REGISTRATION DATES 2025/2026

The ability to register for the 2025/2026 intake will not be possible before JANUARY 2025/2026

First-Year students: 

Off-campus and online registration: Monday, 1 March 2025/2026 until Friday, 12 March 2025/2026

If you wrote Grade 12 in 2025/2026 or before, then you can register from 1st March 2025/2026.

If you wrote Grade 12 in 2025/2026, then the faculties will need to verify your results – you can register once you receive a confirmation SMS that your status has been changed (or check on www.cput.ac.za/study/track)

Please register immediately since spaces in programmes fill up quickly

Returning students:

Off-campus and online registrations vary from faculty to faculty.

Some programmes have been identified to commence with off-campus registrations but with no assistance as early as from 11 January 2025/2026.

Postgraduate Registration (MTech/ Masters/ MEd and DTech/ Doctoral/ DEd programmes)

Returning students (Full Research M and D programmes)                               31 March 2025/2026

MTech/ Masters (Course-based programmes)                                             31 March 2025/2026

First-time registering students (Full Research M and D programmes)               31 May 2025/2026

ONLINE ASSISTANCE

Online assistance capacity has been increased for all online registration processes.  Students who wish to receive 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

OFF-CAMPUS FINANCIAL CLEARANCE

First time entering/ First-year students will be able to register without any financial clearance

Students with outstanding debt will not be able to proceed with the registration process unless the financial clearance indicator has been removed from your record regardless of any other clearances obtained.  Students will only be able to proceed with registrations once financially cleared.

For further details, please consult the 2025/2026 registration booklet

OFF-CAMPUS PAYMENTS

Payments can be made at any branch of ABSA bank or via Internet banking.  For further details, please consult the 2025/2026 registration booklet

OFF-CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE PROCESS

International registration clearance is compulsory to the following students (excluding South African citizens and/or Permanent Residency students):

• Refugee Permit holders
• Asylum Seeker permit holders
• Non-SA citizen Passport holders with a study visa (i.e. no SA ID number)

IMPORTANT:  Please download the International Pre-registration checklist here, complete and submit to the contact persons as indicated in the 2025/2026 registration booklet prior to commencement of registrations. For further details, please consult the 2025/2026 registration booklet

Requests for study visa renewal, please click here for the detailed procedure to follow.

REGISTRATION GUIDE

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There is an online registration support document for your convenience and is available on our website http://www.cput.ac.za/sos

Academic Registrations

Registrations will be conducted off-campus only.

You can register online from the comfort of your own home, or wherever you have Internet access by using a smartphone, tablet or a computer. Specifications for your computer: Internet Explorer 7 or higher, with Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 or higher. No other browsers are certified for online registration at CPUT.

Students who wish to receive off-campus assistance can contact the Call Centre or visit the following link for detailed contact information https://www.cput.ac.za/enquiries

Residence Registrations

Students will not be able to conduct residence registrations unless academically registered.  The residence registration-related information will be communicated to you by the Residence Division or consult the 2025/2026 registration booklet