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 in Chemical Pathology
- Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion
- Honours Bachelor of Nursing
- Bachelor of Science (HONOURS) (Medical Microbiology)
- Bachelor of Science (Honours)(Biochemistry)
- Bachelor of Science (Honours)(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, and the division of Health Systems, Policy and Planing. 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, and the 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.