CPUT Admission Requirements 2025/2026
CPUT Admission Requirements 2025/2026 – Details of Cape Peninsula University of Technology Admission Requirements.
Admission requirements
Consult faculty and prospectus brochures for minimum admission and specific qualification requirements.
Applicants with Senior Certificate subjects on Higher and/ or Standard Grade (pre-2009) are still accepted.
All applicants who comply with the minimum requirements are still subjected to a selection process.
In addition to the minimum requirements, all applicants for the Architectural Technology and Design programmes must submit a prescribed portfolio. Please ensure that you obtain the portfolio requirements booklet with this Application Form or download it from the CPUT website. CPUT Courses Offered.
CPUT offers the opportunity for qualifying individuals to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Before applying, please read what RPL process entails on the CPUT website, http://www.cput.ac.za/study/rpl. RPL is qualification-specific process and your work experience should be relevant to the qualification that you are applying for. The CPUT RPL requirements are as follows:
Access into first year studies: You should be 23 years of age or older, have at least five years’ relevant work experience and your work experience is relevant to the qualification that you are applying for.
Application for re-admission after 10 years: If you studied with CPUT more than 10 years ago, but did not complete your qualification, you have to apply for permission to continue your studies through the RPL process. Complete the information as requested on the RPL pages for the qualification you originally did.
Exemptions RPL: If you have detailed experience in a specific field, you may apply for exemptions through RPL. (These exemptions exclude studies done at another University.) You have to complete the subject-specific information as required for the qualification that you want to study. Some qualifications might have additional requirements as listed on the qualification-specific information on the RPL pages. In order to start the RPL process, you need to submit information about yourself, as specified on the RPL pages, together with the Application Form to the relevant campus in hard copy