Founded in 1829, the University of Cape Town (UCT) is one of South Africa’s oldest and most prestigious universities.

With 20 000 students – 30% of whom are postgraduate, 55% black, 49% female and international, UCT is the highest ranked South African (and only African) university in the top 200 universities worldwide according to the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

With its Engineering, Science, Commerce and most of Humanities faculties packed into the picturesque slopes of Devil’s Peak, 60% of UCT students are studying “hard” subjects of Engineering, Sciences, Medicine, Law and Commerce – and it has strong research relations with major UK Russell League universities.

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