TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 2016 ACADEMIC CORE CALENDAR (Version 3)
JANUARY 2016
S
M
T
W
FEBRUARY 2016
T
F
S
1
2
S
MARCH 2016
M
T
W
T
F
S
1R
2R
3R
4R
5R
6
S
M
T
W
T
F
1
2
3
4
S
5
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
7
8R
9R
10 R
11 R
12 R
13
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
10
11 LA
12 LA
13 LA
14 LA
15 LA
16
14
15 LR &
16 LR &
17 LR &
18 LR &
19 LR &
20
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
17
18 R
19 R
20 R
21 R
22 R
23
21
22
23
24
25
26 PUB
27
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
24
25 R
26 R
27 R
28 R
29 R
30
28
29
27
28
29
30
31
M
T
T
F
S
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
M
T
S
1
2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
31
APRIL 2016
S
W
MAY 2016
JUNE 2016
W
T
F
1
2
3
4
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
29
30
31
26
27
28
29
30
S
M
T
T
F
S
S
M
T
S
M
T
T
F
S
1
2
1
2
3
8
9
JULY 2016
3
4
W
5
6
AUGUST 2016
7
1 LR
SEPTEMBER 2016
W
T
F
S
W
2 LR
3 LR
4 LR
5 LR
6
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
17
18 R
19 R
20 R
21 R
22 R
23
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
24
25 R
26 R
27 R
28 R
29 R
30
21
22 &
23 &
24 &
25 &
26 &
27
25
26
27
28
29
30
28
29
30
S
M
T
T
F
1
2
3
31
OCTOBER 2016
S
M
T
W
31
NOVEMBER 2016
T
F
S
S
M
1
DECEMBER 2016
T
W
T
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
W
S
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
27
28
29
30
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
30
31
Public Holidays
TUT contact days - year subjects
Notes
School holiday/TUT holiday
Classes (Contact days)
FEC
Closing date for FECs
Predicate Day (Distance Education)
School Recess
TUT Recess
Predicate Day (Contact)
Number of
School
Recess Days
(including
public
holidays &
weekends)
Number of
TUT Recess
Days
(including
public
holidays &
weekends)
Number of
TUT and
School Days
Recess
Overlap
1
1/2 - 18/3
35
2
5/4 - 24/6
55
3
18/7 - 30/9
53
4
10/10 - 28/10
15
TOTAL
1/1 - 12/1
1/1 - 3/1
12
3
3
TUT Academic Recess
19/3 - 4/4
21/3 - 4/4
17
17
17
Supplementary Examination (Contact days for year subjects in May/June)
25/6 - 17/7
27/6 - 17/7
23
23
23
1
25/1 - 18/3
40
Publication of Results
1/10 - 9/10
1/10 - 9/10
9
9
9
2
5/4 - 20/5
32
LA
Late Applications
7/12 - 31/12
16/12 - 31/12
25
16
16
3
18/7 - 30/9
53
LR
Late Registration with penalty
86
68
68
15
Manual Registration
4
TOTAL
10/10 - 28/10
R
&
Exit/Special Examination
TOTAL
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68
158
Examination (Contact days for year subjects in May/June)
PUB
90
TUT contact days - semester subjects
72
68
140
1 January 2016
4 January 2016
New Year's Day
* Admin staff reports for duty
* Online function will be open for all students to register until 19 February 2016
* Preparation for late application process on all learning sites
4 - 8 January 2016
Processing of final NSC results (no application related enquiries)
5 January 2016
Compilation of examiners and moderators lists
11 January 2016
* Academic staff report for duty and finalisation of selections
* Commencement of late application process for qualifications where there is still space available via late application enquiry system (no walk-ins)
11 - 22 January 2016
November 2015 supplementary examinations
15 January 2016
Closing date for online late applications via late application enquiry system (no walk-ins), depending on availabilitly of space
18 - 22 January 2016
First-year and newcomer students report for orientation according to the published schedule
18 January - 12 February 2016
Scheduled registration
Commencement of all classes
25 January 2016
29 January 2016
Senior students report at various academic departments according to the published schedule
Publication of November 2015 supplementary examination results
* Closing date for submission of academic exclusion appeals
5 February 2016
* Closing date for Exit/Special examination applications
* Closing date for submission of examination question papers for exit/special examination
8 February 2016
Closing date for all exit/special exam subject lists to be submitted to Assessment Management
12 February 2016
Last day that students can cancel (year and first semester subjects and qualifications) without being liable for any percentage of the full tuition fee
15 February - 11 March 2016
Cancellation of first semester subjects and qualifications. (Students liable for 60% of class fees)
15 - 19 February 2016
Exit/special examination
Late registration with penalty (including Structured M Tech programmes, excluding MBA)
15 February - 31 March 2016
Cancellation of year subjects and qualifications. (Students liable for 30% of class fees)
19 February 2016
Final date for Faculty Academic Exclusion Appeal Committee meetings
* Publication of exit/special examination results
26 February 2016
* Closing date for submission of hard bound copies for May graduation
* Closing date for registration corrections/changes and adding of subjects (including Structured M Tech programmes, excluding MBA and research-based and D programmes)
2 March 2016
Closing date for registration of students who wrote special/exit examination and whose appeals against exclusion were successful (without penalty)
18 March 2016
End of first half of first semester
21 March 2016
Human Rights Day
25 March 2016
Good Friday
28 March 2016
Family Day
31 March 2016
Submission of soft bound copies for September graduations
1 April - 29 July 2016
Cancellation of year subjects and qualifications. (Students liable for 50% of class fees)
5 April 2016
Start of second half of first semester
11 April 2016
Submission of examination question papers for May/June examination
27 April 2016
Freedom Day
1 May 2016
Workers' Day
2 May 2016
School/TUT Holiday
9 May 2016
Predicate Day (Distance Education)
15 May 2016
Closing date for applications for admission for July 2016 intake (selected courses)
16 May 2016
Predicate day for semester subjects
23 May - 10 June 2016
Main examinations, year subjects classes continue
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10 June 2016
13 - 24 June 2016
Closing date for all selection cards of applications received for the closing date of 15 May 2016 to be returned to Enrolment Management and Planning
* Semester supplementary examinations
* Year subjects classes continue
15 June 2016
Closing date for applications for admission for specific courses and ALL international applications for 2017
16 June 2016
Youth Day
17 June 2016
School/TUT Holiday
20 June 2016
Closing date for submission of non-theoretical subjects' final marks
24 June 2016
End of second half of first semester
29 June 2016
Last day for FEC meetings
1 July 2016
Publication of final examination results
1 - 7 July 2016
Students to be excluded and informed by Student Services
8 July 2016
Online function will be open for all students to register for second semester subjects until 7 August 2016
18 July 2016
* Start of first half of second semester
* Commencement of ALL classes
18 - 22 July 2016
Senior and newcomer students (orientation) report according to the published schedule
18 - 29 July 2016
Scheduled registration
* Compilation of examiners and moderators lists
25 July 2016
* Closing date for exit/special examinations applications
* Closing date for submission of academic exclusion appeals
* Exit/Special exam subject list to be submitted to Assessment Management
29 July 2016
* Final date for Faculty Academic Exclusion Appeal Committee meetings
* Closing date for cancellation of year subjects and qualifications. (Student liable for 50% of class fee)
* Submission of hard bound copies for September graduations
31 July 2016
Compilation of examiners and moderators lists
1 - 5 August 2016
Late registration with penalty (including structured M Tech programmes, excluding MBA and research-based M and D Tech programmes)
5 August 2016
* Last day that students can cancel (second semester subjects and qualifications) without being liable for any percentage of the full tuition fee
* Submission of examination question papers for the exit/special examination (only if there is no question paper available)
8 August 2016
School/TUT Holiday
9 August 2016
National Women's Day
10 August - 9 September 2016
Cancellation of second semester subjects and qualifications. (Students liable for 60% of class fees)
22 - 26 August 2016
Exit/special examination
* Closing date for all selection cards for applications received for the closing date of 15 June 2016 to be returned to Enrolment Management and Planning
31 August 2016
* Submission of examination question papers (Distance Education)
* Closing date for registration corrections/changes and adding of subjects (inluding structured M Tech programmes, excluding MBA and research-based M and D programmes)
* Closing date for registration of students who wrote special/exit examination and whose appeals against exclusion were successful (without penalty)
2 September 2016
Publication of exit/special examination results
12 September 2016
Submission of examination question papers for the November/December examination
24 September 2016
Heritage Day
30 September 2016
End of first half of second semester
Closing date for applications for admission for January 2017 (including Structured Masters, excluding international applications and specified qualifications)
10 October 2016
Start of second half of second semester
17 October 2016
Predicate Day (Distance Education)
24 October 2016
Predicate Day
31 October 2016
Submission of soft bound copies for May graduation
31 October - 18 November 2016
Main examination
21 - 30 November 2016
Supplementary examination
25 November 2016
Closing date for submission of non-theoretical subjects' final marks
30 November 2016
All selection cards for applications received for the closing date of 30 September 2016 to be returned to Enrolment Management and Planning
7 December 2016
Last day for FEC meetings
9 December 2016
End of second half of second semester
Closing day for academic activities
12 December 2016
Publication of final examination results
12 - 15 December 2016
Students to be excluded and informed by Student Services
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15 December 2016
Closing day for non-academic activities
16 December 2016
Day of Reconciliation
25 December 2016
Christmas Day
26 December 2016
Day of Goodwill
Last update: 4 October 2015
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