List of all niche areas

Citizenship and Democracy

Entrepreneurship

The EMS Entrepreneurship Resource Hub aims to provide information about entrepreneurship training, research support content, and aid emerging and aspiring entrepreneurs in the faculty.

Food Security

Land Research

Nanoscience

The Department of Science and Innovation identified nanoscience as an important new field that South Africa needs to develop.

As such, they introduced a dedicated postgraduate programme for training in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Politics and Urban Governance Research Group (PUG)

The Politics and Urban Governance Research Group (PUG Research) at the University of the Western Cape focuses on understanding governance in low-income urban communities. PUG Research links community voices with decision-makers through research excellence and fostering inclusive debate.

Postgraduate Diploma in e-Skills Development (AR/VR Programme)

UWC has collaborated with an international software developer to offer the first of its kind postgraduate diploma in South Africa. This accredited postgraduate diploma in e-skills with immersive technologies stream can provide you with a hands-on approach to learning VR & AR software design and development skills, empowering you to join an exciting new field in the Fourth Industrial revolution (4IR) that is gaining a vast amount of interest globally.

UNESCO Chair for Sport, Development, Peace and Olympic Education

The vision of the UNESCO Chair for Sport, Development, Peace and Olympic Education situated at the University of the Western Cape is to contribute to the understanding and advancement of Sport, Development and Peace as well as Olympic Education through high quality research, teaching, innovation, community engagement, integrating new technologies and learning as well as policy dialogue.