UCT Sport and Recreation

Sport Centre Upper Campus

Tel: +27 (0) 21 650 3564
STUDENT AFFAIRS E-mail: uctsports.scholarship@vula.uct.ac.za
SPORT & RECREATION
Web: www.dsa.uct.ac.za
8th June 2023

Dear future UCT Sportsperson

SPORT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

UCT Sport & Recreation is the Division of the UCT Student Affairs Department that oversees the 36 sports clubs and Fitness
Centre at the University of Cape Town which aims to provide opportunities for students and staff to play and enjoy sport at UCT.

UCT Sport has enjoyed considerable success over the years winning local Western Cape Leagues, InterVarsity’s and National Club
Championships. The University has a history of top players that have gone on to represent their Province and the South African
National teams in a variety of sporting codes

UCT has superior facilities, including 3 indoor, 8 outdoor & 3 synthetic cricket nets, well-equipped club houses, world class main
cricket oval, synthetic hockey & football fields, the Green Mile of rugby fields, property at Zeekoevlei dam that houses our yacht
and rowing clubs, indoor rowing ergometers, tennis courts, swimming pool and an indoor center that caters for all indoor sporting
needs.

UCT Sport has been privileged to have had some of the best coaches in the world render their services over the years and continues
to attract top officials willing to serve the various sports clubs.

League sport incorporates a large number of club teams from around the Cape Town area and most of our sports teams participates
in these leagues on a weekly basis. UCT plays in the annual National University weeks (USSA) as well as the televised Varsity
Sport tournaments throughout the year. There is also a vibrant on campus, campus sports league that students can participate in that
is more recreational.

UCT is ranked as the top tertiary institution on the African continent by all five major world university rankings: Times Higher
Education (THE), Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), US News & World Report Best
Global Universities, and ARWU (Shanghai Ranking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities).

UCT is uncompromising in its pursuit of being a world-class research-led institution that serves as the premier academic meeting
point between South Africa, the African continent and the world. UCT’s strong success in achieving this vision is built on its ability
to attract outstanding faculty, scholars and students; to engender an intellectually and socially stimulating environment and to
provide access to state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and research.

At UCT, studies come first but we believe that sport plays an integral part in developing young leaders. Clubs make every effort to
play at the highest possible level and provides opportunities for students to run our Sports Clubs to further their managerial skills.

UCT Sport & Recreation offer sporting scholarships to sportsman that have made a Schools Provincial A selection or higher.
Bursaries range from R10 000 which is deposited into the students fees account in April.

UCT Sport can also assist our top 10 first year students wanting to find a spot in a UCT residence.

Below is the scholarship application form; please fill this in and send it back once you have started the registration process at UCT
via www.uct.ac.za. UCT Sport is separate to the academic process of registering at UCT, if you receive an offer for a sporting
scholarship it doesn’t mean that you have been offered a position to study at UCT.

Please feel free to e-mail sports@uct.ac.za if you need any further information.

Kind regards
Sport Admin
021 650 3564
sports@uct.ac.za
2024 UCT SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM
Please note the Scholarship range is from R10000. Applications will only be considered after the
closing date of 30 September 2023.
For Office Use:
PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM AND YOUR SPTORT CV TO: Sports:
uctsports.scholarship@vula.uct.ac.za Date:

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 30 September 2023

Please type legibly and complete the application in full. Any information omitted will prejudice the
application. Scholarships are awarded on sporting merit. Please attach a sports CV and/or any
relevant documentation that can support your application.

Please make sure you apply to enroll at UCT before 31 July 2023, through the web site
www.uct.ac.za by filling in this application form, you are only applying for a sports scholarship.

1. PERSONAL DETAILS OF SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANT

Surname:

First Name/s:

Date of Birth: Gender:

Nationality: Race:

ID Number:

Passport Number:

Postal Address:

Term Address (If already a UCT student) or where will you will be staying in 2024:

Telephone (landline):
Telephone (cell):
E-mail Address:
2. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

High School Attended:

Year Matriculated: Mid Year Aggregate:

NEW APPLICANTS APPLYING TO STUDY AT UCT:

UCT STUDENT NUMBER: _____________________________________________________________

Have you applied for admission Y/N: Date of application:

Have you already been accepted Y/N: Proposed Degree/Course:

Will you be studying Full or Part-time:

Will you be applying for financial aid or other funding please explain:

Will you be applying for UCT residence?

APPLICANTS ALREADY REGISTERED AT UCT:

UCT STUDENT NUMBER_________________________________________

Present Course:

2024 Academic Year (1st year or second year etc): First Year of Registration:

Proposed Course for 2024: Full or Part-time:

Undergraduate or Postgraduate programme?:

 3. SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS – LAST TWO YEARS ONLY:

Which sport is the scholarship for:

Which level have you achieved in that sport:

South Africa:

Provincial:

School:

4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Please give the names and contacts of two referees who can testify to your sporting ability.

1. 2.

e-mail: e-mail:

Cell number: Cell number:

Landline number: Landline number:

Please attach a full Sport CV for current performances with as much detail as possible: eg times
achieved, distances run, what type of team selected for, what competitions competed in.

UCT Club Chairpersons and the relevant Sports Coordinator will need to support your application,
so it is in your best interest to ensure they are aware of your achievements and that you will be
applying.

Filled in by full name: ____________________________________

Date: ___________________________________________________