University of Kwazulu-Natal Nursing Admission Requirements

PhD in Nursing

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Candidates have to possess a Masters Degree which includes a research component (doing research).

Not every person who completed a Masters is suited to the Doctoral Programme. It is only the academically talented who should go on to this exacting programme. If the following statements are honestly true about you, you may well be one of these:

1. I find a research stimulating and would like to do it every day of my working life.
2. I had very little difficulty in understanding the research process.
3. I had very little difficulty in understanding statistics/and or qualitative anayltic methods.
4. I write academic paper with relative ease.
5. My supervisor in my Masters had very little trouble getting my work up to standard.
6. My supervisor said quite a few times that s/he would like me as a Doctoral student.
7. I can give examples of my critical thinking skills.

On application, the School will require a copy of your Masters thesis for inspection, as well as the name and address of your Masters supervisor. We will also require you to write an admission examination.

B Nursing Undergraduate Degree

Application requirements

APS score of 27/32, with compulsory NSC subject English 4 (HL/FAL)and Mathematics Literacy or Mathematics at Level 3 and Life Orientation Level 4, or matric exemption 32 points

Bachelor of Nursing Advanced Practice (BNAP)

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

All students who register for any of these programmes must be a registered nurse.
Since these are university programmes, all students must have University exemption. Please remember that even if you did not have
University Exemption based on your matric certificate, you can obtain mature age exemption if you are 24 years or older.
One cannot register for a specialist module namely, Advanced Mental Health Nursing and Advanced Midwifery, if you do not have
the basic module on which it is based.

International students:

These students must process their registration with the South African Nursing Council prior to registration with the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Their qualifications must have been evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority.

Masters Degree in Nursing

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Research Masters:

A 65% average in the under-graduate degree and a 60% average in an Honours degree and / or passing an admission examination.
An honors degree is required for this degree.

The writing of the admission examination takes a full morning, and should be arranged by appointment with the School of Nursing between July and early October of the preceding year.