University of Cape Town Courses and Department

List of UCT departments, divisions and research groups

A

Centre for Higher Education Development

Academic Development Programme

Commerce

Accounting, College of
Actuarial Research, Centre for (CARe)
African Institute of Financial Markets & Risk Management

Engineering & the Built Environment

Architecture, Planning & Geomatics, School of

Health Sciences

Anaesthesia
Anatomical Pathology

Humanities

African Cinema Unit (ACU)
African Gender Institute, Department of
African Languages & Literatures
African Studies, Centre for
Afrikaans and Netherlandic Studies, Department of
Albertina & Walter Sisulu Institute for Ageing in Africa (IAA)

Law

Advanced Legal Studies, School for

Science

Archaeology, Department of
Astronomy, Department of

B

Engineering & the Built Environment

Bioprocess Engineering Research, Centre for
Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU)

Health Sciences

Bioethics Centre
Biomedical Engineering

Science

Biological Sciences, Department of

C

Commerce

Commerce Education Group (CEG)
Commercial Law, Department of

Engineering & the Built Environment

Chemical Engineering, Department of
Civil Engineering, Department of
Construction Economics & Management

Health Sciences

Chemical & Systems Biology
Chemical Pathology
Child & Adolescent Health, School of
Children’s Institute
Chris Barnard Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Clinical Anatomy & Biological Anthropology
Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative (CIDRI)
Clinical Pharmacology
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Computational Biology
Confocal & Light Microscope Imaging Facility
Critical Care

Humanities

Comparative Religion in Southern Africa, Institute for
Contemporary Islam, Centre for

Law

Commercial Law, Department of
Criminology, Institute of

Science

Chemistry, Department of
Computer Science, Department of

D

Commerce

Demography
Development Policy & Practice (GSDPP), School of
Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU)

Health Sciences

Desmond Tutu HIV Centre

Humanities

Dance, Department of
Drama, Department of

Law

Democratic Governance & Rights Unit
Development & Labour Law, Institute of

E

Engineering & the Built Environment

Electrical Engineering, Department of

Health Sciences

Education Development Unit
Emergency Medicine
Environmental and Occupational Health Research, Centre for (CEOHR)
Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (ESSM)

Humanities

Economics, School of (Faculty of Commerce)
Education, School of
English Language & Literature, Department of
Environmental & Geographical Science, Department of (Faculty of Science)

Science

Environmental & Geographical Science, Department of

F

Health Sciences

Forensic Medicine

Humanities

Film & Media Studies, Centre for

G

Commerce

Graduate School of Business

Engineering & the Built Environment

Geomatics

Health Sciences

Gender, Health & Justice Research Unit
General Surgery

Science

Geological Sciences, Department of

H

Health Sciences

Haematology
Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa
Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of
Health Economics Unit (HEU)
Human Biology, Department of
Human Genetics
Human Nutrition

Humanities

Historical Studies, Department of
Humanities in Africa, Institute for

I

Centre for Higher Education Development

Information & Library Studies, Department of (DILS)
Innovation in Teaching & Learning, Centre for

Commerce

Information Systems, Department of

Health Sciences

Immunology
Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine, Institute of
Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, Centre for (CIDER)
Integrative Biomedical Sciences

Humanities

Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies & Research

L

Health Sciences

Lipidology

Humanities

Languages & Literatures, School of
Library and Information Studies Centre
Lucy Lloyd Archive

Law

Law & Society, Centre for (CLS)
Law Clinic
Legal Practice, School for

M

Centre for Higher Education Development

Multilingualism Education Project

Commerce

Management Studies, School of

Engineering & the Built Environment

Mechanical Engineering, Department of

Health Sciences

Medical Biochemistry & Structural Biology
Medical Gastroenterology
Medical Microbiology
Medicine, Department of

Humanities

Michaelis School of Fine Art
Music, South African College of

Law

Marine & Environmental Law, Institute of

Science

Marine Research Institute
Mathematics & Applied Mathematics, Department of
Molecular & Cell Biology, Department of

N

Health Sciences

Nephrology & Hypertension
Neurology, Division of
Neurosurgery
Nursing & Midwifery

O

Health Sciences

Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Department of
Occupational Therapy
Otorhinolaryngology

Science

Oceanography, Department of

P

Commerce

Professional Communication Unit

Engineering & the Built Environment

Professional Communication Studies

Health Sciences

Paediatrics & Child Health
Pathology
Physiotherapy
Primary Health Care Directorate
Psychiatry & Mental Health, Department of
Public Health & Family Medicine, School of

Humanities

Philosophy, Department of
Political Studies, Department of
Popular Memory, Centre for
Psychology, Department of

Law

Private Law, Department of
Public Law, Department of

Science

Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Physics, Department of
Plant Conservation Unit

R

Health Sciences

Radiation Oncology

Humanities

Religious Studies, Department of
Rhetoric Studies, Centre for

Law

Refugee Rights Unit

S

Commerce

Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU)

Health Sciences

Surgery, Department of

Humanities

Social Anthropology, Department of
Social Development
Social Science Research, Centre for
Sociology, Department of

Law

Shipping Law Unit

Science

Scientific Computing Research Unit (SCRU)
Small Mammal Research Unit
Statistical Sciences, Department of
Supramolecular Chemistry, Centre for

T

Science

Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics, Centre for

U

Health Sciences

Urology

V

Health Sciences

Virology

W

Health Sciences

Women’s Health Research Unit (WHRU)
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