About UWC
Vision & Mission
Mission
UWC is a research-led university responsive to the needs of a changing world through excellence in teaching, learning and research and the generation and application of new knowledge, committed to empowering its students, staff and communities.
Vision
By 2035, to be widely recognised as a leading research-led university, notable for the nexus between its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and its research endeavour, its focus on the public good, and its productive partnerships with universities and key agencies in Africa and beyond.
Accreditations
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CHE
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SAQA
Faculties & Programmes
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Humanities, languages, social sciences and related programmes.
3 programmes →Faculty of Community and Health Sciences
Social work, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and related health programmes.
8 programmes →Faculty of Dentistry
The only dental faculty in the Western Cape, offering BDS and Bachelor of Oral Health.
2 programmes →Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Commerce, accounting, economics, management and information systems programmes.
7 programmes →Faculty of Education
Initial and continuing teacher education programmes.
9 programmes →Faculty of Law
LLB and postgraduate law programmes. Ranked best law faculty in Africa by Webometrics.
3 programmes →Faculty of Natural Sciences
BSc, BPharm, and science programmes including mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry and pharmacy.
10 programmes →Institution Campuses
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Main Campus
Bellville, Cape Town — Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville -
Bellville CBD Campus
Bellville, Cape Town — Bellville CBD