A short guide on the admission requirements to study at the Medical University Of South Africa (MEDUNSA). The medical university of South Africa is the nation’s most prestigious centre of learning when it comes to the field of medicine. The school specializes solely in training and producing medical practitioners, as well as research and training to improve the skills of practitioners in the field of medicine.
Below are requirements that a person should have before seeking to gain entry into this prestigious institution.
Requirements To Study Medicine At MEDUNSA
You need to obtain a national curriculum statement NCS with at least 4 out of the usual 7 subjects having been selected from the designated list in grade 12, and scored a minimum achievement level of 50 percent with the 4 subjects, you may apply to study anatomy. The designated subjects are accounting, agricultural science, business studies, consumer studies, dramatic arts, economics, history, geography, and information technology. You also need 3 languages (English language, as well as 2 other, recognized south African languages)
What do you need to study for the MBChBat Certification?
The university’s point system by which it converts your grade 12 achievement to an admission point for the available programmes is given below.
THE ADMISSION POINT (column 2) is used by the institution to calculate your admission point.
NSC-LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT (column 1, see school prospectus) gives the NSC level of achievement that is awarded for percentages that you score in your Grade 12 subjects.
Important notice: specific levels of achievement are required for certain school subjects in order for a prospective candidate to be admitted for the MBChB programme.
- Admission Points 28 28: NSC-Level of achievement
- 2: 30% to 39%
- 3: 40% to 49%
- 4: 50% to 59%
- 5: 60% to 69%
- 6: 70% to 79%
- 7: 80% to 89%
- 8: 90% to 100%
An admission point of 28 is required, in addition to a programme specific minimum score in specific subjects.
How to score a minimum of 28 in your AP score:
Example:
- In 3 academic subjects, you need a minimum achievement level of 5 (60%) 3*5: 15
- In another 3 academic subjects you need to have an achievement level of 4 (50) 3*4:12
- In the subject of life orientation, you need an achievement level of 5 (60%) or higher to get 1 point.
- Overall AP score 1*1*1:28
Programme Specific Requirements
- You need to pass Mathematics at an achievement level 5 (60%)
- You need to pass physical science at an achievement level of 5 (60%)
- English at an achievement level of 4 (50%)
Bachelor Of Diagnostic Radiology B. RAD (DIAGN.)
The bachelor of diagnostic radiology B. RAD (DIAGN) degree program has a different set of requirements that candidates need to scale in order to be considered for admission.
For reasons bordering on capacity and population, only a limited number of candidates can be admitted to the degree programme. Applicants who fulfill the institution’s requirements have to be interviewed before the final selection for this programme can be concluded. Any candidate who has been refused admission into any other university shall not be registered into this degree program.
Admission Requirements:
Matriculation Exemption Certificate
Applicants must be at least 18 years of age as at the time of admission, and must also have a matriculation exemption certificate issued by the south African matriculations board. They must have pass marks in mathematics, physical science, a combined rating of 9 on higher or standard grade.
National Senior Certificate (NSC) Applicants
Candidates are also required to have taken the national senior certificate examinations, and must have passed at least 4 of the 7 school subjects with a minimum level of 4 (50%)
The designated NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE subjects are:
- 3 languages *(one of which must be the English language, as well as 2 other recognized African languages)
- Life sciences (formerly biology)
- Mathematics
- Accounting
- Agriculture science
- Business studies * (formerly business economics)
- Consumer studies (formerly home economics)
- Dramatic arts
- Economics
- Engineering graphics and design (formerly technical drawing)
- Geography
- History
- Information technology
- Music
- Physical science
- Religious studies
- Visual arts
Admission points
- National senior certificate
- 2: 30% to 39%
- 3: 40% to 49%
- 4: 50% to 59%
- 5: 60% to 59%
- 6: 70% to 79%
- 7: 80% to 89%
- 8: 90% to 100%
A minimum point score of 24 is required for admission to the B. RAD program. That is in addition to getting specific points in certain designated subjects.
- You need to Pass Mathematics with a minimum achievement level of 4 (50% to 59%)
- You need to pass Physical Science with a minimum achievement level of 4 (50% to 59%)
- You need to pass the English Language with a minimum achievement level 4 (50% to 59%) which is a total of 12.
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That’s it on the entry requirements to study medicine at MEDUNSA (Medical University Of South Africa).