What is registration?

Registration is the process which takes place at the start of the academic year in which students receive academic advice from curriculum advisors, select their preferred courses, and enrol onto them. Registration is compulsory for all students (both new and returning); you must register in person (unless the faculty has communicated otherwise), and you are obliged to register before the end of the registration period.

When is registration?

Provisional dates for the Humanities undergraduate registration period are on the central UCT Registration page.

If you are new to UCT, you will be briefed about the registration process during Orientation. Please see details on the Humanities Orientation page.

Should you miss your designated registration slot you will require permission of the Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Affairs to register for the academic year and you will be charged a late registration fee. If you feel that you had a valid reason for registering late, you may appeal the late registration fee by completing an Application for Waiver of Late Registration Penalty form and submitting it (with relevant attachments) to the listed email address. 

What happens at registration?

Methods of registration differ according to the programme you are registering for, and the year of study of the student for that specific year. The type of registration applicable to you is noted on on the central UCT Registration page:

• Service Request method

  1. Students retrieve their programme-specific curriculum forms from the Faculty Office, usually via Vula/Amathuba. 
  2. Using the Humanities Undergraduate Handbook, students fill in their personal details and the details of their preferred majors/specialisation and courses they wish to take.
  3. Students then visit a Curriculum Advisor, who will discuss their academic plan and check the students' choices, entrance requirements and other rules. They will sign the curriculum form, and students will then join a queue for the Dean’s table, where a senior academic will double-check their choices and also sign the curriculum form.
  4. Students will then complete their registration task on PeopleSoft,
     • Steps 1-11 confirm the students personal particulars,
     • Steps 12-13 are where students submit their completed and signed curriculum forms via service request.
  5. The selected curriculum will then be reviewed and processed by Faculty Officer. Once the form is captured, the service request will move to ENROLLED-status.
  6. Within 48 hours of registering, double check your registration details by accessing your unofficial transcript on PeopleSoft. If there are any errors in your registration, you will need to contact the Faculty Office (hum-ugrad@uct.ac.za) in order to have them corrected. Please note that we cannot always correct errors after the first week of term, so make sure you correct any errors as soon as possible.

• Programme Enrol method

  1. Using the Humanities Undergraduate Handbook, students confirm the courses they are expected to enroll onto as per their structured curriculum.
  2. Students will then complete their registration task on PeopleSoft,
     • Steps 1-11 confirm the students personal particulars,
     • Steps 12-13 are where students select their pre-curated courses.
  3. Within 48 hours of registering, double check your registration details by accessing your unofficial transcript on PeopleSoft. If there are any errors in your registration, you will need to contact the Faculty Office (hum-ugrad@uct.ac.za) in order to have them corrected. Please note that we cannot always correct errors after the first week of term, so make sure you correct any errors as soon as possible.

Things to remember

• If you are registering via service request and will consult a Curriculum Advisor face-to-face, bring a pen, your ID and offer letter or student card to registration.
• All returning International and SADC students must go to the IAPO office in Masingene Building, Middle Campus on the day before they are scheduled to register, for fee clearance and to present their study permits and health insurance details. IAPO will also be present in the Sports Centre during registration.
• A late registration fee of R2000 will automatically be charged to the account of any student who is allowed to register after the last day of registration.
• Please attend curriculum advice or submit your request in your designated timeslot.

Forms and curriculum advice

For information on where to find registration forms or curriculum advice, please see the registration notice page.