The Department of Architecture’s professional programme is structured as follows: a three-year Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Studies (BAS), followed by a one- year BAS (Honours) degree and a one-year MArch (Prof) degree in Architecture thereafter. Once you have completed your BAS degree, should you decide not to proceed further, and complying with the South African Council for the Architectural Profession’s (SACAP) practical training and exam requirements, you can register as an architectural technologist. Should you also complete your BAS (Honours) studies and comply with the South African Council for the Architectural Profession’s (SACAP) practical training and exam requirements, you can register as a senior architectural technologist. Only once you have completed the MArch (Professional) degree and have complied with SACAP’s practical training requirements and exam requirements, will you be able to register as a professional architect. The Architectural programmes are SACAP (South African Council for the Architectural Profession) and CAA (Commonwealth Association of Architects) accredited. Please note: Prospective students will only be notified by the admissions office of the outcome of their application once they have met with the department to discuss their portfolio and interviewed for a place in the BAS degree.

Industrial Engineering Technologists develop concepts, designs and systems for manufacturing processes and services. They work with many different specialists such as material scientists, mechanical and electrical engineers, manufacturing, and services team leaders, marketers, and accountants to develop new efficient processes, quality assurance protocols and systems. Industrial engineering technologists are tasked to ensure that manufacturing plant or services rendered are optimally designed for customer satisfaction in terms of quality as well as being internationally competitive.

The purpose of Nelson Mandela University’s MBChB programme is to train caring, competent and committed medical doctors who will work as members of inter- professional teams, to practice comprehensive primary health care in holistic and culturally sensitive ways. The programme focuses on training students to provide preventive, promotive, therapeutic and rehabilitative health services and will develop medical doctors who are able and willing to serve and improve the health of individuals, families and communities in urban, peri-urban and rural areas of the Eastern Cape in particular, and South Africa as a whole. To be allowed to register as a doctor (medical practitioner), a student must obtain the MBChB degree, followed by a two-year internship, and one year of community service. It is essential that students who enter the programme are prepared for, and suited to, the training which aims to produce graduates who are primary health care-oriented practitioners. Closing date for applications: A date will be stipulated by which applications will close in the year prior to registration. Only a limited number of students are selected annually for the first year of study of the MBChB and meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee a place. Selection guidelines that consider academic and non-academic merit are approved annually by the Medical Programme Selection Committee.