Faculty of Science

The ingenuity, brilliance and out-of-the-box project ideas pioneered by hundreds of young science enthusiasts from schools around the Mother City were showcased during the annual Cape Town Eskom Expo for Young Scientists at the University of Cape Town

A University of Cape Town (UCT) professor and two postgraduate researchers were among the winners at this year’s South African Women in Science Awards (SAWiSA). Dr Julia Healy, from the Department of Astronomy was awarded one of

Three researchers from UCT recently hosted an IdeasLab on innovative research into infectious diseases at the World Economic Forum’s 13th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2019 in Dalian, China.  Dr Sheetal Silal (

Professor Rebecca Rogers Ackermann, Department of Archaeology, delivered her inaugural lecture on 14 August. Her research focuses on evolutionary process, and specifically how gene flow, drift and select

Last week (23 July 2019) the Berg River Dam reached full capacity for the first time in five years. Capetonians were relieved to see the first of its supply dams overflowing and releasing water into the Berg River. With more rain ahead, it looks l

Researchers from three departments at the University of Cape Town (UCT) – Environmental & Geographical Sciences, Biological Sciences and Commercial Law – are part of a new multinational, interdisciplinary project called One Ocean Hub. T

Associate Professor Gina Ziervogel, a geographer and climate change adaptation expert at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has spent the past 18 months examining what cities around the world can learn from Cape Town’s response t

Cape Town’s Water Strategy was approved by the City Council on 30 May 2019 following a period of public comment.  Dr Kevin Winter from UCT's Future Water Institute gives pointers on what to watch with regard to the strategy.  

Speaking at the UCT Faculty of Science Special Seminar, biological anthropologist Dr Christopher Schmitt from Boston University in the United States (US) described the myriad challenges facing LGBTQ researchers working in th

The Department of Astronomy at UCT had a record five PhD students graduating in April this year.  Among the group were the first female PhD Astrophysicist from Burkina Faso and the first female PhD in any area of Physics from Zambia.  Read th