Registrations kicked off at DUT this week and are in full swing.
This year (2014), the University plans to enrol 7 177 new students. Because students from all six faculties can now register for their academic courses online, many students were seen making use of web registrations instead of manual.
“Much preparation was put into making online registrations a success,” said Dr Thiru Pillay, DUT Registrar (Acting).
“One of the obvious advantages of online registration is that students do not have to wait in long queues. If they had submitted their documentation and paid their required registration fees in advance as communicated to them, they could even register from the comfort of their homes. At present, most students and first time applicants arrive at the University to complete their online registrations, and computer laboratories have been set up for this purpose,” he said.
Paulina Mngomezulu, of Inanda township, was in line to manually register to do her first year towards being a Dental Assistant. “From the day I received my first response in July, the service from the University has been good. Today has been rather hectic but since I had been communicating with the University, I had all my documents ready and they have been efficient,” she said.
Another first year student who was busy with her online registration, Zinhle Ntombela, also had nothing but praise for the University’s efficiency. “From the time I got here this morning, the student assistants have been so helpful, we haven’t had any hassles,” said Ntombela.
Dr Pillay re-iterated the importance of students adhering to the dates and times given to them and indicated on the registration timetable on the DUT website for registration. He warned that failure to adhere to these dates causes inefficiency in the registration process, and for first time entering students could mean losing their allotted space for their programme of study.
“Financial Aid is (also) an important issue. The DUT is part of a pilot where all students requiring financial aid (NSFAS funding) are required to apply to NSFAS directly online. This is a departure from previous practice where institutions such as DUT were tasked with making the allocations of financial aid”, said Dr Pillay.
The public is reminded that DUT is not accepting walks-ins for registrations. Applications for study at DUT closed on 30 September 2013. The University has made student pre-selections is not encouraging walk-ins. “However, after registration, we will consider accepting late applicants if space allows us to do this. So, one can contact the DUT department that is running the programme that they want to study after 20 January (2014) for semester programmes and 27 January (2014) for annual programmes,” said Dr Pillay.
Open week for late registrations for semester students begins on Monday 20 January 2014 ending on Friday 24 January 2014. Open week for late registrations for annual students begins on Monday 27 January 2014 ending on Friday 31 January 2014.
2014 Registration Costs
The following first installment is compulsory on the day of registration:
? Annual students (tuition only): R3 420. This can be paid directly into the DUT Bank Account – you must use your student number as the reference.
? Semester students (tuition only): R2 100. This can be paid directly into the DUT Bank Account – you must use your student number as the reference.
? Annual students (tuition plus residence): R6 840. This can be paid directly into the DUT Bank Account – you must use your student number as the reference.
? Semester students (tuition plus residence): R4 200. This can be paid directly into the DUT Bank Account – you must use your student number as the reference.
– Sinegugu Ndlovu and Noxolo Memela
Pictured (L-R): Shivani Govender (Registration staff) assisting Zinhle Ntombela with her online registration.
