Hi,
I‘ll be starting my Masters at UCT in feb!!
I have a question regarding attendance. Do I need to be attendant for every course or are they streamed or recorded?

Thanks

Just wondering if anyone has advice for how to deal with my car being clamped 😭. I’ve never had a parking disk, and I’ve just been racking up fines. The car currently isn’t tied to my name on the UCT system. Just wondering if anyone else has dealt with this situation before and what you did

​How do you politely tell a roommate that their sleep/study habits or guest boundaries are driving you crazy without making the room super awkward for the rest of the year?

​Do people actually talk face-to-face, text on WhatsApp, or just go straight to the RA/Warden? Asking for everyone suffering in silence right now 💀

Hii
I’m a current matric student and idk which one to choose for next year. I’m an anxious person and I don’t make friends easily so i think going to res may help with that. although the accommodation i’m interested in does say they have social events too. I’m also not a fan of sharing bathroom’s and eating dining hall food. Please give advice
Also if you could share which res is the best in terms of facilities and community
thanks

I need your help!

As part of my MBA research, I'm conducting a survey and am looking for people who:

✅ Are 18 years or older
✅ Graduated from a South African university, university of technology, or private higher education institution within the last 5 years OR
✅ Are currently enrolled in a postgraduate programme

The survey only takes a few minutes, and every response makes a huge difference to my research.

📋 Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/67ZBJRY

Please also share it with friends, classmates, colleagues, siblings, cousins, neighbours, or that person who proudly mentions their degree in every conversation.

Thank you for helping a stressed-but-hopeful MBA student get across the finish line! 🙌

so i applied for a ba general and im wondering if i miss the Band A or Band B cutoff of 450 what are the chances of me getting admitted into the university? from what i can read from the prospectus the minimum is 380 but Band C with possible admission for Black South Africans being around 380. but i qualify for neither that nor wps since i am not a pernament resident or citizen. if anyone with prior experience could provide insight into this and what fps i can expect to be on the waitlist or hope to get admitted below 450 i would appreciate it alot thanks.

Does anyone know how to clear this hold, I already uploaded a verified copy of my id

Hi everyone. I applied for the MCom in information systems at UCT. Does anyone whose studied in this department or faculty know when offers usually go out for postgrads? The wait is making me so nervous and to get a ball park idea would be great.

I applied for a commerce degree bachelor of business science and 2nd option bachelor of social science PPE I scored 73% for AL (proficient lower) and 57% for QL (intermediate upper) they do meet requirements I’m just curious if they are competitive and good enough nbt results to get garunteed or likely admission

UCT has asked me to send physical copies of my results documents by courier , Does anyone know the correct UCT address for couriering academic/results documents?

I would love to study chemical engineering but I heard its not all chemistry there's alot of physics and maths. I'm currently in grade 12.

What do you think a student should know coming into uct to studying engineering?

And what do you guys suggest living in a student accommodation or res?

How often do you cook or clean in your dorm while balancing your study life?

Do you suggest studying in a group or alone ?

How do you guys tackle procrastination cause I've always struggled with that?

Is it possible to get distinctions in university when studying engineering?

Is it true that the lecturers don't teach they just tell you to read a ton of page(homework)?

Is important to attend every lecture?

What one thing you enjoy about study engineering?

Gus I applied for bsc mechanical and mechatronics engineering, is this a joint course or by the second year do you have to choose a major your gonna stick with from the 2?

"We grade assignments out of 75% and not 100% - with a grade 75% and above being an excellent

assignment and a first-class pass." - how is this allowed?

Hey all, 2nd year BBusSc Finance student here.

Every exam season I'd get stuck on one question in a past paper, screenshot it, crop it, paste it into ChatGPT, get a wall of working, nod, and then fail the exact same type of question in the test. Getting the answer was never really the problem. Not understanding it was.

So I've been building Qondi (from qonda, "to understand"). It's a Chrome/Edge extension plus a tutor:

• Press Alt + X on any page (past paper, lecture slides, online textbook, your notes) and drag around the bit you're stuck on. No screenshotting or copy-pasting.
• Type what's confusing, or just say it out loud.
• Pick how you want help: explain it, just a hint, check my work (snip your own working and it finds the slip), or quiz me.
• Then it actually teaches: it asks what you already know first and takes you one step at a time with graphs and worked steps, rather than dumping the full solution.

It's built around CAPS/IEB and varsity work, and it only sees the part you snip, so it can't read your browsing history or other tabs.

Short demo below is shown here aswell.

It's still early and I'm letting people in in small batches so I can fix things properly. If you'd use something like this, the waitlist link is in the comments (it's on a temporary .vercel.app address until the proper domain is sorted).

Mostly I'd love honest feedback, especially on what would make you actually use this over what you do now. Roast it if you need to.

When I was a student at Rhodes (I'm 26) esp pre-pandemic we had RU Crushes (like a side of RU Confessions) where people could post about their campus crushes and loads of people actually met up this way. Facebook is dead, and I don't go to UCT so I'm not sure if there's an equivalent of this?

I'm looking to find the Beautiful Smiling Man, as I have come to call him in my head. I live in Rondebosch, near UCT campus, several apartment blocks, and between The Rez and The Residence. I'm pretty sure Beautiful Smiling Man is a student, he looks around my age maybe like 23 or so, and is, as the name suggests, a beautiful smiling man. His face always looks so blissfully happy, and lights up when he sees me (and I him!). I hadn't seen him in months and thought I missed my shot, but I saw him at the pnp last week!

He used to compliment my band tshirts when I see him on main road or the pnp/checkers, and he's almost always wearing a band shirt too.

We've hardly spoken, and I'm always nervous when I run into him, but I may need to move soon and if I never tell him how I feel I will regret it forever.

How do I find him??

Hi. I'm applying to Faculty of Science in UCT as an international student. I'm doing AS Level, don't really plan on doing A2. And I have sent in some interim grades to admin already. Just wanna know when I can expect a conditional offer?? I'm also going to write external exams for AS in October. Just want to ask if anyone has gone through this route and if it affected your application knowing that results only come out by mid January.

P.S what's up with the res application, kinda confusing.

Hello, would it be worth it to try apply to UCT for a film related degree?

I am currently doing Cambridge AS Levels and have written off my IGCSE level exams of which I have: History (78%), Afrikaans (50%) and Art (67%). I have yet to write final AS level exams but take: Pure maths + Mechanics, English, Geography and Biology. I intend on going to university in 2028. However I dont know if I'd get in as my maths marks are not good at all. Would UCT take the poor maths mark with a degree in Film and Television?

I may take a short SAE film course boost my application to make up slightly for a possibly low mathematics mark, I am aware that it won't completely erase the maths unfortunately, but I'll try anything that will help 😅

From what I understand it seems that I'd need to to 2 majors if I were to pursue Film at UCT which I am fine with. However, I am unsure if this is the best option, I'd absolutely love to do Film as a career, but is the degree worth it? I have also considered SAE and it seems that Stellenbosh doesnt offer a specialised course.

What has your experience been like living at this student accommodation? Is the commute from this campus to UCT safe? I am an international student at UCT who is considering staying at the Campus Key residence in Observatory.

Hii does anybody study at the university of cape town or knowns someone from there? preferably in health sciences but anything else is fine too. I really need someone to talk to to guide me because I've been trying to search for stuff myself and the handbook the uni has is just too complicated for me to understand. so please if you know someone that i can contact it would mean alot to me cause I don't want to make any mistakes when it comes to the documents I need to gather or tests I have to take.

Anyone gotten the results of their application yet?

Mine has been 'under consideration by the Head of Department' since 13/07, and I'm starting to get anxious. Just wanted to see if anyone's in the same boat as me 😅

EDIT: Forgot to say that I’m an international student applying for Postgraduate!

Hi everyone

I'm a software dev (2-3 years exp) based in Cape Town, and I'm applying for UCT's Postgraduate Diploma in Management Information Systems - Cybersecurity, deadline end of September. Trying to move from general dev work into security.

A few things I'd love input on:

\- Is this program actually respected in the SA job market, or is a different cert/route (OSCP, CompTIA Security+, etc.) more valuable for breaking into security roles? (I plan to also do certificates)
\- Anyone who's done it worth it part-time while working?
\- Any gotchas with the application or the coursework I should know before I commit?
\- Also open to tips on how to structure a strong motivational letter for a program like this, what admissions want to see, common mistakes etc

Thank you for taking the time to read this, any advice is appreciated 🙏🏾🤍

Hi everyone, I’m considering BA (Hons.) Social Sciences & Humanities at AUD. How is the course, faculty and crowd? What are the career/MA opportunities after it? Can I later do MA Political Science from JNU/DU/BHU?

Would really appreciate honest reviews from current students/alumni.