Please contact the relevant faculty for all queries regarding registration.

Undergraduate

First-Year Students (new to UCT)

Date

Cohort/Programme Code

Registration Type & Venue

Important Information

07 February 2025

All new BSc students

Online: PeopleSoft Programme Enrolment*

Students must attend orientation and advising before registering

Note

* While the process of registration will be online, provision will be made on this date for in-person sessions to support students through the process.

Returning Students

Date

Cohort/Programme Code

Registration Type & Venue

Important Information

20 January 2025

All BSc students

(SB001 and SB016) academically eligible to continue

Online: PeopleSoft Programme Enrolment

Refer to Note (1) below.

31 January 2025

All BSc students

(SB001 and SB016) academically eligible to continue after supplementary and deferred exams

Online: PeopleSoft Programme Enrolment

Refer to Note (2) below.

Notes

  1. Only for returning students with no supplementary or deferred exams (i.e. record is complete).
  2. For returning students only after the release of the supplementary or deferred exams and who are permitted to re-register for 2025
  • Students must log in to their PeopleSoft student portal from the dates noted above to receive the registration link. Academic advisors will respond to queries submitted via an advisor tab within the registration system.
  • One query can be submitted to an advisor. Where there are further queries, students will have to attend the in-person advising sessions on 10 & 11 February 2025, in the RW James building.
  • For international students, pre-registration clearance (i.e., visa, medical aid, and fee checks) will be completed remotely, before academic registration.
  • All students must be registered by the deadline of 14 February 2025. Students who register late may face a late registration penalty of R2 000.

Postgraduate

First-Year Students

Date

Cohort/Programme Code

Registration Type & Venue

Important Information

From 06 January 2025

New research postgraduate students (dissertation-only Master’s (SM001/2) and PhD (SD001))

Online: PeopleSoft Programme Enrolment

Programme Enrolment following completion of MOU

From about13 January 2025

New Honours (SH001) and coursework Master’s (SM004/5/7/8)

Online: PeopleSoft Programme Enrolment

Departments will provide individual start dates.

Returning Students

Date

Cohort/Programme Code

Registration Type & Venue

Important Information

From 06 January 2025 

Returning research Postgraduate students (dissertation-only Master’s (SM001/2) and PhD (SD001))

Online: PeopleSoft Programme Enrolment

Programme Enrolment following completion of PPA

From about 13 January 2025 

Returning Honours (SH001) and coursework Master’s (SM004/5/7/8)

Online: PeopleSoft Programme Enrolment

Departments will provide further information.

Notes

  • Students must log in to their PeopleSoft student portal from the dates noted above to receive the registration link. Supervisor and Head of Department approval for the MOU/PPA will be completed online within the registration system.
  • For international students, pre-registration clearance (i.e., visa, medical aid, and fee checks) will be completed remotely, before academic registration.
  • All students must be registered by the deadline of 14 February 2025. Students who register late may face a late registration penalty of R2 000.
  • 12h00 on 17 February 2025: Deadline for submission of theses/dissertations without having to re-register