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PhD outputs
supervision and mentoring.
At the end of the first threeyear cycle of the Carnegie
project (2013), there were
a total of 21 PhD graduations
and three academic
appointments of Carnegie
fellows. Another Carnegiefunded project, supporting
40 PhD and postdoctoral
students, simultaneously
strengthened partnerships
between UCT and the
universities of Ghana, Makerere
and the Witswatersrand.
Positive progress
The number of PhDs
graduating increased by 31%
between 2008 and 2014.
University-wide initiatives
to increase the number and
output of PhDs included the
Carnegie Next Generation of
Academics Project, additional
posts supported through the
university’s general operating
budget, and the employment
of emeritus professors
as research fellows to do
DOCTORAL GRADUATES
2008
151
2012
163
2010
2009
178
2013
198
2011
160
2014
205
58
204
20
163
