title: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town
text: # Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town
  
  The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT) is the executive head also referred to as the principal. The VC has the overall responsibility for the policy and administration of the University. The current Vice-Chancellor, the tenth since UCT was elevated to university status in 1918 is Mamokgethi Phakeng.
  
  ## List of vice-chancellors
  
  * 1918-1938: Sir John Carruthers Beattie
  * 1938-1947: AW Falconer
  * 1948-1955: TB Davie
  * 1956-1957: Reginald W. James, in an acting capacity
  * 1958-1967: Jacobus Duminy
  * 1968-1980: Sir Richard Luyt
  * 1981-1996: Stuart J Saunders
  * 1996-2000: Mamphela Ramphele
  * 2000-2008: Njabulo Ndebele
  * 2008-2018: Max Price
  * 2018-2023: Mamokgethi Phakeng - placed on special leave and then early retirement
  