University Of Cape Town Study Academic Calendar

Your academic success as a University of Cape Town (UCT) student depends on your ability to manage your time effectively. The UCT Study Calendar is a useful tool for helping you organize your time and schedule while attending this esteemed university. This page provides a description of the UCT Study Calendar, emphasizing its essential components, significant dates, and helpful tools to help you succeed academically.

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A thorough resource that gives students important details about the academic year is the UCT Study Calendar. Here are some essential components to guide you through and make the most of your study schedule:

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University Of Cape Town Study Academic Calendar

UCT Calendar of Events

January 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Sun	PUBLIC HOLIDAY New Year’s Day
2	Mon	New Year’s Day (Observed)
3	Tues	APO pre-registration opens Remote online registration opens RAC appeals due on SR (RENN & SUPP)
4	Weds
5	Thurs
6	Fri
7	Sat
8	Sun
9	Mon	Summer School	COM RAC (10:00) HUM RAC (09:00)
10	Tues	Summer School RAC meetings	COM RAC (10:00) EBE RAC (09:00) FHS RAC (10:00) HUM RAC (09:00)
11	Weds	Summer School RAC meetings	COM RAC (10:00) EBE RAC (09:00) FHS RAC (10:00) HUM RAC (09:00) LAW RAC (10:00) SCI RAC (09:00)
12	Thurs	Summer School RAC meetings	COM RAC (10:00) EBE RAC (09:00) HUM RAC (09:00) LAW RAC (10:00) SCI RAC (09:00)	JIC (13:00)
13	Fri	Summer School
14	Sat
15	Sun
16	Mon	Summer School Supp Exam Day 1	HUM RAC (09:00)
17	Tues	Summer School Supp Exam Day 2
18	Weds	Summer School Supp Exam Day 3	PC01/2023
19	Thurs	Summer School Supp Exam Day 4
20	Fri	Summer School Supp Exam Day 5
21	Sat
22	Sun			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
23	Mon	Summer School	URCEC (12:00)
24	Tues	Summer School		FAAC (09:00) IF EXCO (14:00)
25	Weds	Summer School
26	Thurs	Summer School
27	Fri	Supp results on the system Summer School	AC EXCO Meeting (10:00)	Deans Mtg (12:00) PEC Meeting (09:00)
28	Sat
29	Sun	Residences open (TBC)
30	Mon	FEC to approve supp results Orientation and registration	COM FEC (09:00) EBE FEC (09:00) FHS RAC (10:00) HUM FEC (12:00) LAW FEC (10:00) SCI FEC (10:00)
31	Tues	RAC meeting to consider supp results Orientation and registration All qualiﬁers on the system SLQ for Autumn closes

University Of Cape Town Study Academic Calendar

February 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Weds	RAC meeting to consider supp results Orientation and registration	EBE RAC (09:00) HUM RAC (08:00) LAW RAC (10:00) SCI RAC (08:00)
2	Thurs	Orientation and registration	COM RAC (10:00) EBE RAC (09:00) HUM RAC (08:00) LAW RAC (10:00) SCI RAC (09:00) NomCom Meeting (14:00)
3	Fri	Orientation and registration	COM RAC (10:00)	UCTRF CC (14:00)
4	Sat
5	Sun
6	Mon	Orientation and registration	SEC Meeting (14:00) UCCC Meeting (11:00)	IF Induction (10:00)
7	Tues	Orientation and registration		SAC Meeting (14:00) UPRI (16:00)
8	Weds	Orientation and registration
9	Thurs	Orientation and registration	UCT PRESS BOARD (10:00)	COUNCIL Exco (16:00) SSMAg (08:30)
10	Fri	Orientation and registration
11	Sat
12	Sun
13	Mon	Teaching day 1
14	Tues	Teaching day 2		UCTRF IC (13:30)
15	Weds	Teaching day 3	BfGS Meeting (14:00) PC02/2023	OpsMAG (08:30)
16	Thurs	Teaching day 4	RRR (12:00) T&LC (14:00)	UCTRF A&R (14:00)
17	Fri	Teaching day 5	IPAC (14:00)	PEC Meeting (10:00)
18	Sat
19	Sun
20	Mon	Teaching day 6		UHRC (16:30)
21	Tues	Teaching day 7	APDC (12:00) CRR (14:30) DASSC meeting (10:00) UICTC (14:00)	CRC (16:30) IF (14:00)
22	Weds	Teaching day 8	SAEC (14:00)	Leadership Lekgotla meeting (14:00)
23	Thurs	Teaching day 9	TAGSC (14:00) URCEC (14:00)	UB&DC Meeting (14:30)
24	Fri	Teaching day 10	AC EXCO Meeting (10:00) Senate Meeting (14:00)	UCTRF R&EB (14:00)
25	Sat
26	Sun			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
27	Mon	Teaching day 11	AFC Meeting (15:00)
28	Tues	Teaching day 12	ALSC (14:00) USETC Meeting (15:30)	SDC Meeting (10:00)

March 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Weds	Teaching day 13		PASS Forum (08:30)
2	Thurs	Teaching day 14		TF (14:00) UCTRF 37C (14:00) VC’s Conversational Series (14:00)
3	Fri	Teaching day 15		Deans Mtg (12:00) RAAG / EXEC Budget Review (08:30)
4	Sat
5	Sun
6	Mon	Teaching day 16 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
7	Tues	Teaching day 17 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
8	Weds	Teaching day 18 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
9	Thurs	Teaching day 19 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
10	Fri	Teaching day 20 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
11	Sat			COUNCIL (09:00)
12	Sun
13	Mon	Teaching day 21	SEC Meeting (14:00) UCCC Meeting (11:00)
14	Tues	Teaching day 22	CHED Board (15:00) DDB Meeting (14:00)	FAAC (09:00) SAC Meeting (14:00) SC (14:00) WOAC meeting (14:00)
15	Weds	Teaching day 23	AC Meeting (14:00) EiRC (14:00) EMU (12:00) Law Board (13:00)	JIC (09:30)
16	Thurs	Teaching day 24	SCI Board (14:30) USFC (14:00)
17	Fri	Teaching day 25		ERMC (10:00) UFC (14:00)
18	Sat
19	Sun			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
20	Mon	Teaching day 26		RMEC (12:30)
21	Tues	PUBLIC HOLIDAY Human Rights Day	LWG (14:00) PSFC (10h00)
22	Weds	Teaching day 27	COM Board (11:00) EBE Board (14:00) HUM Board (14:00) PC03/2023 URC (14:00)
23	Thurs	Teaching day 28		Baxter EXCO (10:00) EEF (14:00) RMEC (11:00)
24	Fri	Teaching day 29	TET-SC Meeting (14:00)	PEC Meeting (10:00)
25	Sat	Vacation starts
26	Sun	Vacation
27	Mon	Vacation Graduation
28	Tues	Vacation Graduation	HP/HAP (09:00) Board Tentative (16:00)
29	Weds	Vacation Graduation	FHS Board Tentative (16:00) GSB FEC (09:30) IBC (14:00)
30	Thurs	Vacation Graduation Mid-term grades on the system		UCTRF Board (14:00)
31	Fri	Vacation Graduation		Deans Mtg (12:00)

University Of Cape Town Study Academic Calendar

April 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Sat	Vacation
2	Sun	Vacation ends
3	Mon	Teaching day 30	Undergraduate Applications Open for 2024 SEC Meeting (14:00)
4	Tues	Teaching day 31	URCEC (14:00)	UARC (14:00)
5	Weds	Teaching day 32		Baxter Board (15:00) SAC Meeting (14:00) SSMAg (08:30)
6	Thurs	Teaching day 33		UCTRF CC (14:00)
7	Fri	PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Good Friday)
8	Sat
9	Sun	Easter Sunday
10	Mon	PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Family Day)
11	Tues	Teaching day 34	GSB RAC (09:00)
12	Weds	Teaching day 35		OpsMAG (08:30)
13	Thurs	Teaching day 36	NomCom Meeting (14:00) UCT PRESS BOARD (15:00)
14	Fri	Teaching day 37		RRR (10:30)
15	Sat
16	Sun			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
17	Mon	Teaching day 38	UCCC Meeting (11:00)
18	Tues	Teaching day 39	IPAC (14:00)
19	Weds	Teaching day 40	PC04/2023	RAAG / EXEC Budget Review (13:30)
20	Thurs	Teaching day 41	SRV (14:00)	UCTRF 37C (14:00) COUNCIL Exco (16:00)
21	Fri	Teaching day 42		Deans Mtg (12:00) Foundation Board (09:30) Foundation AGM (11:30) PEC Meeting (10:00) UCTRF IC (13:30)
22	Sat
23	Sun
24	Mon	Teaching day 43 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
25	Tues	Teaching day 44 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
26	Weds	Teaching day 45 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
27	Thurs	PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Freedom Day)
28	Fri	Teaching day 46 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
29	Sat
30	Sun

May 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Mon	PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Worker’s Day)
2	Tues	Teaching day 47	PDRF Sub-committee (10:00) URCEC (14:00)
3	Weds	Teaching day 48	AC Meeting (14:00)	UCTRF A&R (14:00)
4	Thurs	Teaching day 49	TAGSC (14:00)	UB&DC meeting (14:30)
5	Fri	Teaching day 50		ERMC (10:00)
6	Sat
7	Sun
8	Mon	Teaching day 51
9	Tues	Teaching day 52	DDB Meeting (14:00) Law Board (13:00)	SAC Meeting (14:00)
10	Weds	Teaching day 53	COM Board (11:00) URC Symposium (09:00)	PASS Forum (08:30) EEF (14:00)
11	Thurs	Teaching day 54		UHRC (16:30)
12	Fri	Teaching day 55		UCTRF FC (14:00)
13	Sat	UCT Open Day (10:00-15:00)
14	Sun			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
15	Mon	Teaching day 56	SEC Meeting (14:00)
16	Tues	Teaching day 57	APDC (12:00) CRR (14:30) DASSC meeting (10:00) UICTC (14:00)	FAAC (09:00) SC (14:00) WOAC meeting (14:00)
17	Weds	Teaching day 58	ALSC (15:00) CHED Board (15:00) PC05/2023	Leadership Lekgotla meeting (14:00)
18	Thurs	Teaching day 59	BfGS Meeting (14:00) USFC (14:00) VSF (14:00)	CRC (16:30) RMEC (11:00) UCTRF R&EB (14:00)
19	Fri	Teaching day 60	SRRC Meeting (14:00)	Deans Mtg (12:00) PEC Meeting (10:00)
20	Sat
21	Sun
22	Mon	Consolidation day 1	AFC Meeting (15:00)
23	Tues	Consolidation day 2
24	Weds	Consolidation day 3	SCI Board (14:30)
25	Thurs	Consolidation day 4 UCT Maths competition (Shavout)	HUM Board (14:00) URCEC (14:00)	COUNCIL Exco (16:00) Staff Wellness forum (14:00) UCTRF 37C (14:00) USAC (16:00)
26	Fri	Consolidation day 5 (Shavout)	Senate Meeting (14:00)
27	Sat	(Shavout)
28	Sun
29	Mon	Exam day 1
30	Tues	Exam day 2	FHS Board (16:00)
31	Weds	Exam day 3	SAEC (14:00)

University Of Cape Town Study Academic Calendar

June 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Thurs	Exam day 4	BAC (14:00) USETC Meeting (15:30)
2	Fri	Exam day 5	AC EXCO Meeting (10:00)	UARC (14:00) UFC (08:00)
3	Sat
4	Sun
5	Mon	Exam day 6	SEC Meeting (14:00) UCCC Meeting (11:00)
6	Tues	Exam day 7	CWAC (14:00) EBE Board (14:00)	SAC Meeting (14:00) SDC Meeting (10:00) SSMAg (08:30)
7	Weds	Exam day 8	TET-SC Meeting (14:00)	IF EXCO (14:00) JIC (09:30)
8	Thurs	Exam day 9	T&LC (14:00)
9	Fri	Exam day 10
10	Sat
11	Sun
12	Mon	Exam day 11
13	Tues	Exam day 12
14	Weds	Exam day 13	EiRC (14:00)	OpsMAG (08:30)
15	Thurs	Exam day 14	UCT PRESS BOARD (10:00)	RRR (11:00)
16	Fri	PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Youth Day) Vacation starts
17	Sat	Vacation		COUNCIL (09:00)
18	Sun	Vacation
19	Mon	Winter Term Day 1 Vacation
20	Tues	Winter Term Day 2 Vacation	DDB Meeting (14:00)
21	Weds	Winter Term Day 3 Vacation	PC06/2023
22	Thurs	Winter Term Day 4 Vacation		Baxter EXCO (11:00) TF (14:00) UCTRF Board (14:00)
23	Fri	Winter Term Day 5 Vacation		PEC Meeting (10:00)
24	Sat
25	Sun			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
26	Mon	Winter Term Day 6 Vacation	URCEC (14:00)
27	Tues	Winter Term Day 7 Vacation		RAAG / EXEC Budget Review (14:00)
28	Weds	Winter Term Day 8 Vacation	IBC (14:00)	UCTRF 37C (14:00)
29	Thurs	Winter Term Day 9 Vacation		VC’s Conversational Series (14:00)
30	Fri	Winter Term Day 10 Vacation Results on system		Deans Mtg (12:00)

July 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Sat
2	Sun
3	Mon	Winter Term Day 11 Vacation		UCTRF CC (14:00)
4	Tues	Winter Term Day 12 Vacation
5	Weds	Winter Term Day 13 Vacation		Baxter Board (15:00) Foundation Board (09:30)
6	Thurs	Winter Term Day 14 Vacation	HUM FEC (12:00)	IF (14:00)
7	Fri	Winter Term Day 15 Vacation	COM FEC (09:00)
8	Sat
9	Sun
10	Mon	Winter Term Day 16 Vacation Mid-Year RAC (probation cases)
11	Tues	Winter Term Day 17 Vacation	HUM RAC (09:00) RDMGC (14:00)	FAAC (09:00)
12	Weds	Winter Term Day 18 Vacation	HUM RAC (09:00) UEC (14:00)
13	Thurs	Winter Term Day 19 Vacation	HUM RAC (09:00)
14	Fri	Winter Term Day 20 Vacation	HUM RAC (09:00)
15	Sat
16	Sun
17	Mon	Winter Term exam day Vacation
18	Tues	Vacation	COM RAC (09:00)	ACC (14:00)
19	Weds	Vacation	COM RAC (09:00) PSFC (09:00) SCI FEC (10:00)
20	Thurs	Vacation	DTA (16:00) UCT PRESS EXCO (10:00)	UCTRF IC (13:30) COUNCIL Exco (16:00)
21	Fri	Vacation Graduation (Ph.D. only)
22	Sat	Vacation
23	Sun	Vacation ends		ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
24	Mon	Teaching day 1
25	Tues	Teaching day 2	URC (14:00)
26	Weds	Teaching day 3 Winter Term results on the system	IPAC (14:00)
27	Thurs	Teaching day 4	CoF Meeting (14:00) TAGSC (14:00) USFC (14:00)
28	Fri	Teaching day 5	AC EXCO Meeting (10:00)	Deans Mtg (12:00) PEC Meeting (09:00) UCTRF 37C (14:00)
29	Sat
30	Sun
31	Mon	Teaching day 6

August 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Tues	Teaching day 7	APDC (12:00) NomCom Meeting (14:00) URCEC (14:00)	HOD Dinner (18:00)
2	Weds	Teaching day 8	EiRC Workshop (13:00)	HOD Workshop (08:30) SSMAg (08:30)
3	Thurs	Teaching day 9	BAC (11:00) HUM Board (14:00)	TF (14:00) UCTRF A&R (14:00)
4	Fri	Teaching day 10
5	Sat
6	Sun
7	Mon	Teaching day 11	SEC Meeting (14:00)
8	Tues	Teaching day 12	DTA (16:00) UICTC (14:00)	IF EXCO (14:00) OpsMAG (08:30)
9	Weds	PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Women’s Day)	CWAC (10:00)
10	Thurs	Teaching day 13	AC Meeting (14:00)	SAC Meeting (14:00)
11	Fri	Teaching day 14		RAAG / EXEC BUDGET REVIEW (08:30) RMEC (14:00)
12	Sat
13	Sun
14	Mon	Teaching day 15 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
15	Tues	Teaching day 16 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
16	Weds	Teaching day 17 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
17	Thurs	Teaching day 18 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE COUNCIL Exco (16:00)
18	Fri	Teaching day 19 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
19	Sat
20	Sun			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
21	Mon	Teaching day 20	ALSC (14:00) TET-SC Meeting (14:00)	ERMC (12:00)
22	Tues	Teaching day 21	BfGS Meeting (14:00) URCEC (11:30) YRAC (09:00)	Baxter EXCO (11:00) SC (14:00) UPRI (16:00)
23	Weds	Teaching day 22	CHED Board (15:00) CRR (14:15) EMU (12:00) HAC (12:00) PC07/2023 SAEC (14:00) TB Davie Lecture (18:00)	EEF (14:00)
24	Thurs	Teaching day 23	DASSC meeting (15:00) DDB Meeting (14:00) DTA (16:00) UCT PRESS BOARD (15:00)	UB&DC Meeting (14:30) UCTRF R&EB (14:00)
25	Fri	Teaching day 24		Deans Mtg (12:00) PEC Meeting (10:00) UFC (14:00)
26	Sat
27	Sun
28	Mon	Teaching day 25	AFC Meeting (15:00) FMC (08:30)
29	Tues	Teaching day 26	FHS Board (16:00) FMC (08:30)	Staff Wellness Forum (14:00)
30	Weds	Teaching day 27	COM Board (11:00) FMC (08:30) Law Board (13:00) SCI Board (14:30)	UCTRF 37C (14:00)
31	Thurs	Teaching day 28	FMC (08:30)	USAC (16:00)

September 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Fri	Teaching day 29	FMC (08:30)
2	Sat	Vacation
3	Sun	Vacation
4	Mon	Vacation	FMC (08:30) SEC Meeting (14:00)
5	Tues	Vacation	FMC (08:30)	FAAC (09:00) Leadership Lekgotla meeting (14:00)
6	Weds	Vacation	FMC (08:30) IBC (14:00)	PASS Forum (08:30) SAC Meeting (14:00)
7	Thurs	Vacation Mid-term grades on the system	FMC (08:30)
8	Fri	Vacation	FMC (08:30)	UARC (14:00)
9	Sat	Vacation
10	Sun	Vacation ends
11	Mon	Teaching day 30		PBWG (09:00) IF (14:00)
12	Tues	Teaching day 31	EBE Board (14:00)	JIC (14:00) PBWG (09:00) SDC Meeting (10:00) WOAC meeting (14:00)
13	Weds	Teaching day 32	PC08/2023 T&LC (14:00) UEC (14:00)	PBWG (08:45)
14	Thurs	Teaching day 33	DTA (16:00) USETC Meeting (15:30)	ACC (14:00) PBWG (13:00)
15	Fri	Teaching day 34 (Rosh HaShanah)		PBWG (09:00) RRR (10:00)
16	Sat	(Rosh HaShanah)
17	Sun	(Rosh HaShanah)		ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
18	Mon	Teaching day 35		PBWG (08:45)
19	Tues	Teaching day 36	CoF Meeting (14:00)	SSMAg (08:30)
20	Weds	Teaching day 37	IPAC (14:00)	PBWG (08:45)
21	Thurs	Teaching day 38		PBWG (08:30) UHRC (16:30)
22	Fri	Teaching day 39	Senate Meeting (14:00)	PBWG (08:30) PEC Meeting (10:00)
23	Sat
24	Sun	PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Heritage Day) (Yom Kippur)
25	Mon	(Heritage Day observed) (Yom Kippur)
26	Tues	Teaching day 40	URC (14:00)	PBWG (08:45) UCTRF Board (14:00)
27	Weds	Teaching day 41		Baxter Board (15:00) PBWG (08:45)
28	Thurs	Teaching day 42	CWAC (10:00) SRV (14:00) UCT PRESS EXCO (15:00)	CRC (16:30) PBWG (08:30)
29	Fri	Teaching day 43	AC EXCO Meeting (10:00) HDC Meeting (14:00)	Deans Mtg (12:00) PBWG (08:30)
30	Sat

October 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Sun
2	Mon	Teaching day 44 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
3	Tues	Teaching day 45 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE CoF Dinner (18:00)	MEETING FREE
4	Weds	Teaching day 46 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
5	Thurs	Teaching day 47 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
6	Fri	Teaching day 48 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE
7	Sat
8	Sun
9	Mon	Teaching day 49	SEC Meeting (14:00)	RAAG (09:00) UCTRF CC (14:00)
10	Tues	Teaching day 50	BAC (11:30) DDB Meeting (14:00) HUM Board (14:00)	IF EXCO (14:00) RAAG (09:00) SAC Meeting (14:00)
11	Weds	Teaching day 51	CRR (14:15) NomCom Meeting (14:00) STOMC (14:00)	RAAG (09:00)
12	Thurs	Teaching day 52		RAAG (13:00)
13	Fri	Teaching day 53		RAAG (09:00)
14	Sat			COUNCIL (09:00)
15	Sun			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
16	Mon	Teaching day 54		RMEC (13:00)
17	Tues	Teaching day 55	HP/HAP (09:00) SCI Board (14:30)	UCTRF 37C (14:00)
18	Weds	Teaching day 56	COM Board (11:00) CHED Board (15:00) Law Board (13:00) PC09/2023 URC Symposium (09:00)	Foundation Board (09:30) OpsMAG (08:30) PEC Meeting (10:00) URC Symposium (09:00) USAC (16:00)
19	Thurs	Teaching day 57	AC Meeting (14:00) EiRC (14:00)	RAAG (11:00) UCTRF IC (13:30)
20	Fri	Teaching day 58		ERMC (10:00) Leadership Lekgotla Retreat (08:00)
21	Sat
22	Sun
23	Mon	Teaching day 59	UCCC Meeting (11:00)	UCTRF FC (14:00)
24	Tues	Teaching day 60	TET-SC Meeting (14:00) Vera Davie (11:00) URC Sub-committee (14:00)	Budget Heads / LL & RAAG (09:00) SC (14:00)
25	Weds	Consolidation day 1		RAAG (09:00) Staff Wellness Forum (14:00)
26	Thurs	Consolidation day 2	VSF (11:00)	RAAG (13:00) UCTRF A&R (14:00)
27	Fri	Consolidation day 3	ECC (14:00)	Deans Mtg (12:00)
28	Sat
29	Sun
30	Mon	Consolidation day 4	ALSC (14:00)
31	Tues	Consolidation day 5	BfGS Meeting (14:00) FHS Board (16:00)	ACC (14:00)

University Of Cape Town Study Academic Calendar

November 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Weds	Exam day 1	URCEC (14:00)	PASS Forum (08:30) EEF (14:00)
2	Thurs	Exam day 2	DASSC meeting (15:00) USETC Meeting (15:30)	UB&DC Meeting (14:30)
3	Fri	Exam day 3	HDC Meeting (14:00)
4	Sat
5	Sun
6	Mon	Exam day 4	SEC Meeting (14:00)	UCTRF R&EB (14:00)
7	Tues	Exam day 5	RDMGC (14:00) UICTC (14:00)	FAAC (09:00)
8	Weds	Exam day 6	UEC (14:00) CRR (14:15)	TF (14:00) UARC (14:00)
9	Thurs	Exam day 7	UCT PRESS BOARD (10:00) T&LC (14:00)	RRR (12:00) SAC Meeting (14:00) COUNCIL Exco (16:00)
10	Fri	Exam day 8	AC EXCO Meeting (10:00)
11	Sat
12	Sun	(Diwali)
13	Mon	Exam day 9	AFC Meeting (15:00)
14	Tues	Exam day 10	PDRF Sub-committee (09:00) APDC (12:00) IPAC (14:00)	WOAC meeting (14:00) UHRC (16:30)
15	Weds	Exam day 11	PSFC (10:00) SAEC (14:00) URC (14:00)	IF (14:00) PEC Meeting (10:00) URC (14:00)
16	Thurs	Exam day 12		Baxter EXCO (11:00) CRC (16:00)
17	Fri	Exam day 13	Senate Meeting (14:00)	UFC (09:00) UCTRF 37C (14:00)
18	Sat	Marking day 1
19	Sun	Marking day 2
20	Mon	Summer Term Day 1 Marking day 3
21	Tues	Summer Term Day 2 Marking day 4		SDC Meeting (10:00) UPRI (16:00)
22	Weds	Summer Term Day 3 Marking day 5	PC10/2023
23	Thurs	Summer Term Day 4 Marking day 6		VC’s Conversational Series (14:00)
24	Fri	Summer Term Day 5 Marking day 7		Deans Mtg (12:00)
25	Sat	Marking day 8
26	Sun	Marking day 9		ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
27	Mon	Summer Term Day 6 Marking day 10
28	Tues	Summer Term Day 7 Marking day 11	DDB Meeting (14:00)	Leadership Lekgotla meeting (14:00)
29	Weds	Summer Term Day 8 Marking day 12	IBC (14:00)	SSMAg (08:30) RAAG Strategic Bid (13:30)
30	Thurs	Summer Term Day 9 Marking day 13	USFC (14:00)	Baxter Board (15:00)

University Of Cape Town Study Academic Calendar

December 2023		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Faculty, Senate, and Senate Committees	Meetings of Management, Council, and Council Committees
1	Fri	Summer Term Day 10 Marking day 14	AC EXCO Meeting (10:00)
2	Sat	CRS issued		COUNCIL (09:00)
3	Sun
4	Mon	Summer Term Day 11 Results on system	LWG (14:00) UCCC Meeting (11:00)
5	Tues	Summer Term Day 12 CRS issued	URCEC (14:00)	SAC Meeting (14:00)
6	Weds	Summer Term Day 13 Prelim FEC meetings		JIC (09:30) OpsMAG (08:30)
7	Thurs	Summer Term Day 14 Prelim FEC meetings		AGM of Convocation (17:00)
8	Fri	Summer Term Day 15 Prelim FEC meetings		Deans Mtg (12:00) PEC Meeting (10:00)
9	Sat
10	Sun
11	Mon	Summer Term Day 16 Prelim FEC meetings	SCI prelim FEC (08:00)
12	Tues	Summer Term Day 17 Prelim FEC meetings
13	Weds	Summer Term Day 18 FEC	COM FEC (09:00) EBE FEC (09:00) HUM FEC (12:00)	UCTRF Board (14:00)
14	Thurs	Summer Term Day 19 Graduation day 1 (31 October qualifiers)	EBE Board (14:00)
15	Fri	Summer Term Day 20 Graduation day 1 (31 October qualifiers)	SCI FEC (09:30)
16	Sat
17	Sun			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
18	Mon	Summer term exam day Results were released to students at 12h00	SEC Meeting (09:00)
19	Tues
20	Weds
21	Thurs
22	Fri
23	Sat
24	Sun
25	Mon	PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Christmas Day)
26	Tues	PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Day of Goodwill)
27	Weds
28	Thurs
29	Fri
30	Sat
31	Sun

University Of Cape Town Study Calendar Terms

These are the dates of terms as approved by the Senate and Council.

Please note:
The university reserves the right to change these dates. Before acting on any of the dates below, please ask for confirmation from the appropriate office. University Of Cape Town Study Calendar

	2023	2024
1st quarter	13 February to 24 March 2023	12 February to 22 March 2024
1st vacation	25 March to 02 April 2023	23 March to 01 April 2024
2nd quarter	03 April to 15 June 2023	02 April to 12 June 2024
Mid-year vacation	16 June to 23 July 2023	13 June to 21 July 2024
3rd quarter	24 July to 01 September 2023	22 July to 30 August 2024
Mid-term vacation	02 September to 10 September 2023	30 August to 08 September 2024
4th quarter	11 September to 22 December 2023	09 September to 24 December 2024

Summer School 2023: 9 to 27 January 2023

Winter School 2023: 19 June to 17 July 2023

Information supplied by the Registrar’s Secretariat
Updated: 31 May 2023

University Of Cape Town Study Academic Calendar

The calendar has been adjusted due to the impact of changes in response to COVID-19.

Please note:

The university reserves the right to change these dates. Before acting on any of the dates below, please ask for confirmation from the appropriate office.

Downloads

2023 academic calendar and meetings

2024 academic calendar – draft

Guide to the calendar’s acronyms

Contact us

To obtain the booklet:
Registrar’s Secretariat
+27 (0)21 650 2110

Bremner committee room bookings:
Mrs. D Benjamin
+27 (0)21 650 2187

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