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Master of Neuroscience Applications now CLOSED for 2025!

We have received applications from students from diverse academic disciplines for this brand new Master's course, which prioritizes interdisciplinarity!

Our vision

Our vision is of an Africa where people achieve their full potential through brain health.

By addressing existing knowledge gaps and strengthening African research networks, we seek solutions to African challenges and work to ensure that African priorities are represented in global neuroscience.

Training and capacity development

We strive to build research capacity nationally and internationally, and grow the next generation of neuroscience researchers on both the clinical and basic neuroscience career tracks.

Advocacy and engagement

We follow a socially-responsive approach, using advocacy, engagement and outreach to extend our impact to and beyond the scientific community, to industry, government and society more broadly.

Proton Therapy Initiative paves the way for cutting-edge cancer treatment

UCT and the NI officially launched the UCT Proton Therapy Initiative on the 29 January. The initiative marks a significant step forward in cancer treatment for South Africa and the broader African continent.

Launch of UCT's Proton Therapy Initiative

Whose responsibility are the children?

The Minister of the Western Cape Government for Health and Wellness, Mireille Wenger, officially launched UCT's Proton Therapy Initiative to an audience of excited experts at the Neuroscience Institute.

UCT’s Goolam appointed as first African recipient of coveted Goldstein Science Policy Fellow

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has appointed University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Mubeen Goolam as one of three new Goldstein Science Policy Fellows.

Hot Topics in Neuroscience - NI at UCT Summer School 2025

The Neuroscience Institute presents - Hot topics in Neuroscience! Five thought-provoking lectures at the forefront of academia to be presented at UCT Summer School 2025.

Xhosa Classes for all levels

learning to speak Xhosa in community.

12 March 2024 - 12 February 2026 Read more

Argue Better! Ethical reasoning for healthcare professionals.

Healthcare professionals face competing obligations to their patients, employers, and themselves. Resolving these dilemmas optimally requires the skill to understand and critically engage with others' - and our own - positions.

19 February 2025 - 19 March 2025 Read more

The Basics of the Commandline and High Performance Systems workshop

A 1-hour online workshop run every 2nd friday (9-10am) that will be useful for those using Neuroimaging software such as FreeSurfer and AFNI.

15 March 2024 - 13 February 2026 Read more

PsychoPy/Unreal Engine workshop

A 1-hour online workshop run every 2nd friday (10-11am) that will be useful for those using PsychoPy and Unreal Engine to create and modify fMRI, EEG, fNIRS, and/or Cognitive or Behavioral tasks.