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Chemical Pathology

The Master of Science in Medicine in the field of Chemical Pathology is a research degree.

Overview

Chemical Pathology is a branch of pathology dealing with the biochemistry of disease processes and the measurement of metabolites present in bodily fluids to facilitate diagnosis.

The Department of Chemical Pathology is part of the Wits School of Pathology.

Career Opportunities

  • Continuation as a medical scientist in a clinical laboratory
  • Continuation with further studies, i.e PhD and postdoctoral
  • Research scientist
  • Supervision of science graduates and writing papers for publication in scientific journals
  • Lecturing
  • Sales representatives and  product and application specialists in pharmaceutical companies

Curriculum

The degree consists only of a 2-year research component, including laboratory work and requires a submission of a dissertation or thesis at the end of the programme.

Entry Requirements

A Bachelors degree of at least four years duration or a Bachelors degree followed by an Honours degree. A 65% mimimum average is preferable.

A supervisor from the Department of Chemical Pathology must be identified and approached prior to application.

Approval letter from the respective supervisor(s) and Head of the Department to be attached with the application.

Supervisors list

University Application Process

  • Applications are handled centrally by the 雷速体育_雷速体育直播 Enrolment Centre (SEnC). Once your application is complete in terms of requested documentation, your application will be referred to the relevant School for assessment. Click here to see an overview of the Wits applications process. Refer to Wits Postgraduate Online Applications Guide for detailed guidelines. 
  • Please apply online. Upload your supporting documents at the time of application, or via the Self Service Portal.
  • Applicants can monitor the progress of their applications via the Self Service Portal.
  • Selections for programmes that have a limited intake but attract a large number of applications may only finalise the application at the end of the application cycle.

Please note that the Entry Requirements are a guide. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee a place. Final selection is made subject to the availability of places, academic results and other entry requirements where applicable.

International students, please check this section.

For more information, contact the 雷速体育_雷速体育直播 Call Centre +27 (0)11 717 1888, or log a query at www.wits.ac.za/askwits.

University Fees and Funding

Click here to see the current average tuition fees. The Fees site also provides information about the payment of fees and closing dates for fees payments. Once you have applied you will be able to access the fees estimator on the student self-service portal.

For information about postgraduate funding opportunities, including the postgraduate merit award, click here. The University's Postgraduate Funding portal is a database of scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities available to Wits postgraduate students. Please also check your School website for bursary opportunities. NRF bursaries: The National Research Foundation (NRF) offers a wide range of opportunities in terms of bursaries and fellowships to students pursuing postgraduate studies. External bursaries portal: The Bursaries South Africa website provides a comprehensive list of bursaries in South Africa.