GUIDELINES FOR 1ST YEAR APPLICANTS/ PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS 2025 IMPORTANT NOTICE •
The University strives towards being a student-centered institution and has invested a lot in ensuring efficient online application and registration related platforms.
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Applicants (including prospective first-year students and their guardians), are advised to only travel to campus for assistance should they experience technical difficulties. This is to avoid large crowds.
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Please do not report to campus until such time you have received a final acceptance outcome.
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CPUT receives over 570 000 applications for study every year, so it is understandable that this is a high-volume period for enquiries. Students and members of the public are asked to please be patient as we process registrations and related enquiries.
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Meeting the minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee access into programmes. The competition for space in higher education institutions is high.
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Being accepted academically does not guarantee a space into residence due to limited residence spaces.
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Please visit the CPUT website page https://www.cput.ac.za regularly to access important applications and registration related information.
ONLINE ASSISTANCE / GENERAL ENQUIRIES Online assistance capacity has been increased for online applications and registrations processes. Applicants and prospective students who require offcampus assistance can contact the Call Centre on 086 123 2788 / 021 959 6767 or visit the following link for detailed contact information: https://www.cput.ac.za/enquiries The official CPUT Facebook page regularly posts updates. Please like the page for updates. For additional assistance you may also access the detailed Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on the CPUT website link: https://www.cput.ac.za/enquiries
FINAL ACCEPTANCE •
First-year students with pre-2024 NSC results: First-year students who have been fully accepted and are not awaiting final acceptance based on the recent 2024 NSC results may proceed with the registrations as early as 21 January 2025.
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First-year prospective students who have obtained their NSC in 2024: Final evaluation (screening) of the 2024 NSC results will be conducted by faculties from Thursday, 16 January 2025 until Wednesday, 22 January 2025 (these dates are subject to change)
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Applicants who have written the NSC, IEB or SACAI examinations do not need to submit results as we receive your results directly from the Department of Basic Education. This also applies to applicants who are upgrading their results.
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Acceptance will be confirmed via an automated SMS to the cellphone number you provided during your application.
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Also frequently track your acceptance status via the link: http://www.cput.ac.za/ study/track
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Decision-making is an ongoing process, and you may check your status online regularly. All decisions will be reflected on immediately.
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Secure your place by registering immediately after final acceptance or within 48 hours of receipt of the SMS, as spaces in the programmes fill up quickly. Should you not do so, the place may be offered to another student. The 48-hour rule can only apply from Tuesday, 21 January 2025.
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Students will be able to register only if the admittance status reflects as follows: “ACCEPTED/ ACCEPTED ON FINAL RESULTS”. You will not be able to register if your status reflects statuses such as “Waiting List”, “Rejected”, “Course Full”, “Provisional Acceptance”, or “Incomplete”.
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Waiting list applicants will be considered, should space become available in programmes, from 21 January 2025 to 31 January 2025 after the release of the 2024 NSC results in January 2025 and/or after the registration period in February 2025.
WHAT TO DO IF MY APPLICATION HAS BEEN DECLINED If your application has been declined, you can sign up to CACH online at cach.ac.za. Applicants can also find out more on their Facebook page, which is CACH_SA. CACH is an initiative of DHET which operates as a referral system for unsuccessful applicants and is not a late application service. The CACH will provide unsuccessful applicants with access to career development services, and where possible, an opportunity to access spaces still available within the PSET systems at universities, TVET colleges or in SETA learnerships, without having to travel to institutions to try and find a space .
HOW TO ACCESS APPLICATION RELATED INFORMATION Please visit the CPUT website link http://www.cput.ac.za/study for all application related information. Also access the Frequently Asked Questions made available to you.