B Nurs at University of Pretoria

The Bachelor of Nursing prepares you for a career as a Registered Nurse in a variety of healthcare settings.

Admission requirements

The following persons will be considered for admission: a candidate who is in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement; a candidate who is a graduate from another tertiary institution or has been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution; and a candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.

Life Orientation is excluded in the calculation of the APS.

Selection is based on Grade 11 results, the NBT, the Value-added Questionnaire, and an interview.

Admission to Health Sciences programs is subject to a selection process.

The applications of international candidates who come from countries that have medical schools will not be considered for placement in the MBChB programme except where intergovernmental agreements are in place.

For selection purposes the sum of the results in six subjects, including English, is calculated.

Candidates, please note that your APS may not drop with more than two points in your final school examination results in order to maintain your provisional admission.

PLEASE NOTE that compliance with the minimum admission requirements does not necessarily guarantee admission to any programme in this Faculty.

Selection queries may be directed to healthapplications@up.ac.za.

Mathematics, Physical Science, Life Sciences or Physiology are not compulsory subjects, but they are recommended subjects.

Minimum requirements

Achievement level
English APS
NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level
4 3 D D 28.

Duration: 4 years

What are the subjects in BS Nursing?

Biochemistry.

Logic and Critical Thinking.

Anatomy and Physiology.

Microbiology and Parasitology.

Theoretical Foundations in Nursing.

Health Assessment.

Fundamentals of Nursing Practice.

Community Health Nursing.