Programmes Offered
The Geotechnical Engineering Division offers several courses during a year. Courses are typically delivered once every 2 years, although these are subject to changes within the group. You are advised to register for the courses, that you re
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2020 Young Engineer of the Year award
Byron Mawer PrEng, an alumni of our Geotechnical Engineering Division, won the 2020 South African Institution Of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Young Engineer of the Year award.
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UCT among top 40 international universities
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked 39th in the recently released Times Higher Education (THE) list of the 200 most international universities. These institutions collaborate on research across the w
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Meet UCT’s first woman ‘soil doctor’
When Laxmee Sobhee-Beetul walks across the University of Cape Town (UCT) stage on 12 July to receive her PhD in Geotechnical Engineering, she will be completing a journey that began when she was a teenager, chatting to her father in th
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The first Professional Masters Degree in Geotechnical Engineering graduate
In 2016 Iain Paton made history as the first person to graduate from the newly introduced Professional Masters Degree in Geotechnical Engineering (MGeotech) programme. Iain’s degree was awarded with distinction and his
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