Faculty of Science

More than 7500 students from across the Western Cape converged on UCT Upper campus to take part in UCT's annual Mathematics Competition.

PhD Student Chao Mbogo is one of 200 young researchers who has been invited to attend the prestigious Heidelberg Laureate forum.

Congratulations to 3 Computer Science PhD students on winning Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship awards.

As devastating as the ongoing fires around the Peninsula have been to property and tracts of nature reserve, regular fires every 15 years are critical to

The fires that have been ravaging the Cape Peninsula have raised concerns about the survival of local animal populations - especially the area's already beleaguered baboons.  Professor Justin O'Riain, head of UCT's Baboon Resarch Unit,

Using aerospace technology to look at dwindlig bearded vulture population from afar

Scientists from the University of Cape Town, the South African Astronomical Observatory and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences are delivering a series of lectures this week (19 - 23 January) on what the SKA will mean for

The Science Faculty said goodbye to 10 staff members who are retiring at the end of 2014.

The Distinguished Teacher Award is the highest accolade given to lecturing staff in acknowledgement of the value UCT attaches to teaching and learning.  Two Science Faculty staff received the award for 2014, namely Associate Professor James G

Lauren Schroeder from the Department of Archaeology has just had her first paper published in PLOS One with her supervisor Associate Professor Rebecca Ackermann