University of Cape Town

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The University of Cape Town ( Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad, English: University of Cape Town; short UCT ) is a University of Cape Town in South Africa's Western Cape province. It was founded in 1829 and thus is South Africa's oldest university. It is located on the flanks of the summit of Table Mountain massif, the Devil's Peak. Currently, 23,500 students attend this educational institution, with approximately 50 percent of the students are white and 50 percent black. 20 percent of the students are foreigners. There is a partnership with the University of Stuttgart.

According to the World University Rankings 2010, the Times Higher Education, the University of Cape Town is Africa's best university course 107.

History

The university was founded in 1829 as the South African College. Towards the end of the 19th century it developed into the first university in South Africa today. 1887 women were admitted for the first time.

Organization

The university is headed by a Vice-Chancellor, for management are in addition four Deputy Vice-Chancellor, a Pro- Vice-Chancellor, the Deans of the faculties as well as managing directors. The Registrar is responsible as the highest representative of the University for the award of degrees, currently the Office of Graça Machel is exercised. The line is the University responsible, which defines, together with the Senate guidelines, and is responsible for financial planning and academic affairs.

The UCT consists of six faculties and a central institution, spread across six campuses areas:

  • Trade
  • Engineering
  • Health Sciences
  • Humanities
  • Jurisprudence
  • Natural sciences
  • Center for higher education.

The faculties are divided into departments.

Nobel Laureate

Four graduates of the University of Cape Town are carriers of a Nobel Prize:

  • Max Theiler, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for his development of a vaccine against yellow fever
  • Allan McLeod Cormack, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1979
  • Sir Aaron Klug, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1982
  • J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize for Literature, 2003
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