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University of Cape Town, Department of Zoology
UCT
John Day Zoology Building
University Ave
UCT Upper Campus
Woolsack Drive
Rondebosch
7701
South Africa
Type
Academic
Telephone
+27 21 650 3604
Fax
+27 21 650 3301
http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/zoology/
Activities
The Zoology Department at UCT is the oldest such university department in South Africa, having been founded in 1903, and is situated in a modern building on the Upper Campus. The department has 18 academic staff, 10 research officers and 13 research associates housed in 8 research groups, and 13 support staff . In addition there are 4 Post-Doctoral research students, more than 100 Masters and Doctoral candidates, 18 Honours students and about 500 undergraduates. It has the largest postgraduate school, and is the most productive department in terms of publication output, in the University.