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PG Open Day

Postgraduate Open Day

11 July 2025 09:00 – 15:00 | 12 July 2025 09:00 - 13:00 

Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Stellenbosch University, Francie van Zijl drive, Parow  



Are you a h​ealth or science graduate looking to deepen your expertise
and drive meaningful change in healthcare?


Join us for the Postgraduate Open Day at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences — your gateway to world-class postgraduate education and impactful research. Learn more about our Honour’s, Master’s and Doctoral programmes for medicine and health sciences p​rofessionals-in-training across a wide range of disciplines, including clinical sciences, public health, biomedical research, and health systems.


This will be your opportunity to meet academic supervisors and current postgraduate students, receive guidance on admissions, research proposals, and funding opportunities, and to tour our research and teaching facilities.


The following departments/ divisions and research groups will be available

Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI) Biorepository Unit
Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA) - chronic stress
Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA) - Non-invasive blood pressure measurement
Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA) – Cardiosphere
Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI)
Division of Rural Health (Ukwanda) - Post graduate rural programs
Department of Medicine - Experimental Medicine
Department of Medicine - Poison Information Centre
Department of Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Department of Nursing and Midwifery - Postgraduate Diplomas and Nursing research 
Department of Psychiatry - Psychiatry postgraduate degrees
Department of Psychiatry - Psychiatry Laboratories
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Pathology - Division of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care - Family Medicine Postgraduate Programme Opportunities
Division of Physiotherapy - Physiotherapy Postgraduate programmes 
Division of Immunology - Stellenbosch University Immunology Research Group (SU-IRG)
Division of Medical Physiology - Stellenbosch University Reproductive Research Group (SURRG)
Division of Medical Physiology - MitoSAKen
Division of Clinical Anatomy
Molecular Biology and Human Genetics - Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology and Human Genetics - Postgraduate studies
Molecular Biology and Human Genetic - Host-Pathogen Mycobactomics
Molecular Biology and Human Genetics - Clinical Mycobacteriology and Epidemiology (CLIME)
Molecular Biology and Human Genetics - Rare Disease Genomics Research Group
Molecular Biology and Human Genetics - Animal TB Research Group
Molecular Biology and Human Genetics - LIGHT (Marakalala lab)
Tygerberg Doctoral Office​
​​Get your tickets on Quicket at https://www.quicket.co.za/events/319866-fmhs-postgraduate-open-day/
​​Any questions or enquiries can be referred to tygermar@sun.ac.za. ​​​​​​​​
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