Medical Cell Biology, BHSc (Hon)

Depending on the research topic chosen, students will be exposed to the following techniques:

Tissue and cell culture methodology
– Immunocytochemistry,
– Electron and light microscopy,
– PCR, cytokine analyses and statistical methods,
– Comparative histology
– Flow cytometry
– Experimental embryology

An undergraduate degree (BA, BSc, BHSc) with excellent results.

How to apply
– Applications are handled centrally by the Student 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.
– 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, view academic application status, accept an offer (once certified hardcopies have been received by SEnC), apply and check residence application status, and generate a fees estimate.
– 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.

Some career opportunities are;
– AssistantResearche
– FellowSenior Scientist.
– Laboratory Instructor
– InstructorDoctoral Fellow.
– Clinical Research Assistant
– Assistant Medical Transcriptionist.
– Laboratory Research Assistant
– Research TechnicianAssociate Scientist.

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*Students from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries pay the same annual tuition fees as South Africans plus an International Registration Fee (IRF). The SADC member countries are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
*Students sponsored by the Government of Rwanda will be treated as and pay the same amount as SADC students.
*Students from all other countries (Non-SADC) will pay the same amount as South African Students
*Diplomats and their dependents stationed in South Africa & International Wits employees and their dependents will pay South African tuition fees + International Registration Fee (IRF).