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DIRECTIONS FOR APPLICANTS 2008 This booklet lists the information you need to complete your application form Contents General Information 1 Notes on completing your application form 7 Example of a completed application form 10 Codes you will use when completing your application form 11 Map of UCT campus and surrounding areas 44 Dear Applicant, Thank you for your interest in studying at the University of Cape Town, an institution of international repute committed to be a world class university in Africa. Established in 1829, UCT is South Africa’s oldest university. Our mission is to be an outstanding teaching and research university, educating for life and addressing the challenges facing our society. As a student, you will be part of the UCT community and benefit from a range of undergraduate and graduate academic programmes in Commerce, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law and Science. With a rich mix of South African students, and more than 90 countries represented on campus, UCT offers diversity that is worthy of celebration. The educational experience is multi-dimensional. We also offer outstanding sports facilities, a vibrant student residence experience as well as a range of student clubs, societies and sport codes that cater for varied interests. This booklet will help you to complete your application. After you apply, we will send you your applicant number. Please quote this number in all subsequent communication. Do not hesitate to contact us should you need further information. We are proud of the students who study here, each of whom contributes to the vitality of UCT. We look forward to receiving your application and hope to welcome you to UCT in 2008. Carl Herman Director: Admissions Correspondence Please address correspondence to the Director of Admissions, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701,South Africa. For faculty-specific and other queries, please use the contact details below. Faculties E-mail address Tel Number Fax Number Commerce [email protected] (021) 650-4375 (021) 650-4369 Engineering & the Built Environment [email protected] (021) 650-2699 (021) 650-3782 Health Sciences (Undergraduate Office) [email protected] (021) 406-6328 (021) 447-8955 Health Sciences (Graduate Office) [email protected] (021) 406-6340 (021) 406-6584 Humanities (Undergraduate Office) [email protected] (021) 650-2717 (021) 686-7469 Humanities (Graduate Office) [email protected] (021) 650-2691 (021) 650-5751 Law [email protected] (021) 650-3086 (021) 650-5608 Science [email protected] (021) 650-2712 (021) 650-4511 Offices E-mail address Tel Numbers Fax Numbers Admissions Office [email protected] (021) 650-2128 (021) 650-5189 Alternative Admissions Research Project [email protected] (021) 650-5462 (021) 650-5331 Disability Unit [email protected] (021) 650-2427 (021) 650-3794 Fees Office [email protected] (021) 650-1704 (021) 650-4768 Graduate School of Business [email protected] (021) 406-1922 (021) 421-5693 Health Sciences Consortium [email protected] (021) 650-3523 (021) 650-5045 International Academic Programmes Office [email protected] (021) 650-2822/3740 (021) 650-5667 Pre-Admissions Careers Counselling [email protected] (021) 650-4398 (021) 650-4696 Postgraduate Funding Office [email protected] (021) 650-2206/3926 (021) 650-4352 Sport & Recreation [email protected] (021) 650 3553 (021) 650 3781 Student Housing [email protected] (021) 650-1045/1040 (021) 650-4014 Student Financial Aid Office [email protected] (021) 650-2125/3545 (021) 650-5043 Visit the UCT Home Page at http://www.uct.ac.za The application form and this booklet may be accessed from the UCT Home Page. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in this Directions for Applicants booklet and other handbooks. However, we reserve the right at any time, if circumstances dictate, to: (i) change any of the published details in this Directions for Applicants, as well as the courses and curricula on offer or (ii) add to, or withdraw any of, the courses on offer. GENERAL INFORMATION Application Information Admission requirements for undergraduate study The purpose of this booklet is to help you to prepare your application to UCT. The UCT Undergraduate Prospectus details our minimum admission requirements and additional faculty-specific Please check that you have: admission requirements. • an application form for admission to undergraduate or postgraduate study (Form 1) Meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee • a school information form to be completed by all admission. Places are limited for reasons of capacity South African school-going applicants (Form 2) and this could mean that applicants who meet the • a personal report form to be completed by all minimum admission requirements, do not receive an undergraduate applicants to the Faculty of Health offer of a study place. Sciences (Form 3) • details of parents who have studied at UCT All undergraduate applicants to the Health Sciences (Form 4) — for Alumni Office records Faculty must write the four placement tests offered An example of a completed form is given on page 10. by The Health Sciences Consortium by July 2007: the Placement Test in English for Educational Purposes (PTEEP), the Mathematics Comprehension Test Application Enquiries (MCOM), the Mathematics Achievement Test (MACH), and the Scientific Reasoning Test (SRT). Performance If you need help in completing the application form, or in these tests will be used in addition to school-leaving advice about your programme or plan choice, please results and will not replace the use of school contact us at: performance indicators (including matric points). Tel: (021) 650-2128 Email: [email protected] All undergraduate applicants to the Humanities Faculty, who are normally resident in South Africa, The Admissions Office is located on Level 3, Kramer must write the Placement Test in English for Building, Middle Campus. Educational Purposes (PTEEP) before being considered for admission in 2008. Performance on this test will be used in addition to school-leaving results and will Dates by which to apply not replace the use of school performance indicators (including matric points). Undergraduate Studies Please submit your application as early as possible. Do For further information please contact the respective not wait until closing date, or until you have received faculty office or the Alternative Admissions Research your school-leaving results. Early application will Project (www.aarp.ac.za). Refer to contact details on the increase your chances of receiving an early provisional previous page. offer of admission. All applications must be received by the following dates: Funding for undergraduate study • 30 September 2007: All international and SADC applicants If you are an undergraduate applicant and need funding • 31 October 2007: to enable you to study at UCT, you MUST complete All South African applicants section J of Form 1 and tick the “YES” box. (Please note: Applicants to Health Sciences must apply We do not have sufficient funds to assist all financially before they can write the Health Sciences Placement needy students. Therefore, you must also apply to other Tests. These tests are written country-wide usually in organisations that offer financial assistance to students. June and July, which means applicants must apply by A booklet listing many of these organisations is available the end of April (if they want to write the June HSPT test), from the Student Financial Aid Office. and by the end of May (if they want to write the July HSPT test). The final closing date for applications is 31 October. Only South African citizens applying and registering for Applicants who have not written the HSPT tests in June an approved full-time programme of study are eligible for or July will have to make their own arrangements with financial assistance from UCT. the Health Sciences Consortium to write the tests. See the next section for more information about the tests.) Student Housing and Financial Assistance If you wish to be considered for a place in student housing, and/or if you wish to apply for financial assistance from UCT, the necessary application must reach us by no later than 31 October 2007. 1 Application Fee • Faculty Office & Student Financial Aid Office regarding your application for financial aid. • Undergraduate & postgraduate study: • Student Accommodation Office regarding your - South African and SADC applicants R90 housing application. - International applicants from outside the SADC region. R300 Once you have your application number, you can check • Master of Business Administration: the progress of your application on the UCT website South African / SADC applicants R400 (www.uct.ac.za). International applicants US$150 Please send a cheque, draft or postal order. Please do Late submission of supporting not send cash in the post. Cash payments may be made documents at the Cashiers Office, Kramer Building. This office is open from Monday to Friday between 9h00 and 15h30, We reserve the right to cancel your application if all the expect on Thursdays when it opens at 09h30. necessary supporting documents are not received by 15 January 2008. Documents include official statements of school results showing matriculation endorsement PLEASE NOTE status and, in the case of transferring students, transcripts of university results and certificates of conduct. For • Application fees are not refundable under any submission of TOEFL or IELTS results, please see the circumstances. section on English Language Proficiency. (Page 5.) • Applications submitted without the application fee will not be processed. Housing Application • Completion of an application form and payment of an application fee do not mean that you have been If you wish to be considered for student housing in or will be offered a place to study at UCT.