UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2022 Admission

1 UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS20201 UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2020 Message from the Vice-Chancellor 2 Using this PROSPECTUS 4 Visiting the University 6 Application and Admission to UCT 8 National Benchmark Tests 14 About Cape Town and UCT 17 Faculty of Commerce 18 Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment 24 Faculty of Health Sciences 30 Faculty of Humanities 40 Faculty of Law 52 Faculty of Science 57 Student Housing 64 Sports, Student Clubs and Student Societies 67 International Students 69 Tuition Fees & Residence Costs 73 Funding your studies 74 Student Life at UCT 76 Key Dates 79 Contact information 80 ContentsMessage from the Vice-ChancellorUmyalezo ovela kwiSekela-Ngqonyela Welcome to the University of Cape Town!

2 I m so glad you are thinking about studying at our beautiful institution. This PROSPECTUS tells you about what UCT has to offer you as a student, and includes information about admissions testing, degree requirements, financial aid options, accommodation and much, much aim is to prepare future leaders who can help improve our university, our country and our world. As a university, we are committed to promoting transformation and to guaranteeing the sustainability of our institution by striving for excellence in all we a proud tradition of academic excellence, UCT is currently the top-rated university in Africa and one of the top-rated universities in the world.

3 As such, we look forward to welcoming talented, motivated students to our university especially those who have an interest in engaging with the problems of our society and finding ways to live sustainably within our environment. UCT is committed to developing African-based solutions to global problems, including issues relating to climate change, urbanisation, safety and security, education and health, to name just a few. Studying here, you ll learn from world-renowned experts in their fields who incorporate the latest scholarly work, teaching methods and practical experience into their courses. Ours is a vibrant, multinational and multicultural community, with staff and students from across South Africa, Africa and the rest of the world.

4 Every person has something to contribute to the university s continuing excellence and growth, and our goal is to ensure that everyone feels at home during their time here. Our student support services can help you make the most of your time at UCT. These include facilities for people with disabilities, the Student Wellness Service to help you with mental health and physical wellbeing, and the Careers Service, which will help you to make decisions about where your degree will take you. And there are many academic support programmes available to assist students who need help with their studies. Although it should be your main focus, being at university is not only about academics.

5 At UCT you can choose from over 40 sports clubs and more than 100 cultural societies, volunteer groups and social activities where you can meet others who share your interests. You can hone your leadership skills in residence committees, the Students Representative Council and Student Parliament, among offer a full range of UNDERGRADUATE and postgraduate programmes in six faculties: Commerce, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law and Science. Our UNDERGRADUATE programmes are designed to prepare you for working in the 21st century. We recognise that a university education is expensive and even unaffordable for many, so we provide a range of financial assistance to ensure that any student who excels academically, whether poor or middle class, will be able to afford to come to UCT.

6 Many of our graduates have jobs before they qualify and almost all have jobs within a few Wamkelekile kwiYunivesithi yaseKapa!Ndivuya kakhulu kukuba ucinga ngokuza kufunda kwiziko lethu elihle. Esi saziso sishicilelweyo, sikuxelela malunga noko i-UCT ekufuneka ikunike wena njengomfundi, yaye sibandakanya ingcaciso malunga novavanyo oluphambi kokwamkelwa, iimfuno ezingummise-lo zesidanga, iindlela ezinokukhethwa zoncedo lwemali, indawo yokuhlala nokunye nokunye okun-gaphezulu. Injongo yethu kukuqingqa iinkokeli zexesha ezinokunceda ekuphuculeni iyunivesithi yethu, ilizwe lethu nehlabathi. Njengeyunivesithi, sizibophelele ekukhuthazeni inguqu nokuqinisekisa ukulon-dolozwa kweziko lethu ngokusebenzela ukugqwesa kuyo yonke into esiyenzayo.

7 Ngenxa yokuba sinesithethe sokugqwesa kwimfundo, iUCT ngoku ibekwa kudidi oluphezulu e-Afri-ka yaye iyenye yeeyunivesithi ezibekwa kudidi oluphezulu kwihlabathi. Njengoko kunjalo, sijonge ukwamkela abafundi abaneetalente, abakhuthazekileyo kwiyunivesithi yethu ngokukodwa abo banomdla ekusebenzeni ngeengxaki zentlalo yethu nokufumana iindlela zokuphila ngokukhuseleki-leyo kwindawo esihlala kuyo. I-UCT izibophelele ekuziseni izisombululo ezisekelwe kumava ase-Afrika ekusingatheni iingxaki zelizwe jikelele, kubandakanywa nemiba enxulumene notshintsho kwimozulu, ukufudukela ezidol-ophini, ukhuselo nokhuseleko, imfundo nezempilo, ukuchaza nje ezimbalwa. Ngokufunda apha, uya kuzuza imfundo kwiingcali ezaziwa kwihlabathi jikelele kumakhondo azo abandakanya umsebenzi wezifundiswa wakutshanje, iindlela zokufundisa kunye namava aphathekayo kwizifundo zabo.

8 Indawo yethu inodlamko, ineentlanga ngeentlanga kunye neenkcubeko ngeenkcubeko, kukho months after graduating. Some choose not to enter formal employment, preferring to enter a postgraduate programme or start their own businesses as entrepreneurs at UCT we are committed to the development of future UCT alumni are making outstanding contributions to society through the skills they learned here. They demonstrate that higher education not only opens the door to exciting careers, it can also help to transform South Africa. I invite you to become part of this sincerelyProfessor Mamokgethi PhakengVice-Chancellor3 UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2020 Boodskap van die Visekanselier Ons doelwit is om toekomstige leiers voor te berei wie kan help om ons universiteit, ons land en ons w reld te verbeter.

9 As n universiteit, het ons, ons verbind tot die bevordering van transformasie en om die volhoubaarheid van ons instelling te waarborg deur te streef na uitnemendheid in alles wat ons n trotse tradisie van akademiese prestasie, is UK tans die top-gegradeerde universiteit in Afrika en een van die top-gegradeerde universiteite ter w reld. As sulks, sien ons daarna uit om talentvolle, gemotiveerde studente by ons universiteit te verwelkom veral diegene wat n belangstelling het om betrokke te raak met probleme van ons samelewing en om maniere te vind om volhoubaar in ons omgewing te is verbind tot die ontwikkeling van Afrika-gebaseerde oplossings vir internasionale uitdagings, insluitende kwessies met betrekking tot klimaatsverandering, verstedeliking, veiligheid en sekuriteit, opvoeding en gesondheid, om maar n paar te noem.

10 Om hier te studeer, sal jy deur w reldbekende kundiges wie in hul velde van die nuutste vakkundige werk, onderrigmetodes en prakties ervaring in hul kursusse toepas, onderrig s n is n lewendige, multinasionale, multikulturele gemeenskap, met personeel en student van oor Suid-Afrika, Afrika en die res van die w reld. Elke persoon het iets om by te dra tot die universiteit se voortgesette uitnemendheid en groei, en ons doel is om te verseker dat almal tuis voel tydens hul tyd student ondertsteuningsdienste kan jou help om die beste te maak van jou tyd by UK. Dit sluit in geriewe vir persone met gestremdhede, Studente Welstandsdienste om jou te help met verstandelike en fisiese welstand, en die Loopbaandienste, wat jou sal help om te besluit waar jou graad jou sal neem.