Professor Heather Zar
Paediatric pulmonologist Professor Zar is head of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and director of the Division of Paediatric Pulmonology at the Red Cross War Memorial Childrens' Hospital. She has a PhD from UCT on respiratory illness in HIV-infected children. Her research focuses on child lung health and uses a translational approach to apply complex technology to clinical problems using a wide range of methodologies.
NRF A-rated
National Research Foundation (NRF) A-rated researchers are international leaders in their field. Just under a third of the country’s A-rated researchers are at UCT.
Public Symposium on South Africa’s Foreign Policy
The Faculty of Humanities will host the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes, and the South African Institute for International Relations (SAIIA) for a joint public symposium.
Collaborative degree programmes at UCT
UCT is growing a range of opportunities for postgraduate students to travel to and work with international universities.
Alan Pifer Award
The Alan Pifer Award is the vice-chancellor's annual prize in recognition of outstanding welfare-related research.
UCT Open Day 2024
The annual UCT Open Day is aimed at high school learners in Grades 10, 11 and 12, their families and teachers.
Research and innovation: highlights 2020/21
Despite the global pandemic – and, in fact, driven by the increased urgency it created – the year of 2020/21 at UCT was marked by great research achievements and several seminal events informed by and feeding into our forward thinking.
UCT ranks 50th in the world for sustainability
The University of Cape Town (UCT) tied at 50th position in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024, released on 5 December.
UCT GSB’s Executive MBA ranked top 5 globally for gender diversity
UCT GSB's EMBA programme has been ranked 96th in the world in the prestigious Financial Times EMBA Ranking 2023. With 52% of attendees being women, this places the it in the top five programmes in the world for inclusivity and diversity.
Functions, powers and obligations of sectional title trustees
This four-hour course sets out what people serving bodies corporate as trustees must and may not do.