Faculty of Health Sciences
- About Faculty of Health Sciences
- Message from the Dean
- History of Faculty of Health Sciences
- Programmes
- PhD in Health Sciences
- Academic Health Service Complex
- Teaching Platform
- Community Engagement
- Research
- Linkages - National and International
- Prospective Students
- Regulations for Registered Students
- General Information
- Health Sciences Resource Centre
- Degrees and Postgraduate Diplomas offered by Faculty
- Undergraduate Degrees
- Postgraduate Dip & Degrees
- Postgraduate Diploma: Chemical Pathology
- Postgraduate Diploma: Health Promotion
- Bachelor of Nursing (Hons)
- Bachelor of Science (Hons) (Medical Microbiology)
- Bachelor of Science (Hons) (Biochemistry)
- Bachelor of Science (Hons) (Physiological Sciences)
- Master of Science in Medical Microbiology
- Master of Science in Medical Biochemistry
- Master of Science In Physiological Sciences
- Master of Public Health
- Master of Nursing
- Master of Science in Health Promotion
- Master of Medicine (M Med)
- Special Programmes
Public Health Programmes
- The Department of Public Health was established in 2015, combining two pre-existing departments - Health Promotion and Community Medicine.
- The Department of Public Health now has three divisions:
- Community Medicine
- Preventative Medicine and Health Behaviour
- Division of Health Systems, Policy and Planning.
- There are five programmes currently offered by the department of Public Health:
- Community Medicine (as part of the MBCHB programme, from Level 1 to Level 5)
- Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion
- Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion
- Master of Science in Health Promotion
- Master of Public Health.
- The Department received accreditation from the Health Professions Council of South Africa in 2016 to train specialists in Public Health Medicine.
- This programme will be introduced in 2017.
- The Department continues to grow and plans to strengthen its programmes by continuously improving on the quality of content delivered, student throughput and research outputs; and through continued community engagement