Key dates

• Applications for admission in 2021 will open. Applications will close on 31 July 2020 for all undergraduate programmes. Please remember to apply online.
• The National Benchmark Tests (NBTs) will open for registrations for the 2021 intake. You must apply online.

• Open Day is a good opportunity to access important information about the application process. (It's also a good time for younger siblings to start thinking about UCT opportunities!)

• All undergraduate applications close. We do not accept late applications.
• Applications for student housing close.
• Last date to write the NBTs for admission to the Faculty of Health Sciences.

• National Student Funding Assistance Scheme (NSFAS) funding applications open. You must apply online.

• Closing date for undergraduate programme changes: 31 August 2020.

You do so by sending a request to admissions-ug@uct.ac.za or submitting a written request to the Admissions Office.

• Final date to submit the Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) portfolio.

• Except for Health Sciences programmes, National Benchmark Tests must be written no later than 10 October 2020.

• For applicants finishing secondary school in 2020, all grade 12 interim results, or predicted scores in the case of non-NSC candidates, are due.
• Interim and past transcripts for transferring applicants are due.

• Last date to apply for National Student Funding Assistance Scheme (NSFAS) funding. You must apply online.

• All final transcripts and non-NSC school-leaving results (except CIE, ZIMSEC and NSSC) must be submitted as certified paper documents.

• Final tertiary transcripts are due for students registered for tertiary studies in 2020.
• Final CAIE, ZIMSEC and NSSC results from the November 2020 session are due.

• First quarter starts at UCT.