Happy Holidays
We are recharging and will have limited coverage during the period 24 December 2025 to 5 January 2026. Should you need support, email us careers.service@uct.ac.za or Ask A Question on MyCareer.
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Interested in joining the EDHE x Mr Price Foundation Waste Management Innovation Challenge?
Join the Waste Management Innovation Challenge! Students gain skills, mentorship, and support to turn plastic waste into green businesses that power South Africa’s circular economy.
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From Campus to National Stage: UCT Studentpreneurs Lead the Way in Innovation
South Africa’s student entrepreneurship scene is thriving, with six visionary ventures from the University of Cape Town (UCT) named national finalists in the 2025 EDHE Entrepreneurship Intervarsity and ABSA Innovation Challenge.
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Call for Applications: 2026 UCT SWEEP Executive Committee
Join a dynamic team dedicated to empowering student women through entrepreneurship, social impact, and gender-based violence advocacy. Be part of a national movement shaping the future of student entrepreneurship.
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Launch Your Startup Journey with Futurize Founder Academy Africa
The Futurize Founder Academy Africa is back - bigger, bolder, and designed to turn young innovators into founders who build solutions for Africa’s most pressing challenges in healthcare and climate.
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Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship Applications Have Launched!
The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship has officially launched its application process for African students and recent graduates.
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UCT Student Entrepreneurship Week 2025
Discover UCT’s vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem at Student Entrepreneurship Week 2025! Join a week of workshops, networking, and events to spark ideas, grow skills, and connect with fellow changemakers.
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UCT Careers Service a Finalist in Two Categories at SAGEA 2025 Awards
The University of Cape Town (UCT) Careers Service has once again been recognised at a national level, having been named a finalist in two categories of the 2025 South African Graduate Employers Association (SAGEA) Awards.
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Law Expo 2025
Join us at Kramer Quad on 13 and 14 May 2025 to connect UCT’s top legal talent with top employers in the legal sector and learn more about the employers’ bursary, internship and graduate programmes.
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Epic Job Expo 2025
Network with top employers at the biggest careers event to be held at UCT! The Epic Job Expo will take place over a full day on 6 August 2025 with employers from every sector recruiting across all fields and faculties. All are welcome.
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Internship & Job Expo 2025
Join us from 09:00–15:00 on 16 and 17 April 2025 at the Leslie Social Science Building on upper campus to connect with top employers, discover internship and vacation work opportunities, and get expert feedback at the on-site CV Lab.
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Welcome UCT First Years
We support students' career development throughout their time at UCT. We look forward to meeting you at your upcoming faculty orientation. Click below to view the dates and learn how we can help you on your career journey.
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Campus Life 2025
First-year students are invited to begin their journey through Campus Life 2025, which is a comprehensive guide to navigating university life. The publication includes lots of useful information.
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2025 First-Year Campus Reception
The First-Year Campus Reception (FYCR) kicked off on Saturday, 1 February, until Monday, 3 February, at the Sports Centre. Registration information is available online.
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Parent Orientation 2025
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is hosting Parent Orientation on Saturday, 1 February 2025.
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Happy Holidays
We are recharging and will have limited coverage during the period 23 December 2024 to 2 January 2025. Should you need support, email us careers.service@uct.ac.za or Ask A Question on MyCareer.
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Feeling anxious about exclusion from UCT?
Careers Service would like to help reduce that anxiety by offering some practical steps to follow should you suspect that you may be or are excluded.
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UCT SWEEP GBV Conference
Join us for the UCT SWEEP Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Conference on Saturday, 19 October 2024 from 10am - 2pm, where we bring together key voices and organisations committed to addressing GBV in South Africa.
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YES! (Youth Energy Summit) 2024
Recognising this potential, the University of Cape Town’s Careers Service, as one of Africa’s leading Careers Services within Higher Education, proudly hosted the YES! (Youth Energy Summit) on 27th September 2024.
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UCT Open Day 2025
The annual event is for learners in Grades 10 to 12, their families and teachers. This year, it takes place on campus from 10:00 to 15:00 on Saturday, 12 April 2025.
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Student Entrepreneurship Week
Attend entrepreneurship-focused workshops on communication, social responsiveness, or come and sell your products and services at the Student Entrepreneurship Marketplace.
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Epic Job Expo
The expo provides an excellent platform for students to interact with recruiters from various industries and learn about the numerous internship, bursary, vacation work, and graduate program opportunities that are available to them.
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Your 2024 Career Guide
Your 2024 Career Guide is your ultimate companion on your journey to career success! Whether you are in your first year or a graduate, you will benefit from the resources and insights in the guide. Download your copy today!
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2024 First-Year Campus Reception
UCT is standing by to welcome 2024’s first-year students to the institution.
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UCT In Top 19% of Global Employability Rankings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked 95th in the 2022 Quacquarelli-Symonds (QS) World Graduate Employability Rankings (GER). A total of 786 universities were analysed, six within South Africa. The report published on September 23rd, 2021,
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Preparing students for work and relying on Employer partnership
UCT Careers Service is proactively preparing students for an even more rapidly changing world of work and relying on Employer partnership.
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Bringing Imagination to Life
One successful UCT student entrepreneur shows how support and drive helped him transform his passion for technology and science into a thriving business.
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Finding Work During a Pandemic: A Guide for Graduates Part 2
In part 1 of this article, I talked about what sort of work you could think about and apply for. Currently, you may have a very undemanding job or have periods where you have no work at all. Let’s talk about how you can make the best use of this
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Finding Work During a Pandemic: A Guide for Graduates: Part 1
Everyone knows that the COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted the global economy and the job market. In any economic downturn, many organisations slow their recruiting, and graduate and entry level opportunities are often affected. So what can you do as a new
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UCT supports its student entrepreneurs
University of Cape Town students who wanted to know more about being successful entrepreneurs were in for a learning experience at this year’s virtual national Student Entrepreneurship Week
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Career Conversations webinar series
The University of Cape Town (UCT) Careers Service will be running a series of Career Conversations webinars from 19 August to 18 November to help students identify the transferable skills they have acquired during their time at the university
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‘A teacher’ wins 2020 Stella Clark Teachers’ Award
Hebert Gumbi, an accounting teacher at Mathunjwa High School in Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, is the “proud” recipient of the 2020 Stella Clark Teachers’ Award.
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A challenge to female graduates: define how you will lead and empower
Black women in leadership positions are often confronted by different measures of success, intellect and effectiveness in the workplace. UCT Careers Service Director, Brenda Martin, reflects on her personal experience this Women's Month.
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Global Energy Transition and the Future World of Work
The Global energy transition is affecting every aspect of energy production, distribution and consumption. These effects all have an implication for the world of work and in particular, for the talent required now and into the future.
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The rapidly evolving definition of "Career"
The notion of a Career being associated with a life-long dedication to one ‘job’, accompanied by long-term security of income and eventual retirement, was a thing of the past. UCT Careers Service Director, Brenda Martin, explains.
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Covid-19 exposes harsh realities and benefits of a career in public health
Megan Blacker, a careers advisor at UCT Careers Service, speaks about how the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted not only the benefits - but also harsh realities - of pursuing a career in the publich health system.
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UCT student organisations show resilience during lockdown
A group of University of Cape Town (UCT) students are showing grit and resilience by changing the way they work to adapt to the challenges of the national lockdown
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Developing your career as COVID-19 unfolds
Ingrid van der Merwe, head of the Careers Advisory Service at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Careers Service, offers some practical advice for students navigating COVID-19.
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Q&A with UCT Careers Service’s new director
At the beginning of 2020, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Careers Service welcomed a new director to head up its award-winning team. Brenda Martin brings a wealth of experience in leadership and as a member of the campus community.
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UCT Careers Service walks the talk on graduate employment with its annual internship programme
UCT Careers Service recently welcomed its 2020 cohort of Peer Career Support (PCS) staff members. Five PCS appointments are made each year as part of the Service’s goal to contribute to the personal and professional development of graduates. Thei
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UCT students get R2.7 million to support ICT skills in South Africa
UCT Students have been awarded R2.7 million in bursaries to help create youth employment and bring more ICT skills to South Africa.
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Students can win big at Entrepreneurship Intervarsity
Aspiring University of Cape Town (UCT) student entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs are invited to enter the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity 2020 for a chance to win R100 000 and the national Studentpreneur of the Year 2020 title.
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Careers Service wins big at SAGEA Awards
The University of Cape Townʼs (UCT) Careers Service has cemented its reputation as a leader in its field, winning three categories at the South African Graduate Employers Association (SAGEA) Awards on Wednesday, 6 November.
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Changing Lives One Step at a Time
When Manqoba Mdamba started studying toward a Bsc in Social Development at UCT this year, he was determined to positively shift some of the societal challenges faced by South African youth. One he identified was that young adults in conflict with the l
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Impact through entrepreneurship
It was all things entrepreneurship at the University of Cape Town (UCT) last week, with students across faculties taking full advantage of the opportunity to fine-tune business ideas and connect with experts one-on-one.
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