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To enhance the postgraduate experience, the university provides numerous resources and has steadily increased its funding for postgraduate studies.

Online resources are available here:

Faculty information | Degrees and diplomas | Application and registration | Fees and funding | Postdoctoral fellows | International students | Administration, services and support | Postgraduate Student Council

Faculty information for postgraduate students

• Commerce
• Graduate School of Business
• Engineering & the Built Environment
• Health Sciences
• Humanities
  • About us
  • Requirements
• Law
• Science

Postgraduate degrees and diplomas

• Commerce
• Graduate School of Business
• Engineering & the Built Environment
• Health Sciences
• Humanities
• Law
• Science
• Doctoral theses

Application and registration

Fees and funding

• Fees
• Postgraduate Funding Office: for scholarships and fellowships
• Funding noticeboard
• Research Professional Africa (a database of national and international funding opportunities)
• Instructions on how to register for RPA

Postdoctoral fellows

• Overview
• Guidelines and forms
• Funding noticeboard
• International postdoctoral visa applications

International students

• International Academic Programmes Office (IAPO)
• Full degree
• Semester study abroad
• Global Short-term Academic Programmes
• Application
• Health Sciences
• Sciences
• Funding

Administration, services and support

• Blue Desk Postgraduate Information Desk – a central helpdesk for all postgraduate queries
• Vula
• Turnitin
• Student administrative self-service (PeopleSoft)
  
  • Student self-service help
  • PeopleSoft login
  • Student self-service help documentation
  • Student responsibilities: maintenance and confirmation of personal and academic information
• Student records
• UCT Commissioners of Oaths list
• myUCT (student email)
  • myUCT instructions
• Housing
  • Accommodation
  • UCT residence overview
• Careers Office
• Libraries and Research Commons
  • Libraries
  • Research Commons
• electronic Research Administration System (eRA)
• Thesis collection
• Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED): for workshops, seminars and writing support
• Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT): training and workshops
• Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS)
• Handbooks

Postgraduate Student Council

• Postgraduate student association