Welcome back to Commerce!

Please refer to your academic transcript to confirm your academic standing code. Please select your registration mode below based on this code.

Student Responsibilities

Please take note of the notice from the Office of the Deputy Registrar regarding the responsibilities of UCT students.

Curriculum advice: Please consult the list of Student Advisors per department for the relevant contact details. 

Commerce EDU: Please note that EDU students will not register separately. Both Mainstream and EDU students will register as specified by the department of their specialisation.

Concessions
A student may, in special circumstances, apply for a concession to deviate from the programme curriculum. In these cases, the COM01 Application for Academic Concession Form must be completed and added as an attachment when you submit your registration. 

Academic standing CONT: Registration via the Blank Shopping Cart (BSC)  - (Online/On-campus per department)

Registration period: Friday, 10 to Friday, 17 January 2025. Please note: Registration dates for certain departments differ: BCom Accounting, Finance and Tax, Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance  – EDU CONT students. Please check the details below.

Please note:  Your academic standing is CONT if your transcript states that you are academically eligible to continue.

  1. If you have not received an email advising that you can proceed with registration by Friday, 10 January 2025, please email com.registration@uct.ac.za with the following title/subject line on your email: “No activity guide + Student Number”. An administrator will respond when the issue has been resolved.
  2. Before starting to register, download your Curriculum List and Student Registration Activity Guide. Follow the step-by-step guide below to download these documents.

Step-by-step Guide to Online Registration via the Blank Shopping Cart (BSC) 

Purpose and Use of the Curriculum List
The Curriculum List is a guiding document to select your courses. It provides information on items to make it easier for you to search for these on the system at Step 12 of the Registration Activity Guide. The Curriculum List denotes the course code, course title, class numbers, and time/day information to enable you to build your curriculum without clashes. Most students do not need to complete the form or have it signed, as you will do it all on the system. The signature spaces have been included for cases where the department or specific programmes require the form to be used (you will be informed if you need to complete the form).

Registration for all BCom Chartered Accounting and BCom General Accounting students will take place in-person on the following dates only in Room 6.14 on level 6 of the Leslie Commerce Building. In-person registration means you must see an advisor to have your registration request approved.

  • Tuesday, 4 February 2025 to Thursday, 6 February 2025
  • Monday, 10 February 2025 to Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Please book a registration slot on the BCom Accounting student advice Amathuba site. Queries must be directed to accstudentadvice@uct.ac.za

Please note that BBusSc Finance with Accounting students register with the Department of Finance and Tax, not the College of Accounting.

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All CONT students will register online via Blank Shopping Cart (BSC).

 

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All CONT students (with no supplementary/deferred exams) must proceed with online registration via the Blank Shopping Cart (BSC) on PeopleSoft from 13 to 24 January 2025.

For any curriculum-related queries, please email ftxstudentadvice@uct.ac.za, indicating your degree in the subject line. For assistance with PeopleSoft, please contact the SSS Helpdesk (sss-helpdesk@uct.ac.za or 021 650 5227).

CONT students with supplementary/deferred exams must proceed with online registration via the Blank Shopping Cart (BSC) from 4 to 6 February 2025 (i.e., only after these exam results are released on PeopleSoft). 

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All CONT students will register online via Blank Shopping Cart (BSC). Please visit the Information Systems Amathuba site for more information.

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All CONT students will register online via Blank Shopping Cart (BSC). Important - before registering: Students must download the Management Studies Curriculum Planning Sheet and email it to a Student Advisor to approve and sign off before registering. Then both the signed Management Studies Curriculum Planning Sheet and the completed and signed Management Studies Curriculum File must be uploaded.

Academic Plan

Academic level

Surname

Student Advisor

CB001BUS06

All 3rd year

All

Alison Meadows 

CB001BUS06

1st and 2nd year

A-Mk

Jacques Rousseau 

CB001BUS06

1st and 2nd year

Ml - Z

Marlin Hoffman 

CB011BUS06

All years

All

Daniel Munene 

CB023BUS06

All years

All

Daniel Munene 

Curriculum Lists: BCom in Management Studies

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Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance:

  • Mainstream CONT students: Register online via Blank Shopping Cart (BSC).
  • EDU CONT students: Face-to-face registration on 10 and 11 February 2025 from 09h00 to 16h00 in Lab B114 on level 1 of the Beattie Building. No bookings are required, but more refined details with be mailed to students closer to registration.

For curriculum advice, please email studentadvice.uctactsci@uct.ac.za to arrange a meeting.

Marketing, Organisational Psychology, and Statistics and Data Science: All CONT students will register online via Blank Shopping Cart (BSC).

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All CONT students will register online via Blank Shopping Cart (BSC).  

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Academic standing other than CONT: On-Campus Registration and Face-to-Face Academic Advising

Registration period: Tuesday, 4 February 2025 to Wednesday, 12 February 2025. For your specific registration dates and times, check the department details below.

If your academic standing is one of the codes in the table below, you must prepare to come to campus for academic advice.

Registration for all BCom Chartered Accounting and BCom General Accounting students will take place in-person on the following dates only in Room 6.14 on level 6 of the Leslie Commerce Building. In-person registration means you must see an advisor to have your registration request approved.

  • Tuesday, 4 February 2025 to Thursday, 6 February 2025
  • Monday, 10 February 2025 to Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Please book a registration slot on the BCom Accounting student advice Amathuba site. Queries must be directed to accstudentadvice@uct.ac.za

Please note that BBusSc Finance with Accounting students register with the Department of Finance and Tax, not the College of Accounting.

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All students coded FECC/FECR/FECF or RACC/RACF/RACT must register face to face in the week of 10 February 2025. All BCom Management Studies registration will take place in the Commerce Alumni Labs 1 - 3.

Academic Plan

Academic level

Academic Standing

Surname

Student Advisor

CB001BUS06

All 3rd year

And all RACF/RACC/RACT at any level

All

Alison Meadows 

CB001BUS06

1st and 2nd year

All except RACF/RACC/RACT

A-Mk

Jacques Rousseau 

CB001BUS06

1st and 2nd year

All except RACF/RACC/RACT

Ml - Z

Marlin Hoffman 

CB011BUS06

All years

All

All

Daniel Munene 

CB023BUS06

All years

All

All

Daniel Munene 

Non-finalists with surnames A – M: Monday, 10 February 2025 between 09h00 and 13h00
Non-finalists with surnames N to Z: Tuesday, 11 February 2025 between 09h00 and 13h00
Finalists: Wednesday, 12 February 2025 between 09h00 and 13h00

Curriculum Lists: BCom in Management Studies

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Marketing

  • All non-CONT academic standings: Face-to-face registration on 4, 5 and 6 February 2025 from 09h00 to 15h00 in Lecture Theatre 4A on level 4 of the Leslie Commerce Building. No bookings are required. If you cannot make those times, there will be an additional window on 11 and 12 February (same venue) from 09h00 till 12h00.  

Please contact a Marketing Student Advisor for curriculum advice.

Organisational Psychology

  • All non-CONT academic standings: Face-to-face registration on 5 February 2025 from 10h00 to 14h00 in LCOM4.33 on level 4 of the Leslie Commerce Building. No bookings are required.

For curriculum advice, please email carren.duffy@uct.ac.za to arrange a meeting.  

Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance

  • All EDU and all non-CONT academic standings: Face-to-face registration on 10 and 11 February 2025 from 09h00 to 16h00 in Lab B114 on level 1 of the Beattie Building. No bookings are required, but more refined details with be mailed to students closer to registration.

For curriculum advice, please email studentadvice.uctactsci@uct.ac.za to arrange a meeting.

Statistics and Data Science

Important note: Please ignore the previous dates which included 30 and 31 January. Students will be able to register from Monday, 3 February 2025. Please see the revised dates below.

  • All non-CONT academic standings except RACC/RACF: Face-to-face registration from 3 to 7 February and 10 February 2025 from 09h00 to 16h00 in the PD Hahn Building, 4th Floor in the Quiet Room. No bookings are required. 
  • RACC/RACF: Face-to-face registration from 3 to 7 February and 10 to 11 February 2025 from 09h00 to 16h00 in the PD Hahn Building, 4th Floor in the Quiet Room. No bookings are required.

For curriculum advice, please email dominique.katshunga@uct.ac.za to arrange a meeting.

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In-person registration will take place in-person from 4 to 6 February 2025 from 08h30 to 14h00. Students will be required to sign up on the Economics Amathuba site.     

Dates by programme for in-person registration are as follows:

  • Economics and Finance: 4 to 6 February 2025
  • BBusSc Economics, and Economics and Statistics: 4 to 6 February 2025
  • Economics with Law:  4 to 6 February 2025
  • Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE): 6 February 2025 
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Students coded FECR/FECT/FECC must see an advisor in person for academic advice and registration on the following dates in Leslie Social Sciences on Level 4. No bookings are required.

  • Surnames A – L: 4 February 2025 from 09h00 to 14h00
  • Surnames M – N: 5 February 2025 from 09h00 to 14h00
  • Surnames O – Z: 6 February 2025 from 09h00 to 14h00

Students coded FECP in December must wait for the outcome of the FEC in January following the supplementary/deferred/ entrance exams. Once your progression code is updated (to CONT or other than CONT), please follow the guidelines above for instructions on how to proceed with registration.

Returning RACC/RACF students: In-person academic advice and registration from 10 to 12 February 2025 from 09h00 – 14h00 in Leslie Social Sciences on Level 4. No bookings are required.

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Go to Information Systems on level 3 of the Leslie Commerce Building. You will be directed from reception. No bookings are required.

In-person registration means you must see an advisor to have your registration request approved.

 RACC/RACF:

Face-to-face academic advice and registration on 4 February 2025 from 09h00 to 15h00 (all programmes).

 FECR/FECC/FECF/FECT: 

Face-to-face academic advice and registration from 5 to 6 February 2025: 09h00 to 15h00 (all programmes).

Please visit the Information Systems Amathuba site for more information.

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Registration in Room 317.2 on level 3 of the Computer Science Building. No bookings are required.

All non-CONT academic standings except RACC/RACF: Face-to-face registration from 3 to 5 February 2025 from 10h00 to 15h00.

RACC/RACF: Face-to-face registration from 3 to 5 February 2025 from 10h00 to 15h00.

For curriculum advice, please email aslam.safla@uct.ac.za to arrange a meeting.

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Code

Status

Description

FECC

Good Standing

Concession (FEC) to continue

FECF

Good Standing

Concession (FEC) to change programme within Faculty

FECR

Good Standing

Progression requirements not met but allowed to continue
FECT Good Standing Progression requirements not met, required to change programme in the Faculty

RACB

Good Standing

Concession (RAC) to continue after Semester 1 probation

RACC

Good Standing

Concession (RAC) to continue in same Faculty and Programme

RACF

Good Standing

Concession (RAC) to change programme within Faculty

RACL

Good Standing

Concession (RAC) to return after leave of absence

RACO

Good Standing

Concession (RAC) to return after prescribed break

RACT

Good Standing

Concession (RAC) to transfer from another Faculty

RLOA

Pending

Return from leave of absence