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POSTGRADUATE STUDIES at UCT 2ND EDITION UCT at a Glance 02 POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AT UCT 2ND EDITION UCT at a glance 02 Why choose UCT? 06 Location, location, location 08 What type of postgraduate study is best for you? 10 How to apply for postgraduate study at UCT 12 6 tips for finding a supervisor at UCT 14 Finding funding 16 Postgraduate development & support 18 Facilities at UCT Libraries 20 The international postgrad experience 22 Finding a place to stay 26 11 things to do in Cape Town on a student budget 28 Faculty of Commerce 30 Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment 31 Graduate School of Business 32 Faculty of Health Sciences 33 Faculty of Humanties 34 Faculty of Law 35 Faculty of Science 36 UCT School of EDITORIAL TEAM: Jess Oosthuizen, Design Thinking 37 Carolyn Newton, Natalie Simon & Lisa Boonzaier 7 university research institutes 38 DESIGN: Sean Robertson PHOTOGRAPHY: Michael Hammond, Interdisciplinary Je’nine May, Libby Young, iStock by research strengths 40 Getty & Shutterstock Meet a new generation With special thanks to our researchers of researchers 46 and other staff members who contributed 5 bright young information and images. postgrad researchers 48 CONTENTS “Postgraduates are the engine room of research at UCT and are pivotal to THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN our future success. UCT is committed to creating a research environment that enables young researchers from diverse backgrounds to develop their skills and make a meaningful contribution in whatever discipline they choose.” PROFESSOR MAMOKGETHI PHAKENG AT A GLANCE Vice-Chancellor (@FabAcademic) WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS UCT INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS SUBJECT RANKINGS TOP 50 TOP 100 TOP 100 Oceanography Microbiology Clinical, pre-clinical & health Social sciences Anatomy & physiology 1st in Africa TOP 10 TOP 20 IN THE IN THE IN THE IN THE Anthropology Development Mining & mineral 36th WORLD 63rd WORLD 72nd WORLD 89th WORLD Archaeology 198th 156th BRICS RANKINGS studies engineering SHANGHAI 2019 US NEWS THE 2019 THE 2019 Architecture/built IN THE WORLD IN THE WORLD environment IN THE IN THE BEST GLOBAL THE 2019 BRICS and WORLD WORLD Immunology UNIVERSITIES 2019 Education QS 2020 THE 2019 9th 20th Clinical medicine Education emerging economies 9th IN THE Geography QS 2019 SHANGHAI 2019 49th WORLD IN THE IN THE Social policy & Social sciences 91st WORLD 95th WORLD 114th 223rd QS 2019 US NEWS BEST GLOBAL administration KEY TERMS and public health US NEWS THE 2019 Sports-related subjects IN THE WORLD IN THE WORLD 22nd BRICS UNIVERSITIES 2019 THE Times Higher Education IN THE BEST GLOBAL US NEWS 2019 CWUR 2018-2019 QS Quacquarelli Symonds 71st WORLD UNIVERSITIES 2019 QS 2019 CWUR Center for World University Rankings Sport science schools BEST GLOBAL US NEWS GRAS Shanghai Rankings and departments UNIVERSITIES BEST GLOBAL Law Clinical Medicine BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa IN THE SHANGHAI ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of 49th WORLD UNIVERSITIES 2019 IN THE Public health 77th WORLD Academic Subjects SHANGHAI* 2019 SHANGHAI 2019 SHANGHAI* ShanghaiRanking’s Special Focus THE 2019 Institution Ranking “The postgraduate experience at UCT is a time of growth and an invigorating opportunity. Growth occurs through the thinking, reading, researching and learning at the progressively advanced levels required of the postgraduate, while 28 701 4 941 11 008 2 688 5 688 2 126 333 the development of new creative ideas and focus invigorates young researchers. Students International Postgraduates International Master’s Doctoral Postdoctoral Postgraduates have the opportunity to develop and examine concepts, theory students postgraduates students students research fellows and practice from the diverse angles that true scholarship expects.” PROFESSOR PETER MEISSNER Director of Postgraduate Studies and Researcher Development A third of South Africa’s 3 240 NRF A-rated researchers TOTAL TOTAL VALUE OF 33% (international leaders in AMOUNT OF POSTGRADUATE Peer-reviewed IN 2018 R1.6 RESEARCH R312 SCHOLARSHIPS AND research publications their field) are at UCT BILLION INCOME MILLION BURSARIES AWARDED *All stats refer to 2018 We strive to offer our WHY CHOOSE postgraduates 5an international experience through our wide network UCT? UCT’s Hasso of international As a UCT postgraduate, you will join a community of committed, smart Plattner partnerships across You will be and influential individuals who are pushing the boundaries of knowledge, School of Africa and the rest of joining a vibrant Design the world, including joint international contributing to the betterment of society, and who will go on to take Thinking (the doctoral and master’s community: d-school) is programmes and UCT is home to leadership roles in academia, business and communities in South Africa, 6over 2 650 international 4one of only three in the mobility opportunities. postgraduate students from Africa and the world. Your postgraduate experience will give you the world. (See page 37) (See page 22) opportunity to establish networks that span the globe. more than 100 countries. REASONS WHY YOU You can make a difference: UCT’s “In a world where SHOULD CHOOSE UCT Knowledge Co-op links postgraduates FOR YOUR POSTGRADUATE the future of work is STUDIES 7 who want to make a difference to evolving faster than community partners with research needs. it has ever before, 10UCT, with its large You will mix with some of the best population of It is also in the top 100 universities researchers in the world: just over acquiring leading- globally influential globally for clinical, pre-clinical and a third of the country’s A-rated edge skills remains the 1researchers, is the health and in the top 10 for development researchers (international leaders We can help you: UCT has a dedicated only currency that will leading university in studies. (See page 3) in their field) are at UCT. Postgraduate Funding Office, an Office Africa and is ranked 3 for Postgraduate Studies and dedicated differentiate talent in an among the top 200 2 staff serving the postgraduate increasingly competitive in the world. community in all faculties. 8(See page 18) labour market. “Postgraduate degrees allow Corporates endeavour students to form a thorough 10Our Upper Campus – to source the best talent foundation on their preferred frequently ranked one of The university has an outstanding the most beautiful in the possible, both for their subject matter. They also provide record of attracting international world – offers breath- skills and leadership.” students with the platform to funding: for example, for many taking views of Cape enrich their personal development.” years in a row, UCT has received Town and the Cape AZVIR RAMPURSAD more funding from the United Peninsula, a sought- (HR Business Partner Unilever TATIKA SCULLARD 9States’ (US) National Institutes of Health after tourist destination. Food Solutions + Talent & (PricewaterhouseCoopers, Graduate (NIH) than any other higher education Employer Brand Manager Recruitment Manager) institution outside the US. Unilever SA) 6 7 LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION UCT’s postgraduates have rich and unique data on their doorstep and a world of wicked problems to solve. One of the factors that draws more researchers – including postgraduates – to UCT is our geographical location. The university is located at the tip of Africa, at a point where the Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans meet. On land, the Cape is home to the richest floral kingdom in the world. And all this is roofed over by Africa’s great southern skies. So students of climate, oceanography, astronomy and related disciplines such as ornithology naturally gravitate to UCT. The university is also situated in a context with critical human problems to solve. South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and faces multiple epidemics, including TB, HIV/AIDS and chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes. These create a living laboratory for research into social and physical ills – and research that makes a real impact. 8 9 HONOURS DEGREE PROFESSIONAL Unless you hold a four-year QUALIFICATIONS bachelor’s or equivalent degree, Some professions have an an honour’s degree is the gateway to examination or accreditation system postgraduate studies in South Africa. to verify that the practitioners reach This is a one-year degree programme. an acceptable level of knowledge and skill. This may be at the master’s, honours or PGDip level. For example, POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA the Postgraduate Certificate in Education Postgraduate diplomas are (PGCE) is a one-year qualification to qualifications at the immediate train graduates who wish to become post-bachelor’s level, and enable students school teachers. to undertake advanced reflection and development in a particular discipline or profession. They are similar to some honours PHD and master’s programmes, but without a A PhD (i.e. doctorate) is dissertation or significant research project. a research degree at the Some postgraduate diplomas require most advanced level, typically three students to have an undergraduate degree or four years in length, culminating from the same discipline. Others are available in the acceptance of a doctoral thesis. to students with any undergraduate degree In essence the degree consists of and act as conversion courses – allowing a piece of significant (most often entry to vocational or professional work. original) research making a substantial For example, the Postgraduate Diploma contribution to knowledge in that field. in Management Practice is a pre-master’s It is expected that such research is business programme that packs a power publishable and students are encouraged Maybe it’s been punch of vital business skills for success in to publish during the course of their a few years since uncertain economic times. PhD. Students undertake PhD studies you finished your under the guidance of a supervisor, undergraduate sometimes with one or more WHAT TYPE studies and you MASTER’S co-supervisors. would like to blow away the Master’s programmes at There is no one route to finding cobwebs before you kick-start UCT are, for the most part, advanced a PhD option or topic.
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