DIRECTIONS FOR 2018 UNDERGRADUATE APPLICANTS Contents WELCOME 2 PART A: PREPARING TO APPLY 3 2018 Matriculation Exemption 3 National Benchmark Tests (NBTs) English Language Proficiency Applications for student accommodation Applications for undergraduate financial Assistance 6 Portfolio requirments (BAS & BA(FA)) International applicants 8 Application Fees 9 Monitoring Your application status 10 KEY DatEs 11 PART B: APPLYING ONLINE 12 The process after you apply online Updating your application PART C: SUBMITTING A papER APPLICatiON 13 Updating your application 15 Code tables to be used when completing 16 your application form PART D: COntaCT DEtaiLS 34 PART E: MAPS OF UCT CAMPUS AND SURROUNDING AREAS 36 APPLY ONLINE at http://applyonline.uct.ac.za Apply online if you have a working email address that is not shared with another UCT applicant. CORRESPONDENCE AND INQUIRIES Please address correspondence to [email protected] or to: The Director of Admissions, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, PPLICANTS Rondebosch, 7701, A South Africa. ATE For faculty-specific and other queries, please use the contact details in Part D. DU We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in this guide and ERGRA our handbooks. However, we reserve the right at any time, if circumstances dictate, to: D (i) change any of the published details as well as the courses and curricula on offer, or (ii) add to, or withdraw any of the courses on offer. 2018 DIRECTIONS FOR UN FOR DIRECTIONS 2018 1 Welcome Dear Applicant, Thank you for your interest in studying at the University of Cape Town. We strive to be world class. Established in 1829, we are South Africa’s oldest university, and a leading university in Africa. As a student, you will be part of a vibrant UCT community and benefit from a range of academic programmes in Commerce, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law and Science. Our undergraduate programmes benefit from the important research being undertaken in all departments. UCT has a rich mix of South African students, and we have international students from over 100 countries. We offer diversity that is worthy of celebration. The UCT educational experience is multi-dimensional. We offer outstanding sports facilities, a rich student residence experience as well as a range of student clubs, societies and sport codes that cater for many interests. This guide will help you to apply. 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. (Where you are unable to apply online you should contact us for hard copy application forms.) We are proud of our students, each of whom contributes to the vitality of UCT. We look forward to receiving your application and hope to welcome you to UCT in 2018. Mfaki-sicelo Obekekileyo, Ndiyavuya ukuba uthe wacinga ngokufaka isicelo sokufunda kwiDyunivesithi yaseKapa (University of Cape Town – UCT) sonyaka ka-2016. Njengomfundi wase-UCT, uzakuzimanya nomzi wabafundi kunye nabahlohli abadlamkileyo nabavela kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zoMzantsi Afrika uphela; nakwizizwe ezingaphezu kwe-100. I-UCT yeyona Dyunivesithi indala yaseMzantsi Afrika, nekwaliziko (lemfundo ephakamileyo) elinkqenkqeza phambili e-Afrika. Isikhokelo senkqubo yethu yezifundo yabafundi abenza isidanga sokuqala siluncedo ingakumbi kuphando oluthe lwathatyathwa kumasebe onke (edyunivesithi), ikakhulu uphando oluthe lwenziwa lwayindibaniselwano nezinye iingcali ezivela kweminye imimandla ekwilizwekazi lase-Afrika nakwezinye iinkalo. Amava omfundi akanamlinganiselo. Sibonelela ngeenkonzo zemidlalo ezahlukeneyo, iindawo zokuhlala zabafundi kwakunye noluhlu lwemibutho yabafundi eluqilima, nemimiselo nemigaqo yezemidlalo efikelela kwiimfuno zonke zabafundi. Sibeka ixabiso elikhulu ekuphuhliseni umfundi ngokupheleleyo, sikhuthaze bonke abafundi bethu ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwaye babenegalelo kweminye yalemidlalo abayifumana inomdla kubo. Esi sikhokelo siza kukunceda ukuba ukwazi ukufaka isicelo. Emva kokuba ufake isicelo, siza kukuthumelela inombolo yomfaki- sicelo. Nceda ubize le nombolo kunxibelelwano olulandelayo. Ungaphozisi maseko ukuqhakamshelana nathi xa udinga iinkcukaca ezithe vetshe. (Ukuba unengxaki yokufaka isicelo ngekhompyutha kufuneka uqhakamshelane nathi ukuze sikuthumelele iifomu zokwenza isicelo.) Siyazidla ngabafundi bethu abathi babenegalelo kubomi base-UCT. Singxamele ukufumana isicelo sakho kwaye siyathemba ukuba siyakwamkela e-UCT ngo-2018. Beste Voornemende Student, Dankie vir jou belangstelling om aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad te studeer. Die Universiteit van Kaapstad strewe daarna om wêreldklas te wees. Ons is Suid Afrika se oudste universiteit (in 1829 gestig) en ’n toonaangewende universiteit in die vasteland van Afrika. As ‘n student sal jy deel word van ‘n dinamiese navorsingsgeleide instelling met ‘n groot verskeidenheid voorgraadse programme in die Handelswetskap, Ingeneurswese & Beboude Omgewing, Gesondheidswetenskappe, Geesteswetenskappe, die Regte en Wetenskap. Ons studentegemeeskap, met sy verskeidenheid Suid Afrikaanse en buitelandse studente (uit meer as ‘n honderd lande) bevorder ‘n ryk en diverse leerervaring. Ons bied uistekende sportgeriewe, ‘n wye reeks studenteklubs en verenigings, en ‘n lewendige koshius ervaring. Hierdie gids sal jou help om jou aansoek te voltooi, maar vra gerus as jy verdere navrae het. Vir dié wat nie aanlyn aansoek kan doen nie is aansoekvorms op navraag beskikbaar. Sodra ons jou aansoek ontvang het, sal ons jou ‘n annsoeknommer stuur wat jy in alle korrespondensie and navrae moet gebruik. Ons is trots op ons studente en die bydrae wat elkeen tot die UK gemeenskap lewer. Ons sien daarna uit om jou aansoek te ontvang en hoop om jou in 2018 hier te verwelkom. Carl Herman Director of Admissions 2 PART A: PREPARING TO APPLY MATRICULATION AND THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (NSC) “Matriculation” means you have met the legal minimum admission requirement for degree study. This means that: • your NSC has been endorsed by UMALUSI to the effect that you have met the minimum requirements for admission to bachelors degree (or if applying for a diploma, the minimum requirements for admission to diploma study) at a South African university, or • your Senior Certificate has been endorsed by UMALUSI to the effect that you have met the minimum requirements for admission to degree study in a South African university; or • you have a certificate of complete exemption from matriculation requirements, issued by the Matriculation Board. We set additional admission requirements over and above the minimum legal eligibility requirement. In addition to the legal mini- mum you must also meet the admission requirements for your programme of study. These are set out in our Prospectus. CONDITIONAL MATRICULATION EXEMPTION Although we do not usually accept applicants with certificates of Conditional Exemption, we will give consideration to applicants who qualify for Conditional Exemption. These certificates can be granted to: • South Africans on the grounds of mature age, subject to minimum requirements as set by the Matriculation Board applicants who have written a school-leaving examination other than the SA Senior Certificate • immigrants • applicants who have obtained certain post-school qualifications Where we offer you a study place, and you intend to register at UCT in 2018, it is your responsibility to apply for the issue of the necessary conditional exemption certificate. This is done by submitting the appropriate application form, documents and fee to UCT at registration. UCT then forwards this to the Matriculation Board. You will be advised by the relevant faculty office. ELIGIBILITY FOR MATRICULATION EXEMPTION FOR HOLDERS OF FOREIGN QUALIFICATIONS If you have a school-leaving certificate from an international or foreign examing authority, to establish if you are eligible for a matriculation exemption certificate, consult the website at http://mb.usaf.ac.za/ or write to: HE Enrolment Programme (Matriculation Board), PO Box 3854, Pretoria 0001, South Africa Tel: +27 010 591 4401/2 Fax: +27 86 680 5727 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDY Familiarise yourself with our admission criteria. Should you hold a school-leaving certificate for which admission criteria are not specified in the2018 Undergraduate Prospectus, your application will be considered individually, taking into account your school curriculum, performance and National Benchmark Test results, where appropriate. PPLICANTS A The 2018 Undergraduate Prospectus gives details of our admission requirements. Meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. Places are limited for reasons of capacity and this could mean that applicants who meet the minimum ATE admission requirements do not receive an offer of a study place. DU NATIONAL BENCHMARK TESTS (NBTs) ERGRA D All undergraduate applicants who are normally resident in, or have completed schooling in South Africa must write the National Benchmark Tests (NBTs), and all applicants to programmes in Health Sciences must write the NBTs. You must: • register for the NBTs before you apply (online, or before you submit a paper application form); • include your NBT registration number in your application; • have written the NBTs by 14 October 2017 2018 DIRECTIONS FOR UN FOR DIRECTIONS 2018 2 3 Applicants to the Faculty of Law and to Faculty of Humanities programmes, where Mathematics is not a requirement,