Tshwane University of Technology TUT Orientation Week

IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE 2019ACADEMIC YEAR

Please note that these dates are subject to change.

DATE EVENT

JANUARY

3• Commencement of University activities (administrative staff report for duty)

• Start of first half of first semester

8	– 12	•	Late application process for qualifications where there is still space available via
			late application enquiry system (no walk-ins)
8	– 16 Feb	•	Online function are open for all students to register

15• Senior students report at various academic departments according to a published schedule

15	– 19	•	First-year and newcomer students report for orientation according to published
			schedule
15	– 9 Feb	•	Scheduled registration

19Closing date for exit/special examination applications

29Commencement of all classes

31• Closing date for applications for admission for research-based M and D Tech pro- grammes

•Closing date for examination enquiries

•Insight, remark, recount applications close

FEBRUARY

9Last day that students can cancel (year and first-semester subjects and qualifications) without being liable for any percentage of the full tuition fee

12	– 16	•	Exit and special examination
		•	Late registration with penalty (excluding block-mode and research-based M and
			D Tech programmes)
12	– 9 March	•	Cancellation of first-semester subjects and qualifications (excluding block-mode and
			research-based M and D Tech programmes) – students responsible for 60% of class
			fees
12	– 29 March	•	Cancellation of year subjects and qualifications (excluding block-mode and re-
			search-based M and D Tech programmes) – students responsible for 30% of class
			fees

16• Closing date for submission of academic exclusion appeals

• Last day for students to sign probation conditions contracts

23• Closing date for submission of hard-bound copies for Autumn graduations

•Closing date for registration corrections/changes and adding of subjects (excludingblock-mode and research-based M and D Tech programmes)

•Final date for Faculty Academic Exclusion Appeal Committee meetings

28Publication of exit and special examination results

MARCH

2Closing date for registration of students who wrote special/exit examination and whose appeals were successful and students on probation who signed contracts (without pen- alty)

28DoE census: first-semester subjects

29• Submission of soft-bound copies for Spring graduations

•End of first half of first semester

•Closing date for registration for research-based M and D Tech programmes

APRIL

3 – 27 July	Cancellation of year subjects and qualifications (excluding block-mode and research-
	based M and D Tech programmes) – students responsible for 50% of class fees

	Prospectus 2019- Students’ Rules and Regulations	1

16Start of second half of first semester

MAY

15Closing date for applications for admission for July 2019intake (selected programmes)

21Predicate Day: semester subjects (including distance education students)

28 – 15 June	Main examinations – year subjects’ classes continue
JUNE

15Closing date for applications for admission for specific programmes and all interna- tional applications for 2019

18DoE census: year subjects

18 – 29	•	Supplementary examinations for semester subjects
	•	Year subjects’ classes continue

29End of second half of first semester

JULY

6Publication of final examination results

9 – 13

Students to be excluded and informed by Student Services

16• Start of first half of second semester

• Commencement of all classes

16	– 20	•	Senior and newcomer students (orientation) report according to published schedule
16	– 3 Aug	•	Scheduled registration
16	– 8 Aug	• Online function will be open for all students to register

31Closing date for applications for admission for research-based M and D Tech pro- grammes

AUGUST

1Closing date for exit and special examination applications

3• Closing date for examination enquiries

•Insight, remark, recount applications close

•Submission of hard-bound copies for Spring graduations

6 – 8	Late registration with penalty (excluding block-mode and research-based M and
	D Tech programmes)

8• Last day that students can cancel for second-semester subjects and qualifications without being liable for any percentage of the full tuition fee

•Closing date for submission of academic exclusion appeals

•Last day for students to sign probation conditions contracts

13	– 14 Sept	Cancellation of second-semester subjects and qualifications (excluding block-mode
		and research-based M and D Tech programmes) – students liable for 60 % of class
		fees
20	– 24	Exit and special examinations

31• Closing date for registration corrections/changes and adding of subjects (excludingblock-mode and research-based M and D Tech programmes)

•Publication of special/exit examination results

•Final date for Faculty Academic Exclusion Appeal Committee meetings

SEPTEMBER

7Closing date for registration of students who wrote special/exit examination and whose appeals were successful and students on probation who signed contracts (without pe- nalty)

10	DoE census: second-semester subjects

28• End of first half of second semester

•Closing date for applications for admission for January 2019 (except for international applications and specified qualifications)

•Closing date for registration for research-based M and D Tech programmes

	Prospectus 2019- Students’ Rules and Regulations	2

OCTOBER

8Start of second half of second semester

29Predicate Day: year- and second semester-subjects (including distance education students)

31Submission of soft-bound copies for Autumn graduations

NOVEMBER

5 – 23	Main examination
26 – 7 Dec	Supplementary examination (not applicable to distance education students)

30Closing date for the submission of applications for January 2019intake (distance education students)

DECEMBER

7End of second half of second semester

14Publication of final examination results

18 – 21

Students to be excluded and informed by Student Services

21Closing day for non-academic activities

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