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2024 First-Year Campus Reception

16 January 2024 | Story Kamva Somdyala. Photo Lerato Maduna. Read time 1 min.
The 2024 First-Year Campus Reception will take place from 27 to 29 January at the Sports Centre on upper campus.
The 2024 First-Year Campus Reception will take place from 27 to 29 January at the Sports Centre on upper campus.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) stands ready to welcome thousands of first-year students who have been accepted for their inaugural year of study at the institution.

The First-Year Campus Reception (FYCR) will kick off on Saturday, 27 January and will run until Monday, 29 January, at the Sports Centre on upper campus from 08:00 to 17:00 daily.

First-year students can expect to conduct important tasks at the FYCR, such as sign the UCT declaration and get their student card, among other things.

Check your UCT email account

If you have been made a firm offer after the release of your 2023 matric results, you will receive an email containing detailed information about the FYCR, as well as instructions on how to book your time slot.

Please use only UCT credentials (your UCT student number/UCT email address) and not Gmail to log in to the FYCR booking system. Carefully read all the communications you have received. Students with firm academic offers will not be turned away.

For further information about the FYCR, email Edwina Brooks.

View the full list of faculty orientation programmes.

We also encourage you to read through the Campus Life 2024 publication when it goes live on 27 January, as it contains useful information and guidelines on how you can navigate life on campus and in the surrounding areas.

Update: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

The First-Year Campus Reception (FYCR) services in the UCT Sports Centre have ended.

Access to services for incoming first-year students:

  • Student Cards: Access Control, Ground Floor, Leslie Social Science Building, Upper Campus
    Monday to Thursday: 08:00-16:00, Friday 08:00-15:30
  • Student Housing: SHAAS Masingene Building, Middle Campus
  • Laptop distribution: ICTS on Main, 7 Main Road, Mowbray from Wednesday, 31  January to Friday, 2 February from 09:00 to 15:00.
  • Admissions office: Masingene Building, Middle Campus
  • International office: Masingene Building, Middle Campus
  • SRC office: Level 7, Steve Biko Students’ Union
  • Orientation office: Computer Science Building, Upper Campus
    Orientation programmes
  • Disability Services: Level 6, Students’ Union
  • ICTS: Walk-in – Computer Science Building, Upper Campus
  • SWS: Walk-in clinic – Sports Centre.

Further queries: Edwina Brooks.

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