GUIDELINES FOR 1ST YEAR APPLICANTS/ PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS 2024 IMPORTANT NOTICE: The University strives towards being a student-centered institution and has invested a lot in ensuring efficient online applications and registration related platforms. Applicants (including prospective first-year students and their guardians) are advised only to travel to campuses for face-to-face assistance from staff should they experience technical difficulties. This is to avoid large crowds. The links to information given below may prove useful: CPUT receives in the region of 470,000 applications for study every year, so it is understandable that this is a high volume period for enquiries. Students and members of the public are asked to please be patient as we process registrations, queries and late applications. Be assured that your request will be dealt with as soon as possible.
ONLINE ASSISTANCE/ GENERAL ENQUIRIES Online assistance capacity has been increased for online applications and registrations processes. Applicants and prospective students who require off-campus assistance can contact the Call Centre on 086 123 2788 / 021 959 6767 or visit the following link for detailed contact information: https://www.cput.ac.za/enquiries The official CPUT Facebook page regularly posts updates. Please like the page for updates. Also consult the online application step-by-step guide downloadable from https://www.cput.ac.za/study/apply/step-4-online-application For additional assistance you may also access the detailed Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on the CPUT website link: https://www.cput.ac.za/enquiries
FINAL ACCEPTANCE •
First-year students with pre-2023 NSC results: First-year students who have been fully accepted and are not awaiting final acceptance based on the recent 2023 NSC results may proceed with the registrations as early as 29 January 2024.
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First-year prospective students who have obtained their NSC in 2023: Final evaluation (screening) of the 2023. NSC results will be conducted by faculties from Monday, 22 January 2024 until Friday, 26 January 2024, (or earlier).
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Applicants who have written the NSC, IEB or SACAI examinations do not need to submit results as we receive your results directly from the Department of Basic Education. This also applies to applicants who are upgrading their results.
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Acceptance will be confirmed via an automated SMS to the cellphone number you provided during your application.
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Also frequently track your acceptance status via the link: http://www.cput.ac.za/ study/track
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Decision-making is an ongoing process, and you may check your status online regularly. All decisions will reflect immediately.
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Secure your place by registering immediately after final acceptance or within 48 hours from receipt of the SMS, as spaces in the programmes fill up quickly. Should you not do so, the place may be offered to another student. The 48-hour rule can only apply from Monday, 29 January 2024.
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Students will be able to register only if the admittance status reflects as follows: “ACCEPTED/ ACCEPTED ON FINAL RESULTS”. You will not be able to register if your status reflects statuses such as “Waiting List”, “Rejected”, “Course Full”, “Provisional Acceptance”, or “Incomplete”. Waiting list applicants will be considered, as space becomes available in programmes, between the period of 29 January 2024 and 11 February 2024 after the 2023 NSC results have been released in January 2024 and/or after the registration period in February 2024
WHAT TO DO IF I WANT TO APPLY FOR PROGRAMMES WITH AVAILABLE SPACES AT CPUT Should any spaces become available for CPUT specific programmes, such lists will be published on the website link: https://www.cput.ac.za/study/late-applications by no later than Sunday, 18 February 2024.
LATE APPLICATION TIMELINES: Monday, 19 February – Friday, 23 February 2024 WHO MAY APPLY? •
National applicants (with an SA ID), including Refugee/ Asylum Seeker and/or Permanent Residency applicants with a National Senior Certificate (NSC)/ SC (Senior Certificate)/ NCV (National Vocational Certificate)/ National Qualification.
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National applicants (with an SA ID) with international qualifications who already have SAQA certificates.
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Refugee/ Asylum Seeker status applicants with international qualifications who already have SAQA certificates.
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Permanent residency applicants (with an SA ID) with international qualifications who already have SAQA certificates.
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Regretfully, no RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) applications will be considered.
HOW TO APPLY ONLINE Late application fee: FREE OF CHARGE Do you want to apply for a CPUT programme with available spaces and you meet the entrance requirements? Have you submitted your 2024 CPUT applications before, but did not exhaust all three (3) choices? or Have you not submitted any 2024 CPUT applications previously? •
Only online application submissions will be accepted. Regretfully, no manual applications for this category will be processed.
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Please follow the step-by-step online application process. Please visit the link: https://www.cput.ac.za/study/late-applications
Have you submitted your 2024 CPUT applications and exhausted all three (3) choices? •
It is the choice of the Deans of faculties to allow 4th choice applications or not.
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Applicants who have applied to CPUT for the 2024 academic year and have exhausted three (3) choices, but now meet the minimum requirements for the identified late application programmes with available spaces may submit a 4th choice online application for programmes that have been identified to entertain 4th choice applications. No 4th choice manual applications will be considered.
Please follow the step-by-step online application process. Please visit the link: https://www.cput.ac.za/study/late-applications
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: •
Only completed applications will be considered. Please consult the list of supporting documentation.
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Only applications that followed the outlined application process above will be considered as an application.
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Manual application submissions will not be considered.
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Postal services (including courier services) will not be considered.
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Being accepted academically does not guarantee a space into residences due to limited residence spaces.
WHAT TO DO IF MY APPLICATION HAS BEEN DECLINED
APPLICATION OUTCOME
Meeting the minimum requirements is not a guarantee of acceptance into a programme. The competition for space in higher education institutions is great.
Selections will be conducted within the respective faculties, and the outcome will be communicated to the applicant via SMS.
If your applications have been declined, you can sign up to CACH online at cach.ac.za. Applicants can also find out more on their Facebook page, which is CACH_SA.
Please track your outcome frequently and/or download your acceptance letter by accessing the CPUT website link: http://www.cput.ac.za/study/track
Detailed information will be available on the CPUT website: https://www.cput.ac.za/ study/late-applications once confirmation is received from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). CACH is an initiative of DHET which operates as a referral system for unsuccessful applicants and is not a late application service. The CACH will provide unsuccessful applicants with access to career development services, and where possible, an opportunity to access spaces still available within the PSET systems at universities, TVET colleges or in SETA learnerships, without having to travel to institutions to try and find a space.