Following his first year in office as Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Mosa Moshabela shared Strategy 2030 for the period 2026 to 2030 and asked the UCT community for feedback.

Strategy 2030 was developed with input from the executive, and strategy process update presentations were conducted across the community from April to end September 2025. These update information sessions shared the VC’s and executives’ rationale which informed the strategy.

Two key elements of Vision 2030 will remain: our vision and purpose statement ‘to unleash human potential for a fair and just society’; and our three pillars of transformation, excellence and sustainability.

As part of Strategy 2030 four missions speak to UCT’s evolution over the last nearly 200 years: 

1. Teaching and Learning
2. Research and Internationalisation
3. Societal and Social Responsiveness
4. Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

The fourth mission is new. It builds on work done across the institution over the past 30 years.

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Strategy 2030 was open to the UCT community for feedback from 1 August to 17 October 2025. We thank students, colleagues, donors, alumni and all other interested stakeholders and partners for their feedback on the strategy. To find out more about the process, please send an email to strategy@uct.ac.za.