Forms
Please read all of the available documentation when submitting an application, to ensure that your application will be complete, with all of the required information and documentation to support your application.
Please see the ‘Directions for Postgraduate Applicants’ document for closing dates for various postgraduate applications. They are also listed on the online applications site.
You may apply online. In order to apply online you will need a working email address and your South African identity number, or, if you are an international applicant, your passport number.
The closing date for applications for undergraduate study at UCT in 2024 was extended to midnight SAST on Friday, 4 August 2023. We will not consider applications received after this date. All postgraduate applicants must apply online.
Undergraduate application information
- 2024 Undergraduate prospectus
- 2024 Directions for undergraduate applicants
- First-time applications for financial aid are handled centrally via NSFAS. For further information on the application process, please see undergraduate student funding.
Postgraduate application information
All postgraduate applicants must apply online.
- 2023 Directions for Postgraduate Applicants for applicants intending to enrol in 2023.
- 2024 Directions for Postgraduate Applicants for applicants intending to enrol in 2024.
- Postgraduate Studies at UCT – the essential guide for all prospective postgraduate students
- Apply for postgraduate degree funding.