University of Cape Town

De **University of Cape Town** (**UCT**) (Afrikaans: *Universiteit van Kaapstad*, Xhosa: *iYunivesithi yaseKapa*) be public research university insyd Cape Town, South Africa. Dem establish insyd 1829 as de South African College, na dem grant full university status insyd 1918, wey dey make am de oldest university insyd South Africa den de oldest university insyd Sub-Saharan Africa for continuous operation.

Dem dey organise UCT for 57 departments insyd across six faculties wey dey offer bachelor's (NQF 7) to doctoral degrees (NQF 10) solely for de English language insyd. Home to 30,000 students, e dey encompass six campuses insyd de Capetonian suburbs of Rondebosch, Hiddingh, Observatory, Mowbray, den de Waterfront. E be de only African member of de Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) within de World Economic Forum, wey dey make up of 26 of de world ein top universities.

Five alumni, staff members, den researchers wey dey associate plus UCT win de Nobel Prize. 88 staff members be part of de Academy of Sciences of South Africa.

## Campus

### Residential halls
**First-tier residences:**

* Avenue Road Residence
* Baxter Hall
* Clarinus Village
* College House
* Dullah Omar Hall
* Fuller Hall
* Glendover Residence
* Graça Machel Hall
* Kilindini
* Kopano Residence
* Leo Marquard Hall
* Rochester House
* Smuts Hall
* Tugwell Hall
* University House
* Varietas

**Second-tier residences:**

* Forest Hill
* Groote Schuur Flats
* Groote Schuur Residence
* Liesbeeck Gardens
* Medical Residence
* Obz Square
* De Woolsack

**Third-tier residences:**

* 1 Woodbine Road
* 8 Avenue Road
* Amalinda
* Dullah Omar Hall
* Edwin Hart Annex
* F Block (Forest Hill)
* Harold Cressy Hall
* Inglewood
* JP Duminy Court
* Linkoping
* North Grange
* Rondeberg
* TB Davie Court

File:UCT_Cape_Town.jpg|Smuts Hall, dem build insyd 1928 for de Upper Campus top
File:Tugwell_Hall,_Cape_Town_(South_Africa).jpg|Tugwell Hall, dem build insyd 1974 for de Lower Campus top

## Organisation

### Administration den governance

### Academic divisions
Dem list de departments of de faculties as follows:
**Faculty of Commerce**

* College of Accounting
* School of Economics (jointly establish plus Faculty of Humanities)
* Department of Finance den Tax
* Department of Information Systems
* The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance
* School of Management Studies
* Education Development Unit
* Graduate School of Business

**Faculty of Engineering den de Built Environment**

* Department of Architecture, Planning den Geomatics
* Department of Chemical Engineering
* Department of Civil Engineering
* Department of Construction Economics den Management
* Department of Electrical Engineering
* Department of Mechanical Engineering

**Faculty of Health Sciences**

* Department of Anaesthesia den Perioperative Medicine
* Department of Health den Rehabilitation Sciences
* Department of Health Sciences Education
* Department of Human Biology
* Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences
* Department of Medicine
* Department of Obstetrics den Gynaecology
* Department of Paediatrics den Child Health
* Department of Pathology
* Department of Psychiatry den Mental Health
* Department of Public Health den Family Medicine
* Department of Radiation Medicine
* Department of Surgery
**Faculty of Humanities**

* African Feminist Studies
* Anthropology
* African Studies den Linguistics
* Centre for Film and Media Studies
* Education Development Unit
* English Literary Studies
* Historical Studies
* Knowledge den Information Stewardship
* Michaelis School of Fine Art
* Department of Philosophy
* Department of Political Studies
* School of Education
* Department of Psychology
* School of Languages den Literatures
* Department of Social Work & Social Development
* Department of Sociology
* South African College of Music
* Department for the Study of Religions
* Theatre, Dance den Performance Studies
**Faculty of Law**

* Department of Commercial Law
* Department of Private Law
* Department of Public Law

**Faculty of Science**

* Department of Archaeology
* Department of Astronomy
* Department of Biological Sciences
* Department of Chemistry
* Department of Computer Science
* Department of Environmental den Geographical Science
* Department of Geological Sciences
* Department of Mathematics den Applied Mathematics
* Department of Molecular den Cell Biology
* Department of Oceanography
* Department of Physics
* Department of Statistical Sciences

## Students den staff

### Student enrolment 2009–2013
Student enrolment by population group 2009–2013, dey show percentage growth for base top:

## Rankings
De varsity receive rank of 198 insyd de 2019 QS World University Rankings, rank of 156 insyd de 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, den rank of 201–300 insyd de Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities.

De faculty of Commerce as well as de faculty of Law den Medicine appeared for de top 100 faculties internationally insyd. De law faculty achieve global rank of 40 insyd de 2014 QS World University Rankings by Subject. Although de varsity remain de highest ranking insyd Africa as of 2022 ein ranking dey decline since 2015.

## Popular culture
Na de varsity be de shooting location of de 2019 film *Critters Attack!* were na dem bell am Leroy College den de 2008 film *Disgrace*.

Na de varsity be de shooting location of Netflix movies *The Kissing Booth* den *The Kissing Booth 2* den de 2020 Netflix series *Blood & Water*. De Upper Campus residence serve as de grounds den building for de show ein fictional Parkhurst College.

## Gallery

File:University_of_Cape_Town_-_panoramio.jpg|Memorial Plaza for Upper Campus top view from de columns of de Sarah Baartman Hall
File:University_of_Cape_Town_-_panoramio_(3).jpg|De Oracle Fountain next to de Department of Mathematics Building; inspire by de I Ching trigrams for de Taoist sun disc top
File:Fuller_Hall,_University_of_Cape_Town.jpg|Fuller Hall, student residence for Upper Campus top dem build insyd 1928
File:UCT_rugby_fields.jpg|De rugby fields wey dey separate de Upper Campus den Middle Campus
File:Cape_Town_M3_passing_UCT.jpg|De M3 highway wey dey separate de Upper Campus den Middle Campus; tunnel beneath de highway dey connect de two campuses.
File:UCT_Middle_Campus_-_The_Japonica_Walk_02.JPG|De Japonica Walk, footpath wey dey connect de Upper, Middle den Lower Campuses; edey line plus various flora, wey dey include japonica flowers den oak trees.
File:Devil's_Peak_seen_up_Japonica_Walk.jpg|De Japonica Walk, dey look towards de Summer House Pavilion
File:The_Summer_House,_UCT_Middle_Campus.jpg|De Summer House Pavilion, dem build insyd 1760, be one of de oldest buildings for South Africa insyd.
File:Woolsack.jpg|De Woolsack Building; na ebe refuge give writers den artists, wey e sanso be wer Rudyard Kipling spend ein summers between 1900 den 1908.
File:UCT_Jammie_steps.jpg|De famous steps for Upper Campus top wey dey lead up to de Sarah Baartman Hall, dem nickname am de "Jammie steps"
File:Kaapstad27.JPG|De Jagger Library, wey dey house rare books den special collections
File:Kaapstad33.JPG|View from de Chancellor Oppenheimer Library
File:FitzPatrick_Institute_1.jpg|Entrance to de FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
File:Mowbray_3_Avenue_Road.JPG|Student Housing den Residence Life Building
File:Breakwater_Prison.jpg|De Breakwater Lodge, wich dey house de UCT Graduate School of Business
File:UCT_Leslie_Social_Science_classroom.JPG|Lecture theatre insyd de Leslie Social Science Building (Faculty of Humanities)


## References


## External links
Wikimedia Commons get media wey dey relate to ******.

* Official website 
* Statute of the University of Cape Town, Government Notice No. 1199, 20 September 2002.
* Southern African University
* UCT OpenContent - Open Educational Resource website