The University of Cape Town (UCT) marked a key academic milestone for postgraduate Humanities students at its second graduation ceremony in the Sarah Baartman Hall, at 14:00 on Tuesday, 1 April 2025.
Honours, master’s, and doctoral graduates gathered with their families and faculty staff to recognise the years of research, study and intellectual pursuit that led to this achievement.
The UCT community acknowledges the impact these graduates will have in their respective fields and beyond.
Visit the graduation feature page for stories on some of our inspirational graduates and to view the ceremony: Autumn 2025 Graduation
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The University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted graduation ceremonies from Monday, 31 March until Friday, 4 April 2025. The ceremonies were livestreamed on the website, and the video recordings have been made available on this feature page and UCT’s YouTube.
Graduation news
Inspirational graduates
The UCT News team has profiled a cross-section of inspirational graduands whose stories have inspired us. To all those we haven’t been able to feature, we’d like to say: each one of you is an inspiration – to your university, your families and your communities. We wish you every success in the future.
Ceremony recordings
Download the schedule of ceremonies
Graduation programmesThe names of all of the autumn 2025 qualifiers are listed in the graduation ceremony programmes. Congratulations to everyone graduating.
We are excited to see our UCT graduates unleash their potential for a fair and just society. Join the celebrations on social media by using the #UCTGrad2025 hashtag.
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