Overview

Health Systems - Health Systems and Services Research from Stellenbosch University is designed to accommodate full-time practitioners from a range of fields including social work, medicine, nursing, health economics, public health, health service management, policy-making and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The programme enhances the participant’s knowledge and skills in health systems strengthening and research, public health and practice

Key facts

define and prioritise health and healthcare delivery problems;
select the best approaches to a problem, adapt these approaches sensitively to local contexts or develop new inventions, test the approaches in real world conditions, select the most successful ones for wider implementation, and smoothly integrate them into the health system to achieve an improvement of the problem and to reinforce rather than strain the abilities of the health system.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Epidemiology
Knowledge Translation
Healthcare Financing
Systematic Reviews of Economic Evaluation
Research Proposal Writing and Grantsmanship

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2028-02-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-09-30 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-08-31 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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79

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PTE Academic

76

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Disciplines

Health Sciences View 104 other Masters in Health Sciences in South Africa

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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79

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76

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

One of the following qualifications at NQF level 8:

an MBChB or equivalent degree;
a four-year professional bachelor’s degree in a health-related discipline;
a bachelor honours degree of this University or another recognised university;
an honours degree in social sciences; or
an equivalent qualification approved by Senate for this purpose.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Applies to you

Non-residents

63368 ZAR / year

≈ 63368 ZAR / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

25108 ZAR / year

≈ 25108 ZAR / year

Additional Details

International (Outside of Africa) and Africa (beyond the SADC* countries and excluding Rwanda): Tuition + International Tuition fee (ITF) R38,260

Living costs

Cape Town

South Africa

9088 - 15529 ZAR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

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Delivered

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Academic requirements

English requirements

IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

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Cape Town

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