A UK Charity for Supporters and Alumni of the University of Cape Town
Welcome to all UCT Alumni and friends
The University of Cape Town Trust
- is a UK registered charitable trust set up in 1991 to build support for South Africa’s leading and oldest university.
- raises funds from UK and Europe based foundations, companies and individuals for projects at UCT.
- organises events for UCT alumni living in the UK and helps them to stay in touch with their alma mater.
Support UCT Today:
- Make a secure donation online through Virgin Money Giving
- For other giving options, please download a pledge form
- For projects which need your support, click here.
Read the latest UCT Trust newsletter.
News Flashes
Opening the Door to Learning : UCT Launches 2011 Annual Appeal.
UCT’s key funding priority for this year’s Annual Appeal is the new residence building at Obz Square. Click here to find out more about the Appeal, and how you can make your contribution through the UK UCT Trust.
HRH Prince Charles, on his recent visit to UCT on 5th November, spoke to a packed audience on the subject of food security and environmental sustainability.
Read the full article (51 Kb)
Listen to the Podcast of the speech (9.52 mb)
Dr Max Price, Vice-Chancellor of UCT, made a thought provoking speech "Is South African Society More Equal Today Than When Apartheid Ended in 1994" at London’s LSE on 24th October 2011.
Listen to the LSE podcast.
Read about the speech on the LSE blog.
UCT continues to leap up the World University Rankings.
In the recently published Times Higher Education World University Rankings, UCT was placed at 103rd (up from 107th in 2010) and remains the only African university in the top 200.