The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) will place you at the front-line of science and push you to think beyond the normal boundaries. You can pursue careers ranging from the proverbial A to Z: from an actuary to a zoologist, from a forensic expert to a meteorologist – the list is as endless as mathematics itself. Once you graduate with an internationally recognized degree from the NAS Faculty, you will have had access to programmes that will allow you to be ready for the workplace or able to start your own business and contribute to the economy.
The Faculty is the largest of its kind in Africa. This diverse faculty is renowned for its expertise in forestry and agriculture, food systems, biotechnology as well as life sciences and mathematical and statistical sciences, and our international rankings underline this.
Undergraduate programmes
The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences is recognised as one of the top science faculties at tertiary institutions in South Africa, due to the successes and achievements of our students and graduates. We are proud to say that our Faculty attracts some of the best students in the country.
The Faculty is committed to educating young scientists in support of the South African government’s initiative to increase the knowledge base of our community, specifically in the fields of science and technology. The Faculty offers a variety of programmes ranging from the more fundamental mathematical and physical sciences to the biological and more applied agricultural and food sciences.
Our programmes are designed to prepare our graduates to be scientific professionals for the job market and in addition to this to equip students with sufficient background knowledge to enter postgraduate study programmes. In addition to the normal degree programmes the Faculty also offers a four-year BSc programme which is a one-year extension of our normal study programmes. This provides an opportunity to students who do not meet the minimum admission requirements for the programmes mentioned in this prospectus, but who show the potential to learn the necessary skills when given the opportunity.
Postgraduate programmes
The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences offers postgraduate degree programmes at honours, master’s and doctoral level. We are a centre of excellence for postgraduate training in the natural, agricultural and mathematical sciences, and produce a significant number of master’s and doctoral graduates each year. In addition, we focus strongly on research-based degrees and our research findings are published in international journals of high impact. Our postgraduate students are recruited from all over the world with a significant component from the African continent. The Faculty hosts excellent research facilities to accommodate postgraduate students within strong research groups.
Although all our degree programmes are grouped under the different departments, the Faculty hosts a number of excellent institutes and centres where the focus is mainly on multidisciplinary research. Members of departments with enrolled postgraduate students participate in research projects with a common focus within the defined institutes and centres.
Contact Details
Telephone: 012 420 3111
E-mail: [email protected]