Faculty of Science

Top science students receive over 160 class awards for outstanding achievements in 2024. This celebration honours the dedication and excellence of the faculty’s highest performing students across departments.

UCT’s Faculty of Science celebrated the achievements of 563 graduates at two graduation ceremonies in March 2023. The number of graduates included 11 doctoral candidates.

Meet Daniel Holgate, a first-year student at the University of Cape Town (UCT).

The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology hosted MCBEngage, a three-day job shadowing programme that represented a vital step toward widening access to science education and careers.

Calling All UCT's Big Thinkers, Bold Dreamers & Future Shapers! Are you a university student, postgrad, early-career professional or research with a game-changing idea? This is your moment to shine.

Professor Claire Spottiswoode is one of over 90 outstanding researchers from across the world who have been elected this year to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences.

This is your opportunity to share your UCT experience with us! SASSE survey: have your say about life at UCT

THE SCIENCE FACULTY INVITES YOU TO THE 2025 SEMINAR SERIES - Using Molecular Modelling to Rationalise Cross-Reactivity in the Development of Multivalent Vaccines by Prof. Michelle Kuttel & Emer. Prof. Neil Ravenscroft on 27 August 2025.