The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa. UCT is the highest-ranked African university in the QS World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities, and its Law and Commerce Faculties are consistently placed among the hundred best internationally.

UCT has a proud tradition of academic excellence and effecting social change and development through its pioneering scholarship, faculty and students. It is also renowned for its striking beauty, with its campus located at the foot of Table Mountain’s Devil’s Peak, with panoramic views of much of Cape Town.

UCT is very similar to the city of Cape Town: it has a vibrant, cosmopolitan community. It is a cultural melting pot where each person contributes their unique blend of knowledge and thinking.

Departments and Faculties

Centre for Higher Education Development

• Academic Development Programme

Commerce

• Actuarial Research
• AIDS & Society Research Unit (ASRU)
• Accounting
• Actuarial Science

Engineering & the Built Environment

• Architecture, Planning & Geomatics
• Aeronautics Research Group
• African Centre for Cities

Health Sciences

• Acute tertiary medicine
• Adolescent Health Research Institute
• Anaesthesia, Department of
• Albertina & Walter Sisulu Institute of Ageing in Africa/Geriatric Medicine

Humanities

• African Gender Institute
• African Studies,
• Centre for (postgraduate)
  Archaeology (Faculty of Science)
•  African Languages & Literatures
• Albertina & Walter Sisulu Institute for Ageing in Africa (IAA)
• African Cinema Unit (ACU)
• Afrikaans and Netherlandic Studies

Law

• Advanced Legal Studies

Sciences

• Archaeology
• Astronomy

How to Apply

If you are unable to apply online, you may submit a paper application by printing the forms from the links below, and sending them to the Admissions office at the address indicated on the right.

Undergraduate application forms

• Undergraduate Application Form
• Undergraduate Prospectus
• Directions for Undergraduate Applicants
• Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Form
• Bachelor of Architectural Studies Form
• Curriculum Vitae
  (for all MBChB applicants who have attempted tertiary studies)
• Personal Report
  (for all school-leaving and gap year MBChB applicants)
• UCT & NSFAS Financial Assistance Application

Postgraduate application forms

• Directions for Postgraduate Applicants
• All postgraduate applicants must apply online.Click here to apply

Contact Details

Email Address: Undergraduate Enquiries

Email Address: Postgraduate Enquiries

Tel: 021 650 2128
Fax: 021 650 5189

Postal address

The Admissions Office
University of Cape Town
c/o Bremner Building Lower Campus
Rondebosch
7701
South Africa

Physical address

The Admissions Office
University of Cape Town
Level 4
Masingene Building
Middle Campus
Rondebosch
Cape Town
South Africa

Website: www.uct.ac.za

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