[Revised] UWC Academic Calendar – 2024 Term Dates

ACADEMIC TERMS:

• 1st Term: Monday, 12 February – Wednesday, 20 March
• 2nd Term: Tuesday, 2 April – Friday, 17 May
• 3rd Term: Monday, 22 July – Friday, 30 August
• 4th Term: Monday, 9 September – Tuesday, 22 October

ALMANAC HIGHLIGHTS:

• JANUARY starts with New Year’s Day on the 1st, followed by university offices opening on the 3rd and various academic activities commencing throughout the month, including clinical placements and registrations.
• FEBRUARY includes the opening of residences for various student groups and continues with a series of due dates for submissions of documentation for committees and registrations.
• MARCH consists of academic and clinical activities commencing for several programmes, various committee due dates, and the opening of residences for first-year students.
• APRIL marks the beginning of the academic year/first term, and first semester on the 12th.
• MAY sees the end of the first term on the 20th.
• JUNE to AUGUST outline ongoing academic activities, committee meetings, due dates for document submissions, and end with the third term closing and vacation beginning.
• SEPTEMBER brings the beginning of the fourth term on the 9th.
• OCTOBER has the fourth term and second semester ending, with several due dates for submissions leading up to graduations.
• NOVEMBER starts with the graduation period and continues with important due dates and closures for the university year.
• DECEMBER outlines the close of clinical placements, residences, and university offices, and highlights Christmas Day and the Day of Goodwill.

• 1: New Year’s Day
• 3: University offices open, clinical placement commences for BSc Occupational Therapy Students, residences open for BSc Occupational Therapy and BNursing Students
• 8: Clinical placement commences for BNursing II, III, IV & V Students
• 10: Online registration opens for all faculties for first-time entry students returning Senior Masters and Ph.D. Students
• 12: Residences open for BSc Dietetics IV Students, closing date for applications for readmissions (2023 academically excluded students), for remarking of Nov/Dec 2023 examination scripts, due date for submission of documentation for Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD) [2023 Progress Reports and Promotions]
• 15: Internship of BSc Dietetics IV Students commences, Senate Discretionary Assessments (SDA) commences, due date for documentation for ICT Portfolio Steering Committee (ICTPSC)
• 16: Clinical placement commences for BSc Physiotherapy Students, residences open for BSc Physiotherapy Students
• 17: Senate Discretionary Assessments (SDA) ends
• 19: Due date for submission of documentation for Senate Executive Committee (SEC)
• 22 to 31: Various due dates for submission of documentation to faculty committees

• 1: Due date for documentation for Faculty Professorial Appointments and Promotions Committee (FPAPC), Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee of Senate and Council (SA), residences open for II, III, IV, V Dentistry Students
• 2: Academic and clinical activities commence for BDS II, III, IV, and V Students; BOH II and III Students
• 3: Due date for submission of documentation for Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC), Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHD), Employment Equity Forum (EEF), Senate Assessment Committee (SAC)
• 4 to 28: Various other activities including opening of residences for first-year students, meetings of committees like ICTPSC and Executive Management Committee (EMC), and further due dates for submission of documentation

• Details for March continue with academic activities, committee meetings, and submissions of documentation for various academic and administrative processes.

• 12: Beginning of the academic year/first term and first semester
• 20: End of the first term
• 22: Comments of the draft mid-year assessment timetable open to students
• 25: Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) meets, publication of April 2024 final graduation list
• 28: Council meets, closes comments of the draft mid-year assessment timetable to students
• 29: Good Friday
• 31: Easter Sunday, due date for accounts settled in full for a 3% discount

• 1: Family Day, end of student vacation
• 2: Beginning of the second term
• 17: End of the second term, study period commences
• 23: Mid-year assessments commence
• 31: Student vacation begins

• 1 to 30: Continuation of student vacation, various committee meetings, due dates for documentation submissions, opening applications for remarking of exams, and closure of residences for winter vacation

• 1: Executive Management Committee (EMC) meets
• 2: Registrar’s Administrative Forum (RAF)
• 17: Public Holiday, various committee meetings
• 25: Council meets, end of second term & academic program or first semester, student vacation begins, residences close for winter vacation

• 1: Due date for submission of documentation for Institutional Forum (IF), Employment Equity Forum (EEF), Faculty Board meets for the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences
• 25: Senate Discretionary Assessments commence
• 30: Due date for creation of second semester assessment schedules on MAS, closing date for applications for remarking of May/June 2024 examination scripts, Faculty Board for the Faculty of Law meets

• 1 to 3: Various committee meetings and due dates for documentation submissions
• 28: End of third term, Senate Assessment Committee (SAC) meets, applications for Dentistry Undergraduate Programmes close, comments of draft year-end assessment timetable to students close

• 9: Beginning of the fourth term, Executive Management Committee (EMC) meets
• 22: Study period ends
• 23: Mid-year assessments commence
• 31: Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC) meets

• 12: Second semester registration period commences

• 2: Last day of the academic year for students
• 4: Last day of the academic year for academic staff
• 8: Last day of the academic year for professional, administrative support and service staff
• 11: University offices close for the year
• 16: Day of Reconciliation (Public Holiday)
• 25: Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
• 26: Day of Goodwill (Public Holiday)