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UCT and the Sustainable Development Goals

UCT is committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and contributes meaningfully to all 17 of them. As the leading university in Africa, we have a critical role to play in addressing global challenges through research.

UCT’s best QS performance in a decade

The latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings show that the University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked 150th globally, up from 171st in the last rankings.

Global engagement contacts

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Ground Improvement Techniques

Dept. of Civil Engineering course

Building a healthy Africa

UCT’s research focuses on the proactive achievement of optimal health, fostering a future where individuals, communities and cities not only combat disease but increasingly avoid disease to flourish

Resource efficiency and nature-based solutions for sustainable development

UCT leads research in resource efficiency to maximise social value and reduce waste, promotes sustainable development through responsible mineral beneficiation and harnesses nature to protect and restore ecosystems across the continent

Our southern location

UCT’s research in this area includes studying the environmental dynamics of southern Africa, developing solutions to address the region’s challenges and opportunities and translating global goals on curbing biodiversity loss locally

Advancing Africa

UCT’s research is rooted in Africa’s unique urban, rural, environmental and economic landscapes while addressing globally relevant challenges.

EDHE Entrepreneurship Intervarsity 2025 – Internal Rounds

We are currently in the internal rounds of the 2025 EDHE Entrepreneurship Intervarsity. If you have entered your existing business, you are one step closer to competing for R100,000 and the prestigious title of Studentpreneur of the Year.

Vision 2030

Vision 2030 was developed to give expression to UCT’s massive transformative purpose.

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