Bachelors of Military Science
Here’s your opportunity to be a real life super hero and protect your country with military science careers. The military science faculty offers very specialised courses as you can only work for defence forces once you’ve graduated. It equips you with special skills that the defence force needs. It will also allow you to work your way up in ranks if your skills is scarce and desperately needed.
There are various courses available, each equipping you in very different skills that the SANDF* needs. They will draw up a career development plan for you which the university will take into account upon acceptance.
Associated salary for Military Science careers is subject to the SANDF* and rank which you hold.
*SANDF- South African National Defence Force
FYI:
- Subject requirements may differ slightly at each university.
- Associated salary depends on which route you choose to take with your degree, the given associated salary is not completely accurate and is just to give you an idea of what to expect.
| Degree: | Possible Career: | What you need to do to study this: |
Organisation and Resource Management
| The SANDF will do placements accordingly | Minimum requirements for the university |
| Human and Organisation Development | The SANDF will do placements accordingly |
|
Security and Africa Studies | The SANDF will do placements accordingly | Minimum requirements for the university |
| Technology | The SANDF will do placements accordingly |
|
| Technology and Defence Management | The SANDF will do placements accordingly |
|
Degree: Organisation and Resource Management
Possible Career:
The SANDF will do placements accordingly
What you need to do to study this:
Minimum requirements for the university
Degree: Human and Organisation Development
Possible Career:
The SANDF will do placements accordingly
What you need to do to study this:
- Mathematics 40%
OR - Mathematical Literacy 60%
Degree: Security and Africa Studies
Possible Career:
The SANDF will do placements accordingly
What you need to do to study this:
Minimum requirements for the university
Degree: Technology
Possible Career:
The SANDF will do placements accordingly
What you need to do to study this:
- Mathematics 50%
- Physical Sciences 50%
Degree: Technology and Defence Management
Possible Career:
The SANDF will do placements accordingly
What you need to do to study this:
- Mathematics 40%
- Physical Sciences 40%
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