The University of Cape Town (UCT) (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad, Xhosa: iYunivesithi yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa.
Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest university in Sub-Saharan Africa in continuous operation.
UCT is organized in 57 departments across six faculties offering bachelor’s (NQF 7) to doctoral degrees (NQF 10) solely in the English language. Home to 30,000 students, it encompasses six campuses in the Capetonian suburbs of Rondebosch, Hiddingh, Observatory, Mowbray, and the Waterfront.
Official List of University of Cape Town (UCT) Courses
All candidates seeking admission to study at the University of Cape Town (UCT) for 2024 are hereby directed to check the list of available Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Master, Certificate, Diploma, Degree, Distance Learning programs, and Short Courses offered at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that has gained the Council on Higher Education accreditation before applying.
All you need to know about the University of Cape Town (UCT) are published here on southafricaportal.com and has been obtained from the official UCT website.
Below are the courses that you can study at the University of Cape Town (UCT):
Faculty of Commerce
The Faculty of Commerce offers the following undergraduate degrees and diplomas:
Diplomas
- Advanced Diploma in Actuarial Science
Degrees Commerce offers 2 undergraduate degrees:
- Bachelor of Business Science (BBusSc)
- Bachelor of Commerce (BCom).
- Both degrees are offered as standard or Academic Development (AD) programs.
- Applicants who meet the requirements for the AD BCom or BBusSc programs may plan to complete their degree over the standard or an extended period (depending on their faculty points score).
- The standard period for the BCom is 3 years, and the BBusSc is 4 years.
Bachelor of Business Science
- In Actuarial Science specializing in Quantitative Finance
Bachelor of Business Science specializing in
- Analytics Computer Science
- Economics with Law
- Finance with Accounting
- Finance with Economics
- Information Systems
- Marketing Organisational Psychology
Bachelor of Commerce
- In Actuarial Science specializing in Quantitative Finance
Bachelor of Commerce specializing in
- Economics and Finance
- Economics with Law
- Economics and Statistics
- Financial Accounting: General Accounting
- Financial Accounting: Chartered Accountant
- Financial Accounting: Accounting with Law
- Information Systems Information Systems and Computer Science
- Management Studies Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE)
Engineering & the Built Environment Faculty
The Engineering & the Built Environment Faculty offers the following undergraduate degrees:
- Bachelor of Architectural Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Property Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Construction Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Chemical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Electrical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Mechanical& Mechatronics Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Mechatronics
- Bachelor of Science in Geomatics: Surveying
- Bachelor of Science in Geomatics: Geoinformatics
Health Sciences Faculty
The Health Sciences Faculty offers the following undergraduate degrees and diplomas:
- Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery
- Bachelor of Science in Audiology
- Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy
- Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy
- Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology
- Higher Certificate in Disability Practice
- Advanced Diploma in Cosmetic Formulation Science
Humanities
The Humanities Faculty offers the following undergraduate degrees and diplomas:
- Bachelor of Music: General Programme
- Teacher’s Licentiate Diploma in Music
- Advanced Certificate in Education: Life Orientation
- Advanced Certificate in Education: Mathematical Literacy
- Advanced Certificate in Education: Mathematics Education
- Advanced Certificate in Education: Multilingual
- Advanced Certificate in Education: School Management
- Advanced Certificate in Education: Science
- Bachelor of Arts in Film & Media Production
- Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art
- Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & Performance
- Bachelor of Arts African Languages & Literatures, Afrikaans, Arabic, Business French, Classical Studies, Dance Drama, Economics, History, English Film Studies, French Hebrew Language & Literature History, Italian Jazz Studies, Law, Linguistics Media & Writing, Music, Spanish Visual & Art, History Xhosa Communication
- Bachelor of Music in Dance
- Bachelor of Music: Composition
- Bachelor of Music: Education
- Bachelor of Music: Musicology
- Bachelor of Social Science in Philosophy, Politics & Economics
- Bachelor of Social Science Economics Gender Studies Industrial Sociology International Relations Philosophy Politics Psychology Public Policy & Administration Religious Studies Social Anthropology Social Development Sociology
- Bachelor of Social Work
- Dance Teacher’s Diploma
- Diploma in Education
Majors offered by departments outside the Faculty of Humanities
- Applied Statistics
- Applied Biology
- Applied Mathematics
- Archaeology
- Astrophysics
- Biochemistry
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Ecology & Evolution
- Environmental & Geographical Science
- Genetics
- Human Physiology
- Law
- Mathematics
- Mathematical Statistics
- Marine Biology
- Microbiology
- Ocean & Atmosphere Science
- Organizational Psychology
- Physics
- Science Statistics
- Performer’s Diploma in Opera
- Performer’s Diploma in Theatre
- Teacher’s Licentiate Diploma in Music: Foundation
LAW
The Law Faculty offers the following undergraduate degrees:
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Law
Science
The Science Faculty offers the following undergraduate degrees:
Bachelor of Science in:
- Applied Biology
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Statistics
- Archaeology
- Astrophysics
- Biochemistry
- Business
- Computing
- Chemistry
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Games Development
- Computer Science Ecology & Evolution Environmental & Geographical Science
- Genetics
- Geology
- Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Marine Biology
- Mathematical Statistics
- Mathematics Ocean & Atmosphere Science Physics
For more information and inquiries, please navigate to the University of Cape Town (UCT) portal. All details are available on the institution’s official website.