Faculty of Science

Gregor Leigh from the Physics Department is Leigh is one of four new recipients of the Distinguished Teacher Award (DTA), a highly prized accolade at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The former high-school maths and sc

UCT is part of a consortium that is taking astronomy to greater heights with the launch of the new optical telescope, MeerLICHT, which took place in Sutherland on 25 May 2018.

The Faculty of Science hosted Pint of Science - an international three day festival (held simultaneously in 21 countries across the globe) that makes science and science research accessible to everyone.  Science students and staff presented their

It’s not often that PhD research makes world news. Doctoral candidate Juliano Ramanantsoa’s discovery of a new current off south-west Madagascar has rounded off his doctoral research – and brought him and his co-autho

Bird migration. where birds fly from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere to leave autumn and enter spring and then make the return journey from autumn in the southern hemisphere to spring in the northern hemisphere, is a challenging

Anneliese Schauerte, a senior lecturer in UCT’s Mathematics and Applied Mathematics Department, is thrilled to receive the UCT 2018 Distinguished Teacher Award.

Every first semester for the past 33 years, Professor Mike Meadows has delivered the 09:00 first-year lecture on physical geography. At the end of last semester, he gave his “swansong” performance.

The story of human evolution has long been told with fossils from South Africa – discovered by a privileged few. The Human Evolution Research Institute (HERI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) aims to change that with a new generation of femal

The Georges Lemaître International Prize was awarded to George Ellis, emeritus professor from the Department of Mathematics & Applied Mathematics at UCT, during May, in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. The prize is awarded

Dr Sheetal Silal, from the Department of Statistical Sciences is one of three researchers from UCT, who will lead this year’s discussions on innovative research into infectious diseases at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) IdeasLab.&nbs