Please select the relevant option (left bar) on the Student Housing and Resident Life webpage / applying for residences. Scroll down to the 'contacts list' as needed.

Alternatively, email:

Student Housing Admissions & Advocacy Services (SHAAS)

Off-Campus Student Accommodation (OCSAS)

Contact Student Wellness Service at +27 (0)21 650 1020 or SADAG  

Student Care Line 0800 24 25 26  or SMS 31393/3231

The student tab on the UCT website has a services drop-down menu. Please select the relevant option.

Download, navigate and explore the UCT mobile App for more information on how to access various services.

Student Computing Guidance

The use of laptops is a mandatory requirement to study at UCT. You will require your own personal laptop in order to fulfil the digital requirements within the course. Please see the following link which provides full information about laptops: https://icts.uct.ac.za/services-student-computing/allocation-uct-laptops.

MS Teams Online Course

General and Key Contacts at UCT

Log on to Vula

Log on to Amathuba

Log on to PeopleSoft. Your student number will be your username, and you will have to set your own password via Password Management.

The Emplid number is your PeopleSoft number (also found on the UCT student card)

Click here

The unstamped version can be downloaded from PeopleSoft. Currently registered students should have access to PeopleSoft. You can generate a proof of registration letter with details on the programme in which you are registered and the courses you will be taking.

Follow these instructions:

1. Log in to PeopleSoft with your student number and password, and click on 'self-service'
2. Select the ‘proof of registration’ option and the year you require (this can be found on the drop-down menu 'Academic records' on the Student Centre)
3. Follow the link and click on the green e-mail icon to send it to your student email account
4. Log in to your student e-mail account
5. Print out the proof of registration letter and bring it to the Student Records Office or take it to your faculty office to be stamped.

Kindly follow the steps below to complete the change in curriculum form to add or drop courses and download the form.

Your form must be submitted on PeopleSoft using the service-request function. For instructions on how to use service requests, see: Change Curriculum page on Vula (https://vula.uct.ac.za/x/2kCokU) or here.

•If you cannot upload it to PeopleSoft, you should approach your Faculty Office.•

You do not need to get it signed by an advisor before you upload it. The advisor will approve it in PeopleSoft.•

Monitor your service-requests in PeopleSoft to see any comments from your curriculum advisor

.•The service-request status will be changed to “accepted” when approved.•

Please allow three or four working days for this to take place.

Your transcript will then be updated.•

Check your updated enrollment changes in Student Administration Self Service within 72 hours and report any discrepancy to your Faculty Office immediately.

NB! Please consult the PGCE admissions advisor to confirm whether the courses of interest may be added/dropped.

No. All students will be automatically registered for isiXhosa for Educators SLL3114W during the PGCE registration period. All students will do a proficiency test with the SLL staff, some students will be exempted from isiXhosa if they are proficient in isiXhosa or have taken it up at high school or during undergrad.

Procedure for Cancellation of Registration:

1. Complete a Cancellation of Registration (ACA08) form
2. Submit the completed ACA08 form by uploading it to a service request on PeopleSoft. You may follow this guide (link also provided on the form itself) to assist you in this process.

The admissions office will then process the form and send it on to the Fees Office for final processing (including the due fee reimbursements).

You may email fnd-feeenq@uct.ac.za or call +27 (0) 21 650 2207 / +27 (0) 21 650 1704. For further information on fees, please view the fees handbook or the Fees structure

Please email: FinancialAid@uct.ac.za or +27 (0) 21 650 5094

You may download a Proforma invoice

One can also email: Nolufefe Centane

Teaching Practice/School Experience - the School Experience is where our students attend a Teaching Practice (TP) period by spending time within the schooling system. The period will be communicated via the PGCE programme year planner. TP placements are arranged by the department. However, we do take suggestions of schools from students by means of an online survey.

Visit the Student Records webpage to select the relevant option.

• Transcript requests for students with Fee Blocks

  Please contact the Student Records Office, who issues proof of qualification in the case of fee-blocks. Please email the query to transcripts@uct.ac.za or Ms Nicole Forbes at nicole.forbes@uct.ac.za for assistance.

https://www.sace.org.za/

Four months before Teaching Practice or as advised by the PGCE Convenor.

Usually R250.00, however, the amount required will pop up during your application. You will also need about R250.00 for a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) which will be facilitated by an external entity arranged by the School of Education. Dates for PCC will be shared by the department during the course of the PGCE year.

These fees are in addition and separate to your tuition.

General queries should be sent to info@sace.org.za or amanda.botha@sace.org.za (for missing or outstanding documentation)

All teaching subjects are referred to as methods courses during the PGCE. i.e. if a student had done both English (at least 60 credits) and History (at least 60 credits) during their undergrad, the student will be eligible to do the English and History methods courses during the PGCE programme.

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Please email the admissions office