BSc (OT) Occupational Therapy at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

Help patients who are temporarily or permanently impaired by illness, accident, disability, environmental limitations, or developmental delay, to increase their independent function. Occupational Therapy is the therapeutic use of self-care, work, education, play, leisure and social activities to increase independent function, enhance development, promote health and well-being and prevent disability. It is indicated when people lose their ability to carry out their everyday activities, due to temporary or permanent illness, disability, environmental limitations and developmental delay.

Faculty: Health Sciences | Department: Therapeutic Sciences | Duration: 4 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

First-year; Introduction to Medical Sciences; Chemistry I; Fundamentals of Occupational Science AND Occupational Therapy I; Physics I; Introduction to Psychology I; Basic Principles of Group and Individual I; Human Behavioural Sciences I; Second-year; Anatomy for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Students II; Fundamentals of Occupational Science AND Occupational Therapy II; Physiology AND Med

Career pathways

Aged Care Facilities Community Health Centres Home Care Services Hospitals and Rehabilitation Units Independent Living and Respite Centres Private Practice Psychiatric Clinics Schools and Education Facilities Vocational Rehabilitation Centres

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Application information

Entry requirements

NSC Requirements English Home Language OR First Additional Language Level 4 Mathematics Level 4 Life Sciences AND/OR Physical Sciences Level 4 The Faculty of Health Sciences uses a Composite Index (CI) score to guide applicant selection. This includes: Your matric academic results for five subjects: English, Mathematics, best of Physical Sciences/Life Sciences and the best two other subjects. We consider the percentage achieved, not the symbol. The average of the five subjects carries a 75% weighting. National Benchmark Test (NBT) scores. The average of the NBT scores carries a 25% weighting. All applicants must write the NBT at one of the Pencil and Paper, i.e. IN-PERSON NBT sessions. Online NBT results will not be considered. The NBT should be written by 17 August. Applicants applying to the Graduate Entry Medical Programme (GEMP) and/or Graduate Entry Physiotherapy Programme (GEPP) on

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.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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