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MMed Forensic Pathology at University of the Witwatersrand

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Programme overview

The MMed in Forensic Pathology is only offered to medical doctors who wish to specialise and are hired in a Registrar post. Applicants must first be employed in a Medical Officer post in the Forensic Pathology Service. You would then have to pass the CMSA Diploma Exams.

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

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Application information

Entry requirements

The following general rules are subject to any additional or contrary provisions in the special rules for the degree, Master of Medicine in any individual specialty. An applicant may be considered for admission provided that: s/he is registered as a medical practitioner with the Health Professions Council of South Africa, or s/he has a qualification from another university that would allow the candidate to register as a medical practitioner, or in the case of a foreign graduate wishing to train as a supernumerary registrar, s/he has limited registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa; and 2026 Senate Rules for the Faculty of Health Sciences s/he is a holder of a training post in one of the teaching hospitals attached to the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University, or in the School of Pathology, or in another institution approved by the Senate and the Health Prof

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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