Graduation March 2023
The University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted 15 graduation ceremonies from Monday, 27 March to Friday, 31 March 2023. Ceremony recordings and news coverage is available on the UCT News website.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Elizabeth Mayne
Professor Elizabeth Mayne delivered her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Racing the Red Queen”, at 17:00 SAST on 29 May 2023.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Romy Parker
Professor Romy Parker will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Pain Management to Reduce Suffering in South Africa”, at 17:00 SAST on 8 June 2023.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Kirsty Donald
Professor Kirsty Donald presented a lecture titled “Context matters: Risk and resilience in early childhood brain development”. The lecture recording is now available.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Jeff Murugan
The first lecture in the new series was presented in-person by Professor Jeff Murugan at 18:00 on Wednesday, 19 April 2023. The lecture was titled “The Future is Quantum – a random walk in the landscape of mathematical physics”.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Mark E Engel
Professor Mark E Engel will deliver his Inaugural Lecture, titled “We are here too – Contributing African Strep A research towards eliminating Rheumatic Heart Disease,” at 17:00 SAST on 3 August 2023.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Edina Sinanovic
Professor Edina Sinanovic will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Getting the most out of life – Understanding the opportunity cost of your decisions” at 17:00 SAST on 18 September 2023.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Salome Maswime
Professor Salome Maswime will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “From caesarean section-related complications to global surgical systems strengthening”, at 17:00 SAST on 12 July 2023.
PhD Graduation July 2023
The July 2023 PhD candidates graduated in a joyous celebration at 10:00 on Friday, 21 July 2023. The ceremony was livestreamed on the website, and the video is now available.
Graduation March 2024
The University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted 14 graduation ceremonies from Saturday, 23 March to Thursday, 28 March 2024. Ceremony recordings and news coverage is available on the UCT News website.