UCT Student Admissions Data 2006-2011

South Africa, 2006 - 2011

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Reference ID

ZAF_2006-2011_UCTSAD_v01_M

Producer(s)

Admissions Office

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Jun 08, 2026

Last modified

Jun 08, 2026

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Identification

Survey ID number

ZAF_2006-2011_UCTSAD_v01_M

Title

UCT Student Admissions Data 2006-2011

Abbreviation or Acronym

UCTSAD 2006-2011

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
South Africa	ZAF

Study type

Administrative Records, Other (ad/oth]

Series Information

The UCTSAD series provides annual administrative microdata on applications submitted to the University of Cape Town. This dataset covers application cohorts from 2006 to 2011.

Abstract

The UCT Student Admissions Data (UCTSAD) 2006-2011 dataset records all applications submitted to the University of Cape Town (UCT) that belong to the 2006 to 2011 student application cohort. UCT's Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS) extracted the source data from the UCT student administration SQL database and made it available to DataFirst for curation and dissemination. The dataset comprises four files for the 2006-2011 cohort: an application-form file recording every stage of every application process; a person file recording biographical and demographic characteristics of each applicant; a secondary-school-subject file recording the school subjects and results that applicants reported on their applications; and a tertiary-education file recording any prior tertiary study that applicants declared.

Kind of Data

Administrative records data [adm]

Unit of Analysis

Student application

Version

Version Description

Version 1.1: Edited data, for use in DataFirst's secure Remote Access Data Enclave.

Version Date

2026-06-01

Version Responsibility Statement

DataFirst

Version Notes

This is version 1.1 of the cleaned annualised files for the 2006 to 2011 UCT application cohort.

Scope

Keywords

university applications student admissions higher education secondary school subjects prior tertiary education administrative records South Africa University of Cape Town

Coverage

Geographic Coverage notes

The dataset covers only applications submitted to the University of Cape Town. Geographic variables within the dataset, such as home address, reflect applicants' self-reported information and are not independently verified.

Universe

All persons who submitted an application to the University of Cape Town and whose earliest application-process date falls in the calendar years 2006 to 2011.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Admissions Office	University of Cape Town

Study authorization

Authorization Date

2014

Agency

Agency name	Affiliation	Abbreviation
Admissions Office	University of Cape Town	UCT

Authorization Statement

Permissions were granted to DataFirst to make UCT Student Admissions Data available to accredited researchers through our secure data service in 2014 and 2019. Permissions to share the data in the secure Remote Access Data Enclave was granted by the Admissions Office on the 25th November 2024.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2006	2011

Time Method

Cross-section [cross section]

Data Collection Mode

Self-administered web forms and hard-copy forms

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation	Abbreviation
Admissions Office	University of Cape Town	UCT

Data processing

Data Processing

Type	Description
Derivation	The annual cleaning R script assigns application process identifier by scanning application rows in chronological order within each person-and-application group. A new process begins when the application program action equals 6, 9, 4, or 14; the process ends at the first row whose application end effective date equals 9999-12-31.
Derivation	The annual cleaning script derives the application year as the four-digit calendar year of the minimum application begin effective date within each combination of person identifier and application process identifier This variable identifies each application process as belonging to a specific annual cohort.
Correction	Named anomaly corrections adjust the application year for specific records where the algorithmically derived year does not match the intended application cohort. Each correction carries an explanatory comment in the R cleaning script.
Linkage	Person, secondary-school-subject, and tertiary-education records link to the annual cohort through the person identifier present in the yearly application-form file. Secondary-school-subject records are retained when the school year is less than or equal to application year, or when the school year is missing. Tertiary-education records are retained when tertiary education year is less than or equal to year of application.

Access policy

Access conditions

Data available through our secure Remote Access Data Enclave

Citation requirements

UCT Admissions Office. University of Cape Town Student Admissions Data 2006-2011 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: University of Cape Town [producer], 2026. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/966a-gt44

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL	Email
DataFirst	University of Cape Town		support@data1st.org

Deposit requirements

Users who publish results based on this dataset must notify DataFirst before publication and provide a copy of the publication or working paper.

Location of Data Collection

Remote Access Data Enclave

Availability Status

Available in DataFirst's Remote Access Data Enclave

URL for Location of Data Collection

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ZAF_2006-2011_UCTSAD_v01_M

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst		University of Cape Town	Metadata producer
Development Data Group	DECDG	World Bank Group	Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library

Date of Metadata Production

2026-06-01

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01 - Identical to a metadata (zaf-uctsad-2006-2011-v1) published on DataFirst microdata repository (https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.

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