Apply for Residence

(First time entry – never studied at CPUT before and applying to either undergraduate or postgraduate studies)

After you have finished academic application you will receive your Student Online Services login details (SOS pin) Where the user will be your student number and the pin your created at the begging of your application. Those that have applied to CPUT before and already have student number will have to look-up their Pin and apply via the SOS iEnabler.

These details will allow you to be able to login on SOS (Follow instruction on your email) and proceed with residence application.

For the purposes of residences, first-time applicants are CPUT registered senior students (Current registered students that are progressing into the next period of study in order to complete their studies (.e.g. diploma students, doing 1st year now and will be continuing into 2nd year in the next following academic year.) who are currently not staying in the residences.

For first-time applicants to be selected for accommodation the following shall be considered:

• 60% pass rate of the subjects of which examinations were written
• applicants should be staying outside 60-kilometre radius from the institution
• availability of space 

All First time applicants must apply on SOS for residence admission for the following year.

No manual applications.

For residence purposes, returning students are those students who stayed in the residences a year preceding their application for residence.

The returning students shall be placed back into their residences if:

• They pass 60% of the subjects for which they sat for examinations
• They applied for accommodation the previous year
• There is no serious disciplinary record against them

All Returning Students must apply on SOS for residence admission for the following year.

No manual applications.

Students on experiential learning for a period of Three to six months or more and currently residing on CPUT residences shall apply on SOS as returning students.

Only students on six months and more experiential learning shall apply manual through central housing office. Students coming back from experiential learning shall be accepted back into the residences in the next academic year only.