University of Cape Town - UCT (reviews)

I really struggles to feel like a part of the community. It was quite insulated, if you weren’t from Cape Town or knew people prior to being at the university, making connections and friends became somthing quite hard. The academics are great, but there isnt always support from the department.

I enjoyed my 5 years at UCT between 1995 and 2000, graduating with a BA Honours in English Literature and Sociology. What a beautiful campus and a good experience it was. Looking back, I could have done more research on my subject choices and also participated more on campus initiatives. Having 2 jobs whilst studying added to my responsibilities. I find my studies very useful to my life as I can apply it to many of the different fields that I have subsequently been employed in.

You can find people of every race and culture at UCT. This is especially beneficial for students from towns and rural areas. This diversity promotes self-development, foreign language study, courage, and a strong sense of moral principles. There is always academic support available, and students are given the assistance they need to succeed academically. Health care facilities are conveniently located on campus and are all easily accessible at UCT.

UCT invest in their student learning and support. They provide in person lectures as well as record the lecture for offline learning and student consolidation.

They provide us with slot for consultations with course convenor, tutors and lectures.

They further provide tutorials weekly for further student learning.

They make sure they try to get as many students to understand the content taught by providing different mediums to learn

UCT has a reason for being the top university in Africa. This is since it provides highly equipped research, facilities and lecturers who are highly skilled and passionate in their area of expertise. In turn, this leads students to walk out of the university academically enriched and confident in their future career. This is precisely what I admire about UCT. However, with the university’s academically enriching programme, comes with it the extensive workload which could at times be very taxing on students. Nonetheless, if students manage to keep up with their work and stay organized, there is no doubt that they will still walk out successful. Therefore, for these reasons I would highly recommend UCT.

The programme covers all the principles necessary to understand in order excel in your career and workplace. As a computer science graduate, the programme has better prepared me for real life. Not only with programming skills but with an in-depth understanding of the field I am in.

The campus is really beautiful, with a huge aspect of GREEN. There is literally plants everywhere which makes the place looks beautiful and shows the university cares for the environment.

All the students are super nice too!

It was great fun and learning experience at the University of Cape Town. I believe it is ranked the top university of Africa because of its extra and exceptional way of learning which start from scratch.

The greatest thing about UCT is the amount of diversity – there are people from all over Africa and usually there are exchange students and just foreigners. The fact that it is also the top university in Africa is telling.