Undergraduate student funding

General Rules & Policies

  1. You are required to re-apply and be re-assessed for financial aid every year. Financial aid applications for 2014 will close on 30 August 2013. Late applications will not be accepted. Pay attention to reminders that will be advertised.

  2. Your academic performance may be considered when re-applying for financial aid.

  3. If you cancel registration, the loan will be cancelled and the UCT bursary funding will be reduced or cancelled. You and your family/guardian will be liable for any balance owing on the fee account.

  4. You can only be funded for the minimum duration of the undergraduate programme plus 2 years. If you are wishing to study for a postgraduate diploma, it will only be considered if the undergraduate programme was completed in minimum time.

  5. Funding for the post graduate diploma will only be for the minimum duration of the diploma.

  6. This financial aid offer is subject to auditing, checking and verification and could be re-assessed and adjusted at any time of the year, if:

    1. There has been a data capture error leading to an error in financial aid allocation;
    2. Our assessment of your financial circumstances changes in the light of additional information received;
    3. There is a change in the cost of attendance.

  7. Where allowances are paid to you in error, you will be required to re-pay the money to your UCT fee account.

  8. Students intending to move out of a University Residence into private accommodation will need to submit a motivation for approval to Student Financial Aid to vacate the University Residence.

  9. UCT residence and private accommodation costs is intended primarily for students whose home address is outside of the greater Cape Town area. Students whose home address is in the greater Cape Town area and who wish to stay in UCT residence or private accommodation must submit a written motivation to the SFA Office to have these costs covered before signing into residence or signing a lease agreement. The SFA Office will confirm the outcome in writing. If the motivation is unsuccessful, and the student moves into residence or private accommodation, the cost of the accommodation will be borne by the student. If the motivation is successful, then the student does not have to re-submit a motivation the following year.

  10. The funding of Summer and/or Winter Term courses is not automatic, but by separate application to the Centre for Open Learning Office.

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