UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN AUTHORITIES AND INFORMATION OF RECORD 2015 Postal Address: REGISTRAR University of Cape Town Private Bag X3 7701 RONDEBOSCH Fax: (021) 650-2138 Telephones: General Enquiries: (021)650-9111 Internet: UCT Website: http://www.uct.ac.za Student Records: Records Enquiries (021) 650-3595 [email protected] Admissions: Admissions Enquiries (021) 650-4555; 650-2128 Email address [email protected] Student Fees: Accounts and Fees (021) 650-1704; 650-4076 [email protected] http://www.uct.ac.za/apply/fees Office Hours: Fees and Cash Offices 09h00 - 15h30 General Offices 08h30 – 16h30 except Thursdays 09h30 to 16h30 The Admissions Office and Student Records Office are located in the Masingene Building, Middle Campus, and are open from 08h30 to 16h30. The Cashier’s Office is located in Kramer Building, Middle Campus, and is open from 09h00 to 15h30. This handbook is part of a series that consists of Book 1: Undergraduate Prospectus and Postgraduate Prospectus Book 2: Authorities and Information of Record Book 3: General Rules and Policies Book 4: Academic Calendar and Meetings Book 5: Student Support and Services Books 6-11: Handbooks of the Faculties of Commerce, Engineering and the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law and Science Book 12: Student Fees Book 13: Bursary and Loan Opportunities for Undergraduate Study Book 14: Financial Assistance for Postgraduate Study and Postdoctoral Research CONTENTS General Information Historical Sketch ................................................................................................................... 1 Former Officers of the University ......................................................................................... 2 Academic Freedom and University Autonomy .................................................................... 3 T B Davie Memorial Lectures ............................................................................................... 5 Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates offered by the University ............................................ 7 Authorities and Members of the University The Chancellor ...................................................................................................................... 18 The Council ........................................................................................................................... 18 The Institutional Forum ......................................................................................................... 20 The Students’ Representative Council .................................................................................. 20 Emeritus Professors ............................................................................................................... 21 Emeritus Associate Professors .............................................................................................. 27 Honorary Professors .............................................................................................................. 29 Honorary Associate Professors ............................................................................................. 31 The Senate The Deans and Deputy Deans ............................................................................................... 33 The Heads of Departments .................................................................................................... 35 The Professors ....................................................................................................................... 39 Research Accredited Research Groups, Units, Centres and Institutes ................................................. 42 Researchers Rated by the NRF .............................................................................................. 44 Administrative and Support Departments Office of the Vice-Chancellor ............................................................................................... 46 Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) ............................................................ 47 Communication and Marketing Department ......................................................................... 47 Department of Student Affairs .............................................................................................. 48 Development and Alumni Department ................................................................................. 48 Faculty Offices ...................................................................................................................... 49 Finance Department............................................................................................................... 49 Human Resource Department ............................................................................................... 51 Information & Communication Technology Services .......................................................... 52 International Academic Programmes Office ......................................................................... 52 Institutional Planning Department ........................................................................................ 52 Office of the Ombud .............................................................................................................. 53 Office of the Registrar ........................................................................................................... 53 Properties and Services ......................................................................................................... 54 Research, Research Contracts & IP Services, and Postgraduate Centre and Funding Office ........................................................................................................ 54 University Libraries ............................................................................................................... 56 Honours Nobel Laureates .................................................................................................................... 58 Templeton Prize-Winner ...................................................................................................... 58 Distinguished Professors ...................................................................................................... 58 Fellows .................................................................................................................................. 58 Honorary Graduates .............................................................................................................. 61 Distinguished Teachers ......................................................................................................... 68 Social Responsiveness Awardees ......................................................................................... 69 UCT Book Awardees ............................................................................................................ 70 Code of Conduct and Statement of Vision ............................................................................... 72 Some UCT Statistics ................................................................................................................... 83 The academic staff are listed in departmental entries in the faculty handbooks. The academic calendar is published separately as Handbook 4, Academic Calendar & Meetings and on the web at: http://www.uct.ac.za/calendar/ We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in our handbooks. However, we reserve the right at any time, if circumstances dictate (for example, if there are not sufficient students registered), to (i) make changes to any of the opportunities on offer; or (ii) add to or withdraw any of the opportunities on offer. We give students every assurance that changes to opportunities will only be made under compelling circumstances and that we will inform students fully as soon as possible. GENERAL INFORMATION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION Historical Sketch Founded as the South African College in 1829, the University was established as the University of Cape Town in 1918. The institution established in Cape Town in 1829 was a boys’ school that aimed to provide higher education as well. The early history was one of great expectations and hard times, and it was not until the early years of the twentieth century that the University-to-be developed into a fully-fledged tertiary institution. University status was conferred in 1918. A significant and pioneering development in the 19th century was the admission of women as degree students in 1886, many years ahead of most universities in the world. During the first quarter of the 20th century the institution absorbed the post-matriculation classes of the Diocesan College, the teacher training classes of the Normal College, Cape Town, the South African College of Music and the Cape Town Schools of Fine Art and of Architecture. The Medical School was established, and in the 1920s the University began a partnership with the local health authority (now the Provincial Government’s health department) that saw the Medical School move from the Hiddingh Campus and the Green Point Somerset Hospital to Observatory and the construction of the first Groote Schuur Hospital on a University site; the partnership continues to this day and now involves not only Groote Schuur as a teaching hospital but Red Cross and Valkenberg and a growing number of primary health care sites. UCT moved to its present main campus site ~ the Groote