesters.

The composition of the university.

University of Cape Town is medium in scale, teaching no more than 20 thousand students at a time.
Foreign citizens can submit their applications along with the local students.

Every 7 student is a foreign citizen.
More than 1500 teachers are employed by the university. The academic staff mainly consists of foreign specialists
UCT has international student exchange programs between partner universities.
More information regarding the life of the university can be found on its social media pages:Flickr, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Linkedin.

Infrastructure of UCT.

The university has its own library.

The university is a part of the Association of African Universities (AAU) in addition to being a member of the Higher Education South Africa (HESA), Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC), OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW).

University of Cape Town – Official Description

We are committed to academic freedom, critical scholarship, rational and creative thought, and free enquiry. It is part of our mission to ensure that these ideals live; this necessarily requires a dynamic process of finding the balance between freedom and responsibility, rights and obligations, autonomy and accountability, transparency and efficiency, and permanence and transience; and of doing this through consultation and debate.