Master of Arts in Nursing Science

Admission requirements: Professional nurses with an appropriate bachelor honours degree or an appropriate postgraduate diploma, or Professional nurses who completed a 4-year basic nursing degree program or, Professional nurses with a 4-year basic nursing diploma program or, Professional nurses who completed a 3-year basic nursing diploma with an additional qualification in a post-basic field such as Nursing Education, Nursing Management, Community Nursing or any clinical field, and applicants should have obtained an average mark of at least 60% for the latest professional qualification, and In the absence of an honours degree or a postgraduate diploma the applicant will be required to complete a one-year research methodology module at postgraduate level, e.g., PPH4805 (Theory and principles of Health Research) for NDP before he/she will be allowed to register for the research proposal module. In addition to the above requirements, applicants must submit a transcript or an academic record, as well as a document describing their intended research. Students will be accepted on the following criteria:

Suitability and viability of the intended research;

Adequate supervisory capacity and research expertise in the discipline or department.

An approved selection procedure is in line with Unisa's policies on equality and diversity in the discipline or department.

A student registered for a 180-credit structured research master's degree must complete the study program within three years. A student may make an application to the Registrar for one additional year of study. The Registrar will consult with the Executive Dean of the College in which the student is registered.

A research master's degree comprises a research proposal module (where the outcome is an acceptable research proposal on a research topic). Once this module is finalized, you may register for the research component (i.e., a dissertation).