REQUIREMENTS

A senior certificate with mathematics and a science subject is required.

TRAINING

The course comprises three years full time study at a technikon. On successful completion the student is awarded a diploma in biomedical technology. He/ She is then required to seek employment in a laboratory registered for training with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. This enables the student to complete a fourth year of practical training after which he/ she must successfully pass a Board examination in order to register and practice.

SA Medical Technology Educational Institutes
(Alphabetical)

Cape Peninsula University of Technology
National Diploma: Biomedical Technology
B-Technologiae: Biomedical Technology
M-Technologiae: Biomedical Technology
D-Technologiae: Biomedical Technology

Central University of Technology, Free State
National Diploma: Biomedical Technology
B-Technologiae: Biomedical Technology
M-Technologiae: Biomedical Technology
D-Technologiae: Biomedical Technology

Durban University of Technology
National Diploma: Biomedical Technology
B-Technologiae: Biomedical Technology

Tshwane University of Technology
Biomedical Technology

University of Johannesburg
National Diploma: Biomedical Technology
B-Technologiae: Biomedical Technology
M-Technologiae: Biomedical Technology
D-Technologiae: Biomedical Technology