UCT Medicine Requirements
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been rated as the top university in Africa and South Africa and is also South Africa's oldest university. They offer many different courses in a range of fields with one field Medicine under their Faculty of Health Sciences.
UCT's medical school was established in 1912 and was the first medical school in sub-Saharan Africa. They are rated as one of the top 50 health sciences faculties worldwide by Times Higher Education.
UCT's medical school has 13 academic departments and their programmes include undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, clinical services and research. Student need to meet both the university and faculty requirements in order to enter into postgraduate or undergraduate programmes
UCT Medical School Courses Available
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
- Bachelor of Medical Science Honours
- Master of Medicine
- Doctor of Medicine
- Doctor of Science in Medicine
UCT Medical School Entry Requirements
APS Score For Medicine In South Africa - UCT
One of the first things you have to confirm is the APS score for medicine at UCT. This is the first requirement you have to meet, but remember that because it is so competitive to get into medicine studies even if you reach the APS score for and other medicine requirements you can't be guaranteed a place.
Undergraduates:
- APS (An Admission Point Score) score of 463/600
- FPS (Faculty Point Score) score of 628/900
- WPS score of 764 (628+135.6) for South African applicants only
Postgraduates:
- Bachelor's degree with the appropriate subjects or other qualifications that could be considered to be equivalent.
Honours:
- Bachelor's degree with specific major subject
Masters:
- Master's degree is an Honours degree in the subject that the applicant wishes to pursue at Master's level.
Doctorates:
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline
UCT's Department of Medicine is a large clinical department which plays a leading role in medical education and research, and provides clinical services to communities. If falls under the Faculty of Health Sciences at UCT.
The Department consists of 19 clinical divisions and 11 major research units. The clinical divisions are Acute General Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Haematology, Clinical Immunology, Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Skills Centre, Dermatology, Emergency Unit, Endocrinology & Diabetology, Geriatric Medicine, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Lipidology, Medical Gastroenterology, Nephrology & Hypertension, Neurology, Pulmonology and Rheumatology.
The other Departments at the Faculty of Health Sciences are
- Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
- Family, Community and Emergency Care
- Health Sciences Education
- Paediatrics & Child Health
- Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
- Human Biology
- Integrative Biomedical Sciences
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Pathology
- Psychiatry & Mental Health
- Public Health
- Radiation Medicine
- Surgery
About The University
UCT has a proud tradition of academic excellence. In addition to providing excellent teaching, the University of Cape Town (UCT) encourages students to build their leadership and service skills. Staff and students come from many different communities in South Africa, as well as more than 100 countries across Africa and the rest of the world.
UCT Faculties include Commerce, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities and Law
Science. UCT also has the Graduate School of Business which teaches the MBA degree as well as other postgrad courses, short courses and industry-specific development programmes.
Visit the website for full details on the Faculty of Health Sciences.
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