Cape Town Creative Academy (CTCA) is a private higher education institution based in the Silo District of the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, adjacent to the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA). The academy specializes in art and design education, offering transdisciplinary, student-centred undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in contemporary art, communication design, interaction design, and motion design, with elective specialisations such as illustration, animation, 3D visualisation, photography, and creative coding. CTCA states that it is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and that its degrees are accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE); individual programmes carry CHE registration references and SAQA qualification IDs. The exact founding year is not stated on the current website, though the institution describes itself as multi-award-winning and previously operated from a campus in Woodstock, Cape Town, before relocating to the V&A Waterfront.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design (NQF 7, 370 credits; CHE ref H/PR624/E001CAN; SAQA ID 93546)
- Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Art (NQF 7, 370 credits; CHE ref H/PR624/E004CAN; SAQA ID 97970)
- Bachelor of Arts in Interaction Design (NQF 7, 370 credits; CHE ref H/PR624/E002CAN; SAQA ID 91116)
- Bachelor of Arts in Motion Design (NQF 7, 370 credits; CHE ref H/PR624/E003CAN; SAQA ID 93545)
- Bachelor of Arts Honours in Contemporary Art (NQF 8, 120 credits; CHE ref H/PR624/E005CAN; SAQA ID 119134; 1-year full-time or 2-year part-time)
- Bachelor of Arts Honours in Visual Communication (NQF 8, 120 credits; CHE ref H/PR624/E006CAN; SAQA ID 119135; 1-year full-time or 2-year part-time)
- Short course: Business Acumen for Artists
- Various short courses and workshops (topics not fully itemised on site)