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WELLINGTON CAMPUS

Jan van Riebeeck Street, Wellington

PRIVATE BAG X8 Tel 021 864 5200 Wellington 7654

STUDENT ACADEMIC RULES AND REGULATIONS

Students should familiarise themselves with the CPUT academic rules and regulations information obtainable from the CPUT website (Study at CPUT): http://www.cput.ac.za/study

RESEARCH

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology actively promotes research of an applied nature, believing that a strong research activity is a necessary feature of any institution offering higher education. Students are sensitised to the importance of information and library skills during their first three years of study, introduced to research methodologies in the degree year, and provided with guidance and facilities to undertake independent research for further studies. The Guide to Postgraduate Studies is available on the CPUT website: www.cput.ac.za

STUDENT IDENTITY CARDS

Students are issued with identity cards at the first year of registration. For security purposes, these cards must be presented on demand when entering CPUT premises. Presentation of these cards when buying materials, booking of theatres, etc. may provide special discount rates.

CLASS FEES, BURSARIES & LOANS

A class fees list is available from the CPUT website. Please note that these fees are subject to change every year and are not refundable. Bursary and financial aid applications must be submitted to the Financial Aid Department. Information on fees, bursaries and the CPUT fees rules and regulations booklet is available from the CPUT website: http://www.cput.ac.za/study/fees and http://www.cput.ac.za/academic/faculties/business/prospectus

PRESCRIBED BOOKS

The titles and prices of prescribed text books that students must purchase are available at the book shops on the various campuses. Reference books and technical journals are available to students in the library. Students should not purchase books until instructed to do so by the subject lecturers.

HOURS OF TUITION

Full-time (day) classes commence at 08:30 and can be scheduled up until 16:30. The full-time timetables can be viewed via the following link on campus: http://webinfo.cput.ac.za/stats/timetables.htm and https://timetables.cput.ac.za/calendar/ If you are unable to view full-time timetable information, please contact your Academic Department.

Part-time (evening) classes commence at 17:15 – 19:15 and 19:30 – 21:30.

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For part-time class information, please contact the part-time offices:

Campus: Contact Number: Contact Email:

Bellville

Construction Mngt & Quantity Surveying Bld Rm L20 021 959 6417 021 959 6350 ThomasD@cput.ac.za FryW@cput.ac.za

District Six, Mowbray and Granger Bay

Commerce Building, room 1.2, D6 Campus 021 460 3231 021 460 8391 021 460 3068 VanschalkwykC@cput.ac.za SolomonsJ@cput.ac.za LakayS@cput.ac.za

INDEMNITY

A student involved in any university-related activity, whether academic, sporting, cultural or relating to experiential or practical training, shall indemnify the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (herein after referred to as CPUT) and its staff and/or any co-operative partner and its staff, or their representatives against any claim of whatsoever nature which such students, his/her executors or assigns may now or in the future have, arising from any injury or the sequelae thereto and which may be instituted against CPUT as a result of such university-related activities; and against any liability that may arise from an action or omission by such student. A student, furthermore, shall undertake not to hold CPUT or any of its employees responsible for any damage of whatsoever nature that such student may sustain during or arising from any university-related activity, irrespective of whether it occurs on or off the premises of CPUT.

MEDIUM OF TUITION

The medium of tuition is English.

ASSESSMENT

Assessment takes place throughout the year with final assessments normally in June and/or September and/or November. Please consult your subject guide provided by your lecturer for more information. The final subject mark will be determined by a student’s performance in class tests, assignments, projects, final summative assessment and in accordance with the requirements for each qualification. The final pass mark for each subject is 50%. Note that assessments may be set after hours and on Saturdays in some instances and may also be conducted across various campuses.

ASSESSMENT RESULTS

Students should frequently use the Student Online System (SOS Portal) to view progress assessment marks as uploaded by the lecturer after each assessment has been conducted.

Once the final subject mark has been officially published, the marks for that particular final assessment period can be viewed online for a limited duration. Official printed results may only be issued by the Assessment & Graduation Centre. For more information please visit: www.cput.ac.za/students/about/results

STUDENT RELATED INFORMATION AND SERVICES

Visit the CPUT website for other student related information and services: http://www.cput.ac.za/students

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

View the CPUT calendar here: https://www.cput.ac.za/about/dates