University of Cape Town

The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa. UCT is the highest-ranked African university in the QS World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities, and its Law and Commerce Faculties are consistently placed among the hundred best internationally. The language of instruction is English.

History

The roots of UCT lie in the establishment of the South African College in 1829 as a school for boys. In 1874 the South African College Schools, teaching up to secondary level, were separated from the College, which prepared students for the examinations of the University of the Cape of Good Hope. In 1887 the first male residence in Southern Africa was established, known as College House Residence, under the initiative of Professor C.E. Lewis. In 1918 the South African College was elevated to full university status with the power to award degrees, and renamed the University of Cape Town.

UTC+10:00

UTC+10:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +10. This time is used in:

As standard time (all year round)

North Asia

  • Russia - Vladivostok Time
  • Oceania

  • United States - Chamorro Time Zone
  • Guam (territory)
  • Northern Mariana Islands (commonwealth)
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Chuuk, Yap and surrounding area
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Australia - Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
  • Queensland
  • Antarctica

  • Some bases in Antarctica. See also Time in Antarctica.
  • As standard time (Southern hemisphere winter only)

    Oceania

  • Australia - Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales (except Broken Hill and Lord Howe Island)
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • See also

  • Time in Australia
  • Time in Russia
  • References

    External links

  • Find cities currently in UTC+10

  • UCT (disambiguation)

    UCT is the abbreviation for the University of Cape Town.

    It may also refer to:

  • Temuco Catholic University (Spanish: Universidad Católica de Temuco)
  • University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
  • Unconditional cash transfer
  • Upper Confidence Tree (upper confidence bounds applied to trees), a Monte Carlo tree search algorithm
  • See also

  • Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
  • Podcasts:

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