UWC student wins Good Hope FM Campus competition
AchieversLatest newsUniversity of the Western CapeWestern Cape March 19, 2020
There were hundreds of contestants from five different campuses in the Western Cape, but 20-year-old Nkanyezi Sikakane is the one Good Hope FM wanted. Sikakane is a third-year Economics student at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) who fell in love with performing arts as a schoolgirl. The... Read more
UWC Sport launches an elite high-performance centre
AthleticsLatest newsUniversity of the Western CapeWestern Cape March 16, 2020
High-Performance Centres (HPC) have proven to have tremendous benefits for athletes who wish to take their game to the next level. And athletes at UWC with these dreams will soon have the chance to make them a reality. When the University’s High-Performance Centre launches in June 2020, more athletes... Read more
UWC rugby star earns a Stormers call-up
University of the Western CapeWestern Cape February 14, 2020
UWC rugby star Lyle Hendricks’ impressive rise in rugby took another positive turn. On Friday he was named in the DHL Stormers squad for the 2020 Vodacom Super Rugby campaign, making him the second University player in the team. The second-year BA student joined former UWC scrum-half and Rugby... Read more
Hundreds of graduates celebrate at UWC’s 2019 graduation
University of the Western CapeWestern Cape December 30, 2019
The University of the Western Cape conferred 16 doctorates, 74 master’s degrees, 10 honours degrees, 403 undergraduate degrees and 241 diplomas and certificates. In total, the University conferred just under 5 000 degrees, diplomas and certificates in 2019. During today’s ceremonies, UWC’s Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tyrone Pretorius, commented... Read more
Former UWC vice-rector reveals secret
Must-ReadUniversity of the Western CapeWestern Cape August 7, 2019
The University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) first Vice-Rector has finally revealed a secret he has kept for more than three decades. Professor Jaap Durand tricked the apartheid government into spending money for infrastructure at the University that was built to offer limited training for Coloureds only. But UWC... Read more
UWC leads by example in green revolution
Must-ReadUniversity of the Western CapeWestern Cape August 5, 2019
The University of the Western Cape is no stranger to greening – it has thrice been crowned Africa’s Greenest Campus, and is the only South African University to be named among the top 200 universities in the world in the recent Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, measuring higher... Read more
Eleven students across the University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) seven faculties had the opportunity this week to pitch their business ideas to a panel of four judges. The aspiring entrepreneurs had four minutes each to wow the judges with their ideas and businesses that have the potential to... Read more
During the month of August, The University of the Western Cape (UWC) Alumni Relations Office will embark on its 2019 UWC Alumni Phonathon to seek donations from the thousands of women and men who have walked the corridors of this historic institution. Public tertiary institutions relying solely on traditional... Read more
UWC ranks as one of QS World University’s best
University of the Western CapeWestern Cape June 25, 2019
Once again, the University of the Western Cape has been declared one of the top 1000 universities in the world, according to the QS World University 2019/2020 rankings; a testament to the University’s growing academic reputation and research achievements. When it came time to compile a link of the... Read more
University of the Western Cape Registration Celebration
Latest newsUniversity of the Western Cape February 18, 2019
“It sounds like a cliché – but there are actually two types of people in the world: those who make things happen, and those who hope that someone will make it happen for them. At the University of the Western Cape, we believe in supporting the former – and... Read more
