UFH Nursing Requirements

Your admission to University of Fort Hare (UFH) is dependent on you meeting the specific admission requirements / APS for your chosen qualification. If you don’t meet these requirements for Bachelor of Nursing, you may want to consider alternative qualifications or possibly, if you qualify, an extended programme (refer to the college admission requirements), enabling you to register for limited modules in your first year.

Here are the University of Fort Hare (UFH) Bachelor of Nursing Admission Requirements:

Bachelor of Nursing (B Cur)

It is recommended that Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Biology be taken as Matriculation subjects. Candidates shall be admitted to the program if they have the following: Mathematics level 4 or Mathematics literacy level 5, Physical Science level 4 and Life Science level 4.

The curriculum shall extend over a minimum period of four years of full-time study.  It entails systematic professional practice instruction, which includes laboratory and clinical training, and shall extend over the full period of the module of study.  Clinical training shall be done in general and midwifery hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, the community and community health service facilities in the Eastern Cape Province.