UCT gears up for 2022 First-Year Campus Reception programme

20 January 2022 | Story Staff writer. Photo Lerato Maduna. Read time 1 min.
During the First-Year Campus Reception programme on upper campus, UCT first-years will receive their student cards and PeopleSoft training, and those students who’ve joined the university’s laptop programme will receive their laptops as well.
During the First-Year Campus Reception programme on upper campus, UCT first-years will receive their student cards and PeopleSoft training, and those students who’ve joined the university’s laptop programme will receive their laptops as well.

It’s that time of the year when the University of Cape Town (UCT) welcomingly opens its doors to first-year students who have been accepted for their inaugural year of study at Africa’s leading university.

The First-Year Campus Reception programme, which was introduced for the first time in 2021, will take place in the Sports Centre on upper campus from Saturday, 29 January to Monday, 31 January under strict COVID-19 protocols. The slick, jam-packed three-day event allows students to walk into one venue and leave with everything they need to kick-start their journeys as students at UCT.

One-stop shop

The First-Year Campus Reception service makes everything simple and stress-free.

Students will receive their student cards, which, before the programme was introduced, had always been a scramble. Often students would get lost on their way to UCT Access Control – the location on upper campus where students and staff normally receive their identification cards.

Further, students will also receive assistance with logging into PeopleSoft – UCT’s online self-service student administration portal, and to sign the necessary declarations. PeopleSoft contains students’ academic records, timetables, course marks and personal information. And students who have opted to join the UCT Laptop Programme will be able to collect their laptops on the day.

The reception is open to incoming first-year students who have received and accepted firm offers from UCT.

Please check your UCT student email account: if you have been made a firm offer, you will have received an email containing detailled information about the First-Year Campus Reception programme, as well as instructions about how to book your time slot on one of the three days, from Saturday, 29 January to Monday, 31 January.

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