Fast facts at the Faculty of Health Sciences
2012 Statistics
Undergraduates Registered
| Degree | Total |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | 210 |
| BSc Physiotherapy | 228 |
| BSc Speech Language Pathology | 128 |
| BSc Audiology | 96 |
| MB014 | 1229 |
Undergraduates Graduated
| Degree | Total |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | 40 |
| BSc Physiotherapy | 40 |
| BSc Speech Language Pathology | 24 |
| BSc Audiology | 11 |
| MBChB | 184 |
Postgraduates Registered
| Students | Total |
| Doctoral | 321 |
| Honours | 97 |
| Masters | 1160 |
| Occasional | 32 |
| PGDip | 272 |
Postgraduates Graduated
| Degree | Total |
| PG Diplomas | 192 |
| Honours | 76 |
| Masters | 133 |
| Doctoral | 40 |
Academics
The FHS hosts 9 of the 30 A-rated scientists at UCT:
| Name | Department |
| Professor Eric Bateman | UCT Lung Institute |
| Professor Frank Brombacher | Clinical Laboratory Sciences |
| Professor Michael Kew | Medicine |
| Professor Valerie Mizrahi | Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine |
| Professor Tim Noakes | Human Biology |
| Professor Lionel Opie | Heart Research Unit |
| Professor Dan Stein | Psychiatry and Mental Health |
| Professor Kit Vaughan | Human Biology |
| Professor Heather Zar | Paediatric Pulmonology |
The Faculty of Health Sciences is home to eight of the 29 National Research Foundation (NRF) chairs at UCT. They are:
| Name | Department |
| Prof Jonathan Blackburn | Applied Proteomics and Chemical Biology |
| Prof Frank Brombacher | Immunology of Infectious Diseases in Africa |
| A/Prof Marc Combrink | Neurosciences |
| A/Prof Keertan Dheda | Lung Infection and Immunity in Poverty Related Diseases |
| Prof Iqbal Parker | Cancer Biology |
| Prof Di McIntyre | Health and Wealth in South Africa |
| A/Prof Ernesta Meintjes | Brain Imaging |
| Prof Anna-Lise Williamson | Vaccinology |
National Orders
- Professor Wieland Gevers (retired) - Order of Mapangubwe (Silver Category)
- Professor Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg (Posthumous) - Order of Mapangubwe (Silver Category)
- Professor Valerie Mizrahi - Order of Mapangubwe (Silver Category)
- Professor Tim Noakes - Order of Mapangubwe (Silver Category)
- Professor Lionel Opie - Order of Mapangubwe (Silver Category)
- Professor Claire Penn (alumna) - Order of Mapangubwe (Silver Category)
- Dr Stuart Saunders - Order of Mapangubwe (Silver Category)
- Professor Allan Cormack - Order of Mapangubwe (Gold Category)
- Dr Ivan Toms - Order of the Baobab
- Professor Francis Ames (alumnus) - The Order of the Star of South Africa (Category III Member)
Other awards to members of the Faculty are:
- A/prof Landon Myer and Prof Dan Stein – Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science Dan Stein (South Africa Medal - gold) and Landon Myer (British medal – silver). News archive, 26 Nov 2012
- Prof Di McIntyre was named a foreign associate to the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the US’s National Academy of Sciences Monday paper, 12 Nov 2012
- Prof Eric Bateman, won the 2012 European Respiratory Society’s President’s Award – News archive 1 October 2012
- Prof Kelly Chibale won the 2011 Alan Pifer award – News archive 20 March 2012
- Prof Mohamed Jeebhay – named a fellow of the international Collegium Ramazzini – News archive 20 January 2012
- Prof Bongani Mayosi – NRF Transformation of the Science Cohort award – News archive 15 Sept 2011
- A/Prof Keertan Dheda received a Union Scientific award at the 2010 IUATLD meeting – News archive – 30 Nov 2010
- The world’s largest global psychopharmacology organisation, the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum awarded its Ethics in Psychopharmacology prize to Prof Dan Stein - News archive 14 June 2010