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The South African Nursing Council (SANC), the Council of Higher Education (CHE), and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) have approved the curriculum for the Bachelor of Nursing at the University of the Free State (UFS).
 
Prospective students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 4 December 2019, to be considered for the first selection committee scheduled for 9 December 2019. Selection will be based on academic performance. 
 
According to the SANC, only 75 students can be registered for the Bachelor of Nursing at the UFS State in 2020.

The minimum requirements to apply for a Bachelor of Nursing are:
 
1.           Admission Point (AP)        30
2.           Language of instruction    50%
3.           ** Mathematics                 40% or Mathematical Literacy 70%
4.           ** Life Sciences                60% or Physical Sciences  50%
 
**       Either Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy is required, as well as either Life Sciences or Physical Sciences.
 
•         Please ensure that your application (with all the supporting documents, including a medical certificate) is complete. 
•         Incomplete applications will not be considered for selection.

 
Any enquiries about the application process can be directed to Klopper1@ufs.ac.za


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UFS professor receives prestigious Science Award
2012-01-31

 

President Jacob Zuma is congratulating the Kovsies Prof. Maryke Labuschage after she received an award from the African Union for her selfless contrubution to sciene in Africa. Prof. Labuschagne attended the award ceremony in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia last week.
Photo: Jacoline Prinsloo

 

The African Union awarded an international award to Maryke Labuschagne, a professor in Plant Breeding at our Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, for her contribution to science in Africa.

Prof. Labuschagne received the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific award in the category Life Sciences – Continental level. This is the highest level of this prestigious award programme.

Prof. Labuschagne has been part of the UFS for the past 23 years. Over the last 20 years she has been involved in training and educating scientists in plant breeding all over Africa. Her work also entails the development of better cultivars to ensure food sustainability on the continent.

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