The Durban University of Technology’s student web registration has been designed to make registration a breeze with fast, easy and efficient online access…

The Durban University of Technology’s student web registration has been designed to make registration a breeze with fast, easy and efficient online access. The university launched the first round of web registration last semester with a select number of programmes and a second round was held in July for the Engineering and Applied Sciences faculties.

The new system will ultimately reduce students’ average registration time by a third, with students saying goodbye to long queues. However, there were a few teething problems in July and unfortunately some students had to resort to manual registration when they failed to log into the system.

Online registration project manager, Mohammed Jhavary said: “We are embarking on a process to review and refine the academic structure on the system and encouraging student use of the iEnabler to ensure they are more familiar with the system so that password related problems are prevented.

“Positive feedback was received from the Faculty of Applied Sciences where students were well prepared and able to register in record time, without having to stand in long queues.
He said the web registration system was created to allow students to register anywhere in the world, provided that they have made the necessary payments beforehand and they don’t have any academic or administrative blocks the system will ensure that registration is quick and painless.

Civil Engineering lecturer, Avidesh Raghubar described online registration as the way to go, however he said students who are not computer literate were disadvantaged, the remaining students were happy about the process, despite finding it fast but complicated.

– Andile Dube and Anelisa Bele