Finding your way
Keep these maps on your cellphone or computer to help you find your way around. For maps of all UCT campuses, including Hiddingh, Breakwater and health sciences,...
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Travel at UCT starts with the Jammie Shuttle, but doesn’t end there. There is a range of public and private transport options – including ones not provided by UCT – to...
View ArticleUCT lexicon
Big Bash The annual start-of-year orientation party associated with RAG Caf Where you go for a cup of coffee. You can arrange to meet your peeps in one of the more popular cafs in the Steve Biko...
View ArticleWhich Faculty?
LAW Where the legal eagles hang out. The law faculty, which also happens to be the oldest law faculty in the country and the smallest on campus, is located in the Wilfred and Jules Kramer Building on...
View ArticleA word of advice
As a high school student you come here with a bit of attitude, but your lecturers and tutors are here to help you. Lisa October Chemical engineering (going into fourth year) Attend all the O-Week...
View ArticleWelcome
Dear Freshers By now, the intrepid among you will have asked some key questions, such as: Where’s the caf? What’s RAG? What’s DPR? What’s with the acronyms?...
View ArticleJoin a society
There are over 100 registered student societies and organisations on campus, so you’ll be hard-pressed not to find something of interest to you. Societies are clustered under the following...
View ArticleStudy tips
One of the big adjustments when you arrive at university is that there’s nobody looking over your shoulder – so it’s up to you to work out how best to study. Here are a...
View ArticleGet connected
One of the first things you’ll want to do at UCT is to go online. Here’s how: Set up your WiFi Connect to eduroam using your studentnumber@wf.uct.ac.za and your network password....
View ArticleFinding your way
Keep these maps on your cellphone or computer to help you find your way around. For maps of all UCT campuses, including Hiddingh, Breakwater and health sciences,...
View ArticleHow to get around
Travel at UCT starts with the Jammie Shuttle, but doesn’t end there. There is a range of public and private transport options – including ones not provided by UCT – to...
View ArticleUCT lexicon
Big Bash The annual start-of-year orientation party associated with RAG Caf Where you go for a cup of coffee. You can arrange to meet your peeps in one of the more popular cafs in the Steve Biko...
View ArticleWhich Faculty?
LAW Where the legal eagles hang out. The law faculty, which also happens to be the oldest law faculty in the country and the smallest on campus, is located in the Wilfred and Jules Kramer Building on...
View ArticleA word of advice
As a high school student you come here with a bit of attitude, but your lecturers and tutors are here to help you. Lisa October Chemical engineering (going into fourth year) Attend all the O-Week...
View ArticleWelcome
Dear Freshers By now, the intrepid among you will have asked some key questions, such as: Where’s the caf? What’s RAG? What’s DPR? What’s with the acronyms?...
View ArticleJoin a society
There are over 100 registered student societies and organisations on campus, so you’ll be hard-pressed not to find something of interest to you. Societies are clustered under the following...
View ArticleStudy tips
One of the big adjustments when you arrive at university is that there’s nobody looking over your shoulder – so it’s up to you to work out how best to study. Here are a...
View ArticleGet connected
One of the first things you’ll want to do at UCT is to go online. Here’s how: Set up your WiFi Connect to eduroam using your studentnumber@wf.uct.ac.za and your network password....
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