Readmission is governed by the University’s Admission Policy (Part One – section 8 and Part Two – section 7), the University General Rules A.3.2.3 and the respective programme rules as stipulated in the various faculty calendars.
Applicable General Rules
A.3.2.3 Renewal of Registration
Unless the Faculty Board decides otherwise
(a) A student not in his/her final year of study will not be allowed to renew his/her registration as a candidate for a degree, diploma or certificate in a particular faculty, if, in terms of the rules of such faculty, he/she has failed in two attempts to gain sufficient credits for promotion to the next level of study.
(b) A student in his/her final year of study (or any other student to whom the provisions of (a) above are not applicable) will not be allowed to renew his/her registration for a degree, diploma or certificate in a particular faculty, if, in terms of the rules of such faculty, he/she has failed in three attempts to complete all the requirements for the particular degree, diploma or certificate.
(c) The provisions of A.3.2.3 (a) and (b) above are not applicable to students registered for degrees, diplomas or certificates, which have faculty rules providing for alternative conditions of renewal of registration.
(d) A student who is not permitted to renew his/her registration for a particular degree, diploma or certificate (in terms of the provisions of A.3.2.3 (a), (b) or (c) above) may be permitted to register for a degree, diploma or certificate in another faculty at the discretion of the Faculty Board concerned, provided that such student shall submit a written application for such registration to the Dean of the Faculty at a date specified in the General Calendar Part 1
(e) Should a student who has been permitted to register for a degree, diploma or certificate in terms of the provisions of A.3.2.3 (d) above, fail, at the end of that year, to gain promotion to the next year of study, such student will, save with the permission of the Faculty Board, not be allowed to renew his/her registration as a candidate for such degree, diploma or certificate.
(f) A student who has been refused permission to renew his/her registration for a degree, diploma or certificate in terms of the provisions of A.3.2.3 (a) or (b) or (e) above or in terms of those rules referred to in A.3.2.3 (c) above, may apply to the Faculty Board for permission to re-register, provided that such application must be in writing to the Faculty Board not later than the closing date as published in the University Calendar.