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PART A: PREPARING TO APPLY
Matriculation Exemption
National Benchmark Tests (NBTs)
English language proficiency
Applications for student accommodation
Applications for undergraduate financial assistance
Portfolio requirements (BAS & BA(FA))
International applicants
Application fees
Monitoring your application status
PART B: APPLYING ONLINE
The process after you apply online
Updating your application
PART C: SUBMITTING A PAPER APPLICATION
Updating your application
Code tables to be used when completing your application form
PART D: CONTACT DETAILS
PART E: MAPS OF UCT CAMPUS AND SURROUNDING AREAS
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 admissions-ug@uct.ac.za or 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 in Part D.
We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in this guide and our
handbooks. However, we reserve the right at any time, if circumstances dictate, to:
(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.
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