University of Cape Town UCT Graduation Ceremony Date 2023

University of Cape Town UCT Graduation Ceremony Date – see details below:

NOTICE ABOUT 2023-2024 GRADUATION

1.Graduation seasons and deadlines

UCT’s main graduation session is held in autumn (March/April) with a smaller session in summer (December) of the same year. There is a PhD-only ceremony in winter (July).

Once approved by Senate and Council, the roster of graduation ceremonies will be published at http://www.students.uct.ac.za/students/current-students/graduation.

Invitations will be sent out only to qualifiers. It is thus important that you note and adhere to the closing dates, which will be enforced in all cases. This means that to be invited to graduation, you must be a qualifier on the date the list closes and the invitations are issued. Check your qualifier status on Peoplesoft self-service. Also check that your full name, programme, any distinctions and all other details are correct. Please refer any queries regarding the above to your faculty office.

Guidelines for master’s and PhD students to submit their dissertations and theses, as well as qualifier deadlines for all students, which will be strictly applied, are listed below:

1.1 December 2022 graduation

Research students	Submission of dissertation/thesis (to have been preceded by the
Beginning of June	intention to submit) at least 5 months before the deadline for
2019	qualification entry.
All students*	Graduation list closes. Final date for qualifier status to be on system.
31 October 2019

*The undergraduate Health Sciences students and PGCE students who will graduate in December 2019 but have exams in November will be managed separately by their faculty office. Potential qualifiers in these qualifications will be invited to graduation.

“Our Mission is to be an outstanding teaching and research university, educating for life and addressing the challenges facing our

society.”

Student Records Office

Level 4, Masingene Building ∙ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN ∙ Rondebosch ∙ 7701

Tel: +27 (0) 21 650 3595 Fax: +27 (0) 21 650 5714

E-mail: graduation@uct.ac.za

Internet: www.uct.ac.za

1.2 March 2022 graduation

Research students	Submission of dissertation/thesis (to have been preceded by the
Beginning of	intention to submit) at least 5 months before the deadline for
September 2019	qualification entry.
Undergraduate,	Graduation list closes. Final date for qualifier status to be on system,
PGDip, Honours and	after Faculty Examination Committees have met.
coursework Masters
students
11 December 2019
Research Masters	Graduation list closes. Final date for qualifier status to be on system,
and Doctoral	after Faculty Examination Committees and DDB have met.
students and
students who qualify
on the basis of a
SUPP or DE
31 January 2022
1.3 July 2022 PhD graduation

ONLY PhD students	Submission of dissertation/thesis (to have been preceded by the
10 February 2022	intention to submit) at least 5 months before the deadline for
	qualification entry.
ONLY PhD students	Graduation list closes. Final date for qualifier status to be on system
26 June 2022	after the DDB has decided the results.

2.Automatic letter of qualification

Students who qualify in December for the award of their qualifications in the autumn graduation session will be sent an automatic system-generated letter of qualification which may be used for job- seeking purposes etc. This letter will be sent to your UCT student email account in late December.

The letter will indicate the confer date in the autumn graduation session, which should not be confused with the graduation date. UCT’s student system records one confer date per session which means that we use the first date of the session for all students and all qualifications. The actual date on which a student graduates will differ.

“Our Mission is to be an outstanding teaching and research university, educating for life and addressing the challenges facing our

society.”

Student Records Office

Level 4, Masingene Building ∙ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN ∙ Rondebosch ∙ 7701

Tel: +27 (0) 21 650 3595 Fax: +27 (0) 21 650 5714

E-mail: graduation@uct.ac.za

Internet: www.uct.ac.za

3. Certificates

Please be aware that certificates are only issued at graduation ceremonies and graduands are not entitled to receive them in advance. The automatic letter of qualification will suffice for use in cases in which third parties require proof that students have completed their studies. The global verification MIE database will be updated in December so graduands for the autumn graduation session will be able to have their qualifications verified by their (prospective) employers.

4. In absentia at graduation

Graduands unable to attend their graduation ceremony will graduate in absentia. They will be able to arrange for postage, collection or couriering of their degree certificates. In absentia graduates will not be allowed to attend a subsequent graduation ceremony.

Dr Karen van Heerden

Deputy Registrar: Academic Administration