Transport
Campus is huge and Cape Town stretches all the way from Atlantis to Cape Point. Traffic in and around the city can be hectic and getting around takes time – especially if you need to get to one of UCT’s satellite facilities.
Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)
For more information about how the University of Cape Town uses personal information, please read these privacy notices.
Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA)
Chancellor
The chancellor is the titular head and representative of the university, and confers degrees in its name.
Professor Danwood Chirwa
Professor Danwood Chirwa was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law with effect from 1 January 2019.
Professor Suki Goodman
Professor Suki Goodman was appointed as the dean of the Faculty of Commerce from 1 January 2022. She served as head of department for the School of Management Studies from 2018 until she was appointed dean. Before that, she headed the section of Organisational Psychology from 2010 to 2017.
Professor Alison Lewis
Professor Alison Lewis took up her position as the dean of the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment on 1 June 2015 and was appointed for a second five-year term in 2020.
Previously, Professor Lewis was the head of the Department of Chemical Engineering since 2013, and a professor of chemical engineering since 2007. She originally joined the department as a senior lecturer in 1996 after completing her PhD and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Water Research Group in UCT’s Department of Civil Engineering.
Professor Shose Kessi
Professor Shose Kessi was appointed dean of the Faculty of Humanities in November 2019, after serving as acting dean from 1 March 2019.
Awards & Achievements
The following awards recognise excellence, a core pillar of the University of Cape Town’s academic project.
Campus life
Studying at university demands a lot of hard work. However, every faculty and department has people and programmes in place to help you succeed, because your success is UCT’s success.