Studying at University: A guide for first year students

'Studying at University: A guide for first year students' is intended to provide new students with the knowledge and skills required for coping with their studies and academic assignments at the university.  This includes guidance on healthy learning habits, successful learning strategies, making the most of lectures and other learning opportunities and detailed advice around academic reading and writing tasks. The guide also provides specific information on various resources for students at the University of Cape Town.

This guide is intended to help new students adjust to university life, with a particular focus on studies in the Humanities. However, much of the information is relevant to all students new to studying at university.

The guide features key ideas in Afrikaans and Xhosa.

The graphics from this guide are available here.