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Overview Challenges of global relevance, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, antimicrobial drug resistance and other human or animal diseases are addressed by using flow cytometry, cell sorting, biophysical analysis, protein crystallography, genome analysis, selective gene expression and metabolic profiles. Biochemists can work in medicine, veterinary science, the food and pharmaceutical industries and agriculture, and many other fields. First-year students are exposed to a range of biological and physical science subjects to ensure a firm scientific basis. In the second and third years, they delve deeper into biochemistry, combining theoretical lectures with appropriate practical studies to learn the principles and methodology of research. In the third year, the study of the genome, transcriptome, proteome and lipidome of a living cell is pursued. Proteome analysis, crystallography, cell structure and function, enzymology and immunology are applied to understand the molecular basis of disease. The Biochemistry programme is offered by University of Pretoria .Ideally, biochemistry is combined with chemistry, microbiology, genetics, human physiology, plant science, zoology and food science. All these subjects include both theoretical and practical aspects. Students may choose elective modules related to their studies.Career OpportunitiesBiochemistry offers many opportunities for exciting and challenging careers in the food and pharmaceutical, fine chemicals and waste processing industries. Careers at research councils, such as the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) and the Water Research Commission (WRC) are possibilities, as are academic institutions, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and forensic and pathology laboratories. Career opportunities include those of researcher, teacher, lecturer and medical representative. Graduates are comfortable in work environments such as universities, research institutes, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies and related industries.

Life at the cellular and molecular level depends on the specific interaction and cooperation of many individual biomolecules. To understand life at a fundamental level, biochemists study the role of individual biomolecules and relate this function to its unique structure. The Biochemistry programme is offered by University of Pretoria.

Disciplines

ChemistryBiochemistryGenetics

Requirements

English Requirements

IELTSMin 6

Other Requirements

1Applicants from countries other than South Africa must meet various admission requirements of which the most important ones are: the academic admission requirements and the equivalent certificate called the Exemption Certificate issued by the organisation: Universities South Africa (USAf). School Qualification Certificate from the country of originSubjects passed on an exit-levelCertificate of Complete Exemption or Foreign Conditional Exemption obtainable from Universities South Africa (USAf) National Benchmark Test (NBT), if requested by the relevant faculty and/or South African Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) results, if requested by the relevant faculty

Biochemistry

Biochemistry

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Biochemistry

University of Pretoria