GUIDE TO A HASSLE FREE REGISTRATION
Minimum Initial Payment (MIP) clearance – 20 January 2012
The 2012 Fees booklet will be sent to you early in December 2011. Please ensure this booklet is forwarded to the person responsible for your fees and that they are made aware of the deadlines.
Ensure that your MIP is cleared by the person paying your fees or that your sponsor has confirmed renewal of your sponsorship. You can check your MIP clearance through ROSS or by contacting the Student Bureau (046) 6038276 or the Student Fees Office (046)6038153. Or if you would like written confirmation email student-fees@ru.ac.za or registrar@ru.ac.za and expect a response within 24 hours.
If you have problems meeting the MIP deadline, please contact the Student Fees Office telephonically or in writing. Please note that the Fees Office is the only office that can authorise extensions to the MIP deadline.
Residence Allocations (where relevant)
Residence Allocations can be checked on ROSS by Friday 27 January 2012. If you have missed the MIP deadline your residence allocation will automatically be cancelled and you will be charged the relevant residence cancellation fee.
Administrative Registration
Administrative registration takes place on the concourse in Eden Grove, and is open Monday to Friday from 09h00 to 16h00 and on Saturday 11 February 2012 until 12h00.
In order to register administratively you need:
•South African Students
MIP clearance
South African ID Book or Driver’s Licence
•Foreign Students
MIP clearance
Passport with a study visa valid for the whole year
Proof of medical aid cover, offered or recognised by Absa Health Care.
The contact information for the Absa Health Care is as follows:
E-mail: absahealthcare@absa.co.za
Telephone number: 0860 100 380
Fax: 011 467-8486
Only medical aid cover offered through ABSA Healthcare or recognised by ABSA Healthcare will be accepted for registration at Rhodes University for 2012.
Curriculum Approval
•First-Year students :- Curriculum approval for first year students takes place at the end of Orientation week on Friday 10 February 2012
•Returning Students (Undergraduate and post-graduate)
If you submitted the reply form timeously and have been pre-registered you may be able to miss this process. Your administrative registration certificate will indicate if you are required to attend curriculum approval or note.
Please check your administrative registration certificate carefully – do not just presume that you can skip curriculum approval.
Curriculum approval for returning students (undergraduate and post-graduate) will take place as set out in the table below:
|
Faculty |
Venue |
Who must attend |
When |
|
Commerce |
Eden Grove Red |
Returning students if not pre-registered |
Friday 10 February 14h00 – 16h00 Saturday 11 February 09h00 – 12h00 |
|
Humanities |
Dean’s Office
Eden Grove Seminar Rooms |
All returning students |
16 January to 9 February 09h00 – 12h00 with a copy of the your timetable Saturday 11 February 08h00 – 12h30 |
|
Law |
Law Department |
All LLB Students |
30 January to 10 February 09h00 – 12h00 Friday 10 February 08h30 – 12h45 14h00 – 16h30 |
|
Pharmacy |
Labs, Ground floor, Pharmacy Building |
1st years 2nd years 3rd years 4th years |
9am – 12 am 10 February 2pm – 3 pm 10 February 3pm – 4pm 10 February 4pm – 5pm 10 February |
|
Science |
Eden Grove Blue |
1st years 3rd years & Honours
2nd years |
Friday 10 February 09h00 – 13h00 13h00 – 17h00 Saturday 11 February 08h30 – 12h30
|
Departmental Sign-up
After Curriculum Approval you must visit the relevant Departments to ensure that you are registered for tutorials and practicals. Some departments do registration at first lectures on Monday. Be on the lookout for notices on the departmental doors explaining the process.
Please note that this step does not take the place of Curriculum Approval.
**** You are now registered for the year ****
CHECKING REGISTRATION
It is always wise to check your registration on ROSS to double-check the subjects you have registered for. If you need to change your subjects you can do so at the Dean’s Office or by seeing an adviser in the Academic Administration Office. However Science and Pharmacy students are always required to change courses with the relevant Dean.
