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The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) is the custodian of the quality of medical care in South Africa. It stands out globally due to its 29 constituent Colleges, which represent all the disciplines of medicine and dentistry. [1] [2] The sole current path to specialisation in South Africa is through a Fellowship conferred by the college.
Adama Hospital Medical College ( AHMC), Adama, Ethiopia. Addis Ababa University. Africa medical college. Bahirdar University College of Medicine and Health Science. Bethel Medical College. Debrebirhan University College of Health Science and Medicine. Gondar College of Medical Sciences. Haramaya University.
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University. / 25.61889°S 28.02278°E / -25.61889; 28.02278. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University ( SMU; Afrikaans: Die Mediese Universiteit van Suid-Afrika) is a medical university in Ga-Rankuwa, Gauteng Province, South Africa. [1] Its current incarnation was formed on 1 January 2015.
Public universities. Public universities in South Africa are divided into three types: traditional universities, which offer theoretically oriented university degrees; universities of technology ("technikons"), which offer vocational oriented diplomas and degrees; and comprehensive universities, which offer a combination of both types of qualification.
The public system serves the vast majority of the population. Authority and service delivery are divided between the national Department of Health, provincial health departments, and municipal health departments. [1] In 2017, South Africa spent 8.1% of GDP on health care, or US$499.2 per capita.
There are eight medical schools in South Africa, each under the auspices of a public university. As the country is a former British colony, most institutions follow the British-based undergraduate method of instruction, admitting students directly from high school into 6 or 5-year programs.
The Memorial Tower Building on the Howard College Campus in Durban, University of KwaZulu-Natal Organization. The university is governed in accordance with the Higher Education Act of 1997, and its constitution is specified in the Statute of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, as approved by the South African Minister of Education and the Parliament of South Africa.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad, Xhosa: iYunivesithi yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa.Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest university in Sub-Saharan Africa in continuous operation.