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COMPLETED application forms for admission to all Faculties should be received by 30 September in the Student Bureau, PO Box 94, Grahamstown for enrolment in the following year. Applications received after the end of September will be subject to a late registration fee of Rl00, and will be considered at the discretion of the Dean and the Registrar.
NB No late applications from foreign students will be considered.
Admission requirements
The normal admission requirement for any degree at Rhodes University is a matriculation exemption certificate from the Matriculation Board. Over and above this each faculty has laid down its own minimum requirements for admission.
All students intending to register as candidates for degrees must produce their Matriculation Exemption Certificates or conditional exemption certificates either before, or as soon as possible after, entering the University. Failure to do so will result in a change in registration status.
Students who have attended courses at another university should arrange to have a certificate of conduct and a transcript sent to Rhodes by the university previously attended. Application for exemption for courses completed at another university should be directed to the Student Bureau.
Registration
The academic year begins in February. Students are expected to register on the stipulated date in February. Late registrations may be accepted with the approval of the Dean of the Faculty and the heads of departments concerned. However, a late registration fee will be charged. A department may apply special rules which set dates for registration. (See the table below.)
Arrangements of curricula
Students must have their curricula approved by the Deans of the Faculties in which they are to study at the beginning of each year. The Deans will advise on courses and approve curricula on behalf of the Senate.
Students are responsible for ensuring that there are no timetable clashes in their proposed curricula, not only in the current year but for the remainder of the curriculum.
Discontinuing courses
Courses may be dropped via Ross or at the Student Bureau. (Students in the Faculty of Science must consult the Dean or Deputy Dean.) Courses may not be dropped after the last official day of undergraduate lectures in May (1st semester courses) and October (2nd semester courses).
Changes of course
Undergraduates who wish to change from one course to another must discuss the proposed change with the Dean of the Faculty concerned and, if a change of Faculty is involved, with the Dean of the Faculty to which they wish to transfer.
Closing dates for change of course
The final closing date for changes of courses is the second week of each semester. However, a student may discontinue a course after this date with the permission of the Dean.
Full-time students
A full-time undergraduate student is a student who either is engaged in full-time university studies or is following a full curriculum.
A full-time postgraduate student is a student who is engaged full-time in university studies.
Part-time students registered for a degree, diploma or certificate
A part-time undergraduate student is a student who is not engaged full-time in university studies and is not following a full curriculum.
A part-time postgraduate student is a student who is not engaged full-time in university studies.
Part-time students not registered for a degree, diploma or certificate
Occasional Students are those not registered for a degree, diploma or certificate, but who are following a course recognised as a credit towards a degree, diploma or certificate. See the Fees and Charges section.
1. Occasional students must be in possession of a Matriculation or Senior Certificate, and will be admitted to a course only if the Head of Department is satisfied that they will profit by the lectures for the course.
2. Occasional students must follow courses in full, which implies attending all classes, completing all class work and assignments, and writing examinations. They must earn Duly Performed (DP) certificates before being permitted to write the final examinations in any course.
3. The University reserves the right to ask occasional students to leave if their work or conduct is unsatisfactory at any time.
NB The Registrar's approval is required before an occasional student who does not intend to take a degree, diploma or certificate may be admitted.
Continuing Education Students are those who are not in possession of a Matriculation or School Leaving Certificate; are not registered for a degree, diploma or certificate; and are following either a whole course in a subject or part of a course in a subject, or a course which does not form part of a degree, diploma or certificate curriculum.
Rules for occasional students do not apply to students in this category.
Casual Students are those who take a course for interest, and will only be admitted to a course if:
1. the Head of the Department concerned is prepared to accept them; and
2. the Department's facilities will not be over-extended as a result; and
3. the Registrar's approval is obtained.
Such students must comply with the appropriate DP requirements, but may not write examinations for the purpose of obtaining credit towards any degree, certificate or diploma without converting their status and paying the requisite fee.
Casual students wishing to convert their status must comply with the admission criteria and rules of the University. The University reserves the right to ask casual students to leave if their work or conduct is unsatisfactory at any time.
Admission to Residence
Only full-time students are admitted to residence.
Additional matriculation requirements for specific courses
Mathematics
For admission to the Faculty of Science, a candidate must have obtained at least a D symbol in Mathematics Higher Grade or an equivalent pass. Except with the permission of Senate a candidate may not take Chemistry 1, Computer Science 1, Mathematics 1, Physics 1, without a Higher Grade pass in Mathematics. See Rule S.4 in the Faculty of Science.
For admission to the Accounting curriculum in the Faculty of Commerce, a candidate must have obtained at least an E symbol in Mathematics Higher Grade or a D symbol in Mathematics Standard Grade, or equivalent pass.
For admission to the Accounting curriculum in the Faculty of Commerce, a candidate must have obtained at least an E symbol in Mathematics Higher Grade or a D symbol in Mathematics Standard Grade, or equivalent pass.
For admission to the Bachelor of Business Science degree in the Faculty of Commerce, a candidate must have obtained at least a D symbol in Mathematics Higher Grade or a B symbol in Mathematics Standard Grade, or equivalent pass.
For admission to the Faculty of Pharmacy, a candidate must have obtained at least a D symbol in Mathematics Higher Grade.
Biology or Physical Science
For admission to the Faculty of Science, candidates for the BSc degree must have obtained at least a Higher Grade E symbol in either Biology or Physical Science. (This is not required of candidates for the BSc(InfSys) or BSc(Sof Dev) degrees.)
For admission to the Faculty of Pharmacy, a candidate must have passed the Matriculation Examination of the Joint Matriculation Board, or obtained a certificate of exemption therefrom (NQF level 4); and obtained at least a D symbol in Mathematics on the Higher Grade at the Matriculation examination, or a pass in Mathematics deemed to be the equivalent of the above, in another examination, and a D symbol in Physical Science and Biology on the Higher Grade at the Matriculation examination, or a pass in Physical Science and Biology deemed to be equivalent to one of the above, in another examination.
English or Afrikaans
A candidate may not take any course in English, Afrikaans or Afrikaans-Nederlands without a Matriculation pass in that subject in either First or Second Language Higher Grade, or an equivalent pass e.g. the 'S' or 'A' level examinations of the Associated Examining Board.
Other Languages
For entry into French 1, German 1 or Latin 1, a candidate must have a Matriculation pass in that subject on the Higher Grade or Standard Grade, or an equivalent pass at another examination.
French Preliminary, German 1 (Foreign Language) or Greek 1, may be taken without a Matriculation pass in the language in question.
Students who achieve a sufficiently high standard in the examination may be allowed to go on to the second course in the language.
See the relevant Faculty of Humanities Rules.
DP (Duly Performed) certificates
See Rule G.19 in the General Rules.
Advice to students
Students requiring advice on academic problems should consult either the relevant Dean of the Faculty, a Faculty Adviser or the head of department concerned. For advice on non-academic matters, they should consult their House Wardens, or the Student Bureau. For career advice, please contact the Counselling & Career Centre.
Examination results
The results of June and November examinations are released as soon as they are available.
The results are also available on the Rhodes University Web Page, http://www.ru.ac.za under the heading ROSS (Rhodes Online Student Services); or bt SMS (by registering for this servive online at http://ross.ru.ac.za/sms/)
NOTE: to maintain confidentiality, it is necessary for students to obtain their PIN numbers from the Student Bureau, without which they will not be able to access their results over the Internet.
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