News
Monday, 27 September 2021
We are very proud to announce that Dr. Itumeleng Monageng, who holds a joint lectureship position between the Department of Astronomy at UCT and at the South African Astronomical Observatory, has received the UCT College of Fellows’ Young researcher Award for 2020! Dr. Monageng is a stellar astrophysicist studying X-ray binary stars and he is one of only 7 young researchers at UCT to receive this prestigious award this year! Congratulations!
Publication Date:
Wed, 11 Nov 2020 - 13:45
The Department of Astronomy at the University of Cape Town invites applications for the UCT SARAO South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Professor in Extragalactic Multi-Wavelength Astronomy. The position will be supported initially for a 5-year term by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) through a generous budget covering postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows, administrative support, plus an operating grant, and is therefore subject to final approval by the NRF.
Publication Date:
Fri, 16 Oct 2020 - 21:15
Application deadline: 31 August 2020
The National Honours Programme in Astrophysics and Space Science (NASSP) is currently offered at three university nodes in collaboration with other partner universities. The three nodes are at: University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN – Westville Campus), University of Cape Town (UCT), and North-West University (NW
Publication Date:
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 - 14:00
We are happy to announce the availability of 5 undergraduate and Honours bursaries for 2020 funded by SARAO to study Astronomy/Astrophysics at UCT. The breakdown is as follows:
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Wed, 22 Jan 2020 - 21:30