UCT 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
Here are the entry requirements:
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
Click here to learn more about the Faculty of Health Science at UCT
