Academic calendar
| 2020 Term calendar | |
| Residences Open for new students | 28 February |
| Orientation Programme for first years | 29 January to 5 February |
| Registration of EBE returners (to the same programme) | 3 and 4 February |
| First day of lectures | 10 February |
| First quarter | 10 February to 20 March |
| Short vacation | 21 March to 29 March incl. |
| Graduation ceremony for December 2019 graduates | 24 March @ 10h00 - Built Environment (including Civil and Geomatics) |
| Graduation ceremony for December 2019 graduates | 26 March @ 18h00 - Engineering (excluding Civil) |
| Second quarter | 30 March to 9 June |
| Lectures end | 14 May |
| Consolidation week | 15 to 19 May |
| Mid-year exams | 20 May to 9 June |
| Mid-year vacation | 10 June to 12 July incl. |
| Third Quarter | 13 July to 21 August |
| Mid-term vac | 22 August to 30 August |
| 4th quarter | 31 August to 24 December |
| Lectures end | 13 October |
| Consolidation week | 14 to 18 October |
| Exams | 19 October to 10 November |
| UCT Grad day | 10 and 11 December |
