Master of Philosophy in Nephrology at University of Cape Town

Programme overview

The Master of Philosophy in Nephrology is a subspeciality programme that trains medical specialists to become subspecialists in nephrology. Candidates complete clinical training, the relevant College of Medicine examination (credited towards Part 1) and a 60-credit minor dissertation for the degree (plan MM174MDN13).

Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences | Department: Medicine | Duration: Two years of clinical training, one year of research and completion of the minor dissertation. | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Courses are MPhil Nephrology Part 1 (120 credits) and a Nephrology Minor Dissertation (60 credits), with subspeciality clinical training in Year 2; 180 NQF credits at NQF level 9.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) subspeciality programmes, Faculty of Health Sciences: applicants must show that, before starting subspeciality training, they have met all requirements for registration as a specialist in the relevant base speciality, and must have been appointed against an HPCSA-approved training number. Foreign-qualified doctors hold limited HPCSA registration, renewed annually, and may not be able to complete all training and examination requirements in the time allowed.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za

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