CPUT Online Application Portal

Discover the Cape Peninsula University of Technology – CPUT Online Application Portal and learn about the steps you’ll take to complete the application process. You’ll also find instructions about submitting academic records and any other required documents, as well as information about tracking the status of your application after you’ve applied.

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Who May Apply at CPUT?

Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements to apply and gain admission to study at CPUT.

National applicants (with an SA ID), including Refugee/ Asylum Seeker and/or
Permanent Residency applicants with a National Senior Certificate (NSC)/ SC
(Senior Certificate)/ NCV (National Vocational Certificate)/ National Qualification.
National applicants (with an SA ID) with international qualifications who already have SAQA certificates.
Refugee/ Asylum Seeker status applicants with international qualifications who already have SAQA certificates.
Permanent residency applicants (with an SA ID) with international qualifications who already have SAQA certificates.
Regretfully, no RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) applications will be considered.

CPUT Online Application

CPUT Late application fee: FREE OF CHARGE

Do you want to apply for a CPUT programme with available spaces and meet the entrance requirements?
Have you submitted your 2025 CPUT applications before, but did not exhaust all three (3) choices? Or have you not submitted any 2025 CPUT applications previously?
Only online application submissions will be accepted. Regretfully, no manual applications for this category will be processed.
Follow the step-by-step online application process for CPUT Late Applications
Have you submitted your 2025 CPUT applications and exhausted all three (3) choices?
It is the choice of the Deans of faculties to allow 4th choice applications or not.
Applicants who have applied to CPUT for the 2025 academic year and have exhausted three (3) choices, but now meet the minimum requirements for the identified late application programmes with available spaces, may submit an appeal to the Dean of the faculty to be considered for a 4th choice.
Applicants will electronically submit a manual application form, together with the required supporting documentation, to the faculty office staff members at the respective faculty during the late application timeframe.
This process is only applicable to 4th choice submissions. Download the CPUT prospectus PDF to learn more.

How to Apply at Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Start your Cape Peninsula University of Technology, CPUT online academic application process by answering the questions below, and continue with the steps until the system generates a student number.

Login CPUT Comprehensive Academic Application Portal
Do you already have a student number? Select No | If Yes Apply Here
Returning to complete application: Select No
Read the Application Rules and tick I Accept
Fill in your biographical details (e South African Identify the number, Personal info, street address, contact, residence, and disability info)
Enter Account details
Input Next of kin details
Academic details
Select programme of choice
Create your 5-digit PIN (Should NOT start/end with Zero and Must NOT include repeated numbers)
Print a copy of the application for your records before you submit it online
Upload required document
The student number is generated

NB: Applicants are required to keep the Student Number and 5-digit PIN to enable them to retrieve their admission letter or check CPUT application status online.

During the online application process, you may save and return at a later stage to resume the application process.

After successful submission and completion of your online application, you can login CPUT iEnabler Student Portal to access/view your application details.

What to Do If My Application Has Been Declined

Meeting the minimum requirements is not a guarantee of acceptance into a programme. The competition for space in higher education institutions is great.

If your applications have been declined, you can sign up for CACH online at cach.ac.za.

CACH Online Application is an initiative of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) which operates as a referral system for unsuccessful applicants and is not a late application service. The CACH will provide unsuccessful applicants with access to career development services, and where possible, an opportunity to access spaces still available within the PSET systems at universities, TVET colleges, or in SETA learnerships, without having to travel to institutions to try and find a space.