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architecture, biomedical engineering, materials engineering, computer-aided manufacturing and computer-aided design, manufacturing and production. Mechanical Engineering offers a challenging career, a wide range of job opportunities and the certainty that as long as there are technical problems, there will always be the need for the mechanical engineer.
Mechatronics
Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering which combines fundamental study in mechanical engineering with light-current electrical engineering. As a mechatronics student at UCT, you will gain a thorough grounding in both electrical and mechanical engineering. You will have a good understanding of physical science, mathematics, advanced engineering, control theory, microcomputer technology, engineering design and principles of engineering management. The curriculum offers nal-year optional courses in related elds, such as biomedical engineering, power electronics and industrial management.
The mechatronics engineer in industry may require expertise across a broad range of engineering disciplines, and will be especially well suited to a career in light manufacturing, robotics and process control. Mechatronics engineers may become involved in elds such as instrumentation, automation, robotics, embedded systems, biomedical engineering and machine vision.
Accreditation of Degrees
The BSc (Eng) degrees in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Electrical & Computer, Electro-Mechanical, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics are accepted by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as ful lling the academic requirements for registration as a professional engineer. The degrees are internationally recognised in terms of the Washington Accord. The BSc in Construction Studies and the BSc Honours in Quantity Surveying and in Construction Management are accredited by the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP), the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
The BSc in Property Studies and the BSc Honours in Property Studies are accredited by the SA Council for the Property Valuers Profession (SACPVP). The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession accredits the BSc Honours degrees in Property Studies, Quantity Surveying and Construction Management.
The South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) accredits the BSc Construction Studies and BSc Honours in Construction Management. The BSc in Geomatics is accredited by the South African Geomatics Council.
Academic Development in Engineering & the Built Environment
The Academic Support Programme for Engineering in Cape Town (ASPECT) provides alternative courses with extra support in mathematics and physics for the rst year and a half of the extended degree programmes in the engineering departments.
All students admitted to an engineering quali cation at UCT currently start on a curriculum based on a 4-year quali cation. The rst 5 weeks are used to identify students who will bene t from changing to a 5-year extended quali cation. Those students are encouraged to make the change in April, by reducing their ‘load’ – the number of credits or courses for which they are registered. The reduction in the number of courses allows them more time to concentrate on the challenging transitions that mathematics and physics demand. Students in the extended quali cation enjoy smaller classes, more contact time for mathematics and physics, easy access to the dedicated lecturers of these courses and a supportive community environment. Students may also choose to join the extended quali cation if they want more time and support to build a better foundation in mathematics and physics.
PROCEDURES FOR ADMISSIONS
If you meet the admission requirements with pre- nal grade 12 results you may receive a conditional early offer. Once the nal National Senior Certi cate examination results are available these conditional offers will be con rmed if the requirements have been met, and all wait-listed applications will be assessed.
EBE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS HOLDING THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE
These are for applicants who are writing, or have written, the South African National Senior Certi cate (NSC). Places are limited and offers will be made with a view to securing the academically strongest applicants while meeting equity targets.
National Benchmark Tests (NBTs)
All applicants normally resident, or at school, in South Africa must write the NBTs in Academic Literacy, Quantitative Literacy and Mathematics, the results of which will be used in the calculation of the EBE Faculty Point Score.
If you do not write the NBTs before 14 October 2017 as part of the application process, your application will be cancelled and you will need to apply in 2017 for 2018.
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