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The University of Cape Town (UCT), is a public university located on the Rhodes Estate on the slopes of Devil's Peak, in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa. It is one of Africa's leading teaching and research institutions. The University of Cape Town has been at the top list of African universities in both the THES - QS World University Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... 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Campus

A view of UCT

The main teaching campus, known as the Upper Campus, is located on the slopes of Devil's Peak. This campus contains in a relatively compact site the faculties of Science, Engineering, Commerce, and most of the faculty of Humanities, as well as the residences Smuts Hall and Fuller Hall. Upper Campus is centered on Jameson Hall, the location for graduation and other ceremonial events, as well as many examinations. The original buildings and layout of Upper Campus were designed by JM Solomon and built between 1928 and 1930. Since that time, many more buildings have been added as the university has grown. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1394x905, 1001 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cape Town University of Cape Town Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1394x905, 1001 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cape Town University of Cape Town Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Devils Peak and Table Mountain from roughly the north. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge of design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Humanities (disambiguation). ...

Contiguous with Upper Campus, but separated from it by university sports fields and the M3 freeway, are the Middle and Lower Campuses. These campuses, which are distributed through the suburbs of Rondebosch, Rosebank and Mowbray, contain the Law faculty, the South African College of Music, most of the student residences, most of the university administrative offices, and many sporting facilities. The Upper, Middle and Lower Campuses together are often referred to as the "main campus" or the "Rondebosch Campus". The M3 as it passes the University of Cape Town The M3 is an expressway connecting the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa, to the southern towns of Muizenberg and Simons Town. ... Rondebosch is a fashionable suburb of Cape Town, South Africa and is situated below the main campus of University of Cape Town. ... Rosebank is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, located between the suburbs of Mowbray and Rondebosch. ... Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... Strubenholm, the home of the SA College of Music The South African College of Music, abbreviated as SACM, is a department of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town. ...

The Faculty of Health Sciences is located on the Medical School campus at the Groote Schuur Hospital. The Fine Arts and Drama departments are located on the Hiddingh Campus in central Cape Town. The Graduate School of Business is located on the Breakwater Campus at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. ... Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas, USA. A medical school or faculty of medicine is a tertiary educational institution or part of such an institution that teaches medicine. ... Groote Schuur Hospital (also known as GSH or, colloquially, Grotties) is a large, government-funded, teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devils Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Motto: Spes Bona (Latin for Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Coordinates: , Country Province Municipality City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality Founded 1652 Government [1]  - Type City council  - Mayor Helen Zille  - City manager Achmat Ebrahim Area  - City 2,499 km²  (964. ... V&A shopping complex Official V&A logo on flag View showing new Waterfront apartments The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in the historic heart of Cape Towns working harbour is South Africas most-visited destination, having the highest rate of foreign tourists of any attraction in the country. ...

Organisation

Jameson Hall and Jammie Plaza, the focal point of the upper campus

The organisation of the University is defined in the Statute of the University of Cape Town (gazetted in 2002) in accordance with the Higher Education Act of 1997. Before 2002 the organisation was defined in other laws in essentially the same format. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 919 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): University of Cape Town Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 919 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): University of Cape Town Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner...

The titular head of the University is the Chancellor; this is a ceremonial position without executive power. The primary role of the Chancellor is to confer degrees on behalf of the University, and to represent the University to the rest of the world. The current Chancellor is Ms Graça Machel, elected for a 10-year period in September 1999. A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Graça Machel in 1984, with then husband President Samora Machel of Mozambique and P W Botha and Pik Botha of South Africa at the signing of the Nkomati Accord. ...

The executive head of the University is the Vice-Chancellor (or VC). The VC has the overall responsibility for the policy and administration of the University. The current VC is Professor Njabulo Ndebele, appointed by the University Council in July 2000. It was confirmed on October 12th, that Dr Max Price will replace Professor Ndebele when his term ends in 2008. A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ... Professor Njabulo S Ndebele is Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Cape Town. ...

The VC is assisted in his task by a number of Deputy Vice-Chancellors (DVCs). There are currently four DVCs, each with specific portfolios: In a university, an assistant to a Vice-Chancellor is called a Pro-Vice-Chancellor (also Pro Vice-Chancellor or Deputy Vice-Chancellor). ...

• Prof. Thandabantu Nhlapo: Student Affairs
• Prof. Cheryl de la Rey: Research & Innovation
• Prof. Martin Hall: Planning & Development
• Prof. Martin West: Institutional Management

The Registrar is responsible for the academic administration of the University, as well as legal matters, and is secretary to the University Council and Senate. The current Registrar is Mr Hugh Amoore, appointed in 1987. Registrar may refer to: In education, a registrar or registry is an official in an academic institution (a college, university, or secondary school) who handles student records. ...

UCT is divided into six faculties, each led by a Dean. The faculties and deans are as follows:

• Faculty of Commerce: Prof. Melvin Ayogu
• Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment: Prof. Cyril O'Connor
• Faculty of Health Sciences: Prof. Marian Jacobs
• Faculty of Humanities: Prof. Paula Ensor
• Faculty of Law: Prof. Hugh Corder
• Faculty of Science: Prof. Kathy Driver

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Students and staff

Tugwell and Marquard residence halls

As of 2005, 21,713 students were enrolled, of which 6,174 (28%) were postgraduate students. 10,751 (49.5%) were male and 10,980 (50.5%) were female. 3,795 students (18%) were described as "Black", 2,758 (13%) were described as "Coloured", 1,440 (7%) were described as "Asian", and 9,185 (42%) were described as "White". (The remainder were described as "Other" or were foreign students.)^[1] In the December 2005 graduation ceremonies 4,354 degrees and diplomas were awarded, including 72 PhDs.^[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 711 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): University of Cape Town Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 711 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): University of Cape Town Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Quaternary education or postgraduate education is the fourth-stage educational level which follows the completion of an undergraduate degree at a college or university. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... In the South African, Namibian, Zambian and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense, Kleurlinge or Bruin Afrikaners in Afrikaans) refers to a heterogeneous group of people who posess some degree of sub-Saharan ancestry, but not enough to be considered Black under South African law. ... Asian people[1] is a demonym for people from Asia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

As of 2004 the university had 2,510 permanent members of staff.^[3] 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sports, clubs, and traditions

UCT has 36 different sports clubs, including team sports, individual sports, extreme sports and martial arts. ^[4] The university's sports teams, and in particular the rugby union team, are known as the "Ikey Tigers" or the "Ikeys". The "Ikey" nickname originated in the 1910s originated as an anti-semitic epithet applied to UCT students by the students of Stellenbosch University, because of the supposed large number of Jewish students at UCT.^[5] Stellenbosch is UCT's traditional rugby opponent; an annual "Intervarsity" match is played between the two universities. Womens Australian rules football is a team sport. ... An individual sport refers to a sport which is practiced by two opposing individuals or one individual. ... This article is about various Extreme Sports. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... // The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... Stellenbosch University (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Stellenbosch) is an internationally recognised university which is situated in the town of Stellenbosch, South Africa. ...

There are more than 80 student societies at UCT; these fall generally into five categories:^[6]

• Political societies, including branches of the youth wings of national political parties.
• Academic societies for those interested in a particular field of study or studying a particular topic.
• Religious societies, some of which are associated with religious denominations or local places of worship.
• National/cultural societies for students from particular countries or particular ethnic backgrounds.
• Special interest societies for those interested in various different activities or issues.

History

The roots of UCT lie in the establishment of the South African College, a boys' school, in 1829. In 1874 the tertiary education part split off into the University and the younger students into the South African College Schools. The South African College Schools, commonly referred to as SACS, is a prominent primary and secondary education istitution located in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. ... The South African College Schools, commonly referred to as SACS, is a prominent primary and secondary education institution located in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. ...

UCT moved to the Groote Schuur Estate campus in 1928. During the apartheid era, roughly 1960-1990, UCT consistently opposed apartheid, and was a bastion of liberalism and racial integration. 1987 particularly saw frequent clashes between protesting students and police. The official student newspaper, Varsity, frequently had its journalists and editors come under scrutiny from the ruling apartheid National Party government. A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... Varsity is the official student newspaper of the University of Cape Town. ... The National Party (Afrikaans: Nasionale Party) (with its members sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats) was the governing party of South Africa from June 4th 1948 until May 9th 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. ...

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Affiliations

UCT is a member of the Association of African Universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Cape Higher Education Consortium, Higher Education South Africa, and the International Association of Universities. The Association of African Universities was established in 1967 to facilitate co-operation between its members and with the international academic community. ... The Association of Commonwealth Universities represents over 480 universities from Commonwealth countries. ... The Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC) is an association whose members are the four universities in the Western Cape province of South Africa. ... Higher Education South Africa (HESA) is an association of the 23 public universities in South Africa. ... The International Association of Universities list of Universities of the World is a list of organizations recognized as universities by national authorities around the world. ...

Notable alumni

• Nobel Laureates:
  • Max Theiler, virologist awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever.
  • Sir Aaron Klug (Chemistry, 1982)
  • Professor Allan McLeod Cormack (Medicine, 1979)
  • Professor Emeritus J. M. Coetzee (Literature, 2003)
• Professor Christiaan Barnard, who performed the first heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital.
• Jonathan M. Dorfan, director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
• Mark Shuttleworth, billionaire entrepreneur, founder of Canonical Ltd and sponsor of Ubuntu the Linux distribution. Also the second space tourist.
• Mamphela Ramphele, a Managing Director of the World Bank and formerly the Vice-Chancellor of UCT.
• Athol Fugard, a South African playwright.
• Richard E. Grant, now an actor, is a graduate of the UCT Drama school.
• George Ellis,Cosmologist. Collaborator with Stephen Hawking and winner of the 2004 Templeton Prize
• Juctice Albie Sachs, of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
• Andries Treurnicht, was the founder and the leader of the Conservative Party in South Africa.
• Breyten Breytenbach, author who studied fine arts at UCT.
• Cromwell Everson, the classical music composer and composer of the first Afrikaans opera.
• David Cooper, was a noted theorist and leader in the anti-psychiatry movement.
• Donald Woods, a South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist.
• Dullah Omar, a South African anti-Apartheid activist, lawyer, and a minister in the South African cabinet from 1994 until his death.
• Edward Neville Isdell, current CEO of the Coca-Cola Company
• Emanuel Derman, noted Goldman Sachs financial engineer and author of My Life As A Quant
• Galt MacDermot, composer of the musical Hair
• Hilary Deacon, is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Stellenbosch specialising in the ‘emergence of modern humans’ and African archaeology.
• Isaac Schapera, was Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and regarded as one of the world's leading experts in the anthropology of South African tribesmen.
• Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, obtained an M.A. at the age of 17.
• Jonathan Shapiro, a South African political cartoonist known by the nom de plume Zapiro.
• Justice Kate O'Regan, of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
• Neil Aggett, was a South African trade union leader and labour activist who died in custody after 70 days detention without trial.
• Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, was an Afrikaans-language poet, playwright and scholar.
• Nick Mallett, played for and later coached the Springboks, South Africa's national rugby union team.
• Percy Yutar, lawyer and prosecutor at Rivonia Trial.
• Roelof Botha, the grandson of Pik Botha who began his career as an actuary and became a venture capitalist.
• Roger Ebert, film critic, graduated with an English degree as part of a Rotary International program.
• Richard Turner, a visionary academic who was assassinated in 1978.
• Richard van der Riet Woolley, was a British astronomer who became Astronomer Royal.
• Robert Carl-Heinz Shell, is a renowned South African author and professor of African Studies.
• Salim Ahmed Salim, Tanzanian diplomat and former Secretary General of the OAU.
• Silvano Payne, founder of Satnews Publishing.
• Steve Meyer, is a South African professional rugby union player who recently tore a ligament.
• Sydney Harold Skaife, was an eminent South African entomologist and naturalist.
• Vincent Ebrahim, known for his part on The Kumars at No. 42, studied drama.
• Gwen Lister, South African born Namibian journalist, anti-apartheid activist and founder of The Namibian
• Philip Miles, South African born notable architect.
• David Lewis-Williams, is Professor emeritus of Cognitive Archaeology at the University of the Witwatersrand specialising in Upper-Palaeolithic and Bushmen rock art.

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Notable staff

• Cosmologist George Ellis, collaborator with Stephen Hawking and winner of the 2004 Templeton Prize, is Distinguished Professor of Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
• Author Andre Brink is a professor in the English Language and Literature Department.
• Author Breyten Breytenbach is from January 2000 a visiting professor in the Graduate School of Humanities.
• The staff of UCT contains 17 A-rated scientists, meaning that they are world leaders in their fields of research.
• Helen Zille, current mayor of Cape Town, was formerly Director of Public Relations for the university.
• Chemist William Sage Rapson was a professor in the Chemistry Department.

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Notable research

• The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics is an international centre for research in the fields of cosmology and topology.
• The Department of Physics is home to the UCT-CERN research centre, which is partially responsible for the software design of the High Level Trigger component of the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, as well as other activities related to ALICE.
• The Department of Electrical Engineering is heavily involved in the development of technology for the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT). KAT is a precursor to the Square Kilometer Array, a proposed International project to build the world's largest radio telescope by 2020. Research groups in RF design and digital design contribute to the RF front-end and digital back-end of the KAT project.

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References

1. ^ (2006) Authorities & Information of Record (PDF), Cape Town: University of Cape Town, 31. Student Handbook 2. Retrieved on 2006-04-16. 
2. ^ Statistics: Graduation 2005. University of Cape Town. Retrieved on 2006-04-16.
3. ^ (March 2006) Executive Summary: Audit Report on the University of Cape Town. Pretoria: Council on Higher Education Higher Education Quality Committee, 10. Retrieved on 2006-04-16. 
4. ^ Current Sports Clubs at UCT. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
5. ^ Swanson, Felicity (2007). "‘Die SACS kom terug’: intervarsity rugby, masculinity and white identity at the University of Cape Town, 1960s-1970s", in Field, Sean, et al.: Imagining the City: Memories and Cultures in Cape Town (PDF), Cape Town: HSRC Press, 210. ISBN 0-7969-2179-2. Retrieved on 2007-06-08. 
6. ^ Student Affairs: Societies. University of Cape Town. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.

• Statute of the University of Cape Town, Government Notice No. 1199, 20 September 2002.

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See also

• Police invasion of UCT campus

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External links

• UCT website
  • UCT campus maps
  • UCT Libraries

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