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UCT Student Admissions Data 2006-2011

South Africa, 2006 - 2011
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Reference ID
zaf-uctsad-2006-2011-v1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25828/966a-gt44
Producer(s)
Admissions Office
Collections
Remote Access Data Enclave
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Jun 03, 2026
Last modified
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Study authorization
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Access policy
  • access_policy
  • Metadata production
  • Additional metadata
  • Citation

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-uctsad-2006-2011-v1
    Title
    UCT Student Admissions Data 2006-2011
    Abbreviation or Acronym
    UCTSAD 2006-2011
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    UCT Student Admissions Data
    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.
    Other identifiers
    Type Identifier
    doi https://doi.org/10.25828/966a-gt44
    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
    Unit of Analysis
    Student application

    Version

    Version Description
    v1.1: 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 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

    Location of Data Collection
    Remote Access Data Enclave
    URL for Location of Data Collection
    Number of Files
    4

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    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
    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.
    Availability Status
    Available in DataFirst's Remote Access Data Enclave

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    zaf-uctsad-2006-2011-v1
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    DataFirst DF University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2026-06-01

    Additional metadata

    Additional metadata
    Series idno
    zaf-uctsad
    Cohort year
    2006
    Source period
    2006-2014
    N data files
    4
    Cleaning script
    2026-uctsad-yearly-cleaning-guide-v1.1.R
    Documentation
    • 2026-uctsad-yearly-cleaning-guide-v1.1.docx
    • uct-sad-2006-2014-notes-v1.pdf
    Linkage key
    personid / person_id (renamed in newer source periods)

    Citation

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