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You can expect a number of unique features when you enrol in a UPOnline programme.

• In a UPOnline programme, there is no physical face-to-face component, although there could be a virtual face-to-face contact. All interactions with staff and students, educational content, learning activities, assessment, and support services are integrated and take place online.
• Online programmes allow access to programme material on any device provided that a stable internet connection is available.
• Whilst certain online programmes are offered on a full-time basis, most are offered part-time.
• The online programmes are structured with 6 enrolment opportunities per year.
• You enrol for a single module at a time. Modules are either 7 or 14 weeks in duration.
• Throughout the year modules are structured as 7 weeks of learning, with 1 week of recess in-between modules. At the end of the year, there is an additional recess period.
• Payment can be made per module, or in full upfront.
• Coursework is offered semi-synchronously, meaning that you will do some parts of a module at your own pace, but others on a fixed schedule. Typically, new content and assignments are released on a weekly basis. Note, you may still connect synchronously in “real-time” via a virtual medium with your fellow students and online facilitators if there is a need to do so.
• In addition to the online facilitators, UPOnline programmes have dedicated call centre staff who motivate and support you with any queries you may have.
• UPOnline programmes have been designed to provide a highly engaging and interactive learning experience, through features such as interactive videos, discussion forums, drag-and-drop activities, check-your-knowledge quizzes, and much more.

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UPOnline Important Dates

• I May 2023 Application Date
• February 2023 Application deadline
• 06 February 2023 Registration starts
• 06 March 2023 Module start date
• 06 March 2023 Payment Deadline

NOTE:

• The start date is the date on which your first module will commence.
• The application deadline is 2 weeks before the start date and no applications will be processed for the upcoming intake after this deadline.
• Registration opens 4 weeks before the session starts and closes one day before the module session commences.
• The payment deadline is the module start date and if the payment is not received and the proof of payment (POP) is not uploaded via the UP Student portal by day 5 after the module start date access to Blackboard/clickUP is revoked.
• On day 11 after the start of the module, students will be deregistered from the module if they did not adhere to the above and no exceptions will be made.
• Requests from students to be deregistered from a module will only be processed until the Monday of Week 7.
• Registration: You must register for each module before the registration deadline.