Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) Priority Fields

Undergraduate Priority Fields

PART A: LIST AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

Field	Sub-fields	Programme of Study
	High Priority
Science	Mathematical sciences	1.	Mathematics,
		2.	Applied Mathematics
		3.	Operations research,
		4.	Numerical analysis,
		5.	Actuarial science,
		6.	Statistics
	Computing	1.	Computer sciences:
		2.	System design,
		3.	Computer
			programming,
		4.	Data processing,
		5.	Networks,
		6.	Operating systems
Engineering,	Engineering and engineering	1.	Electronics and
manufacturing and	trades		Computer Engineering
construction		2.	Electrical Engineering
		3.	Mechanical Engineering
	Manufacturing and	1.	Metallurgical
	processing		Engineering
		2.	Mining Engineering
		3.	Industrial Engineering
		4.	Petroleum Engineering
		5.	Chemical Engineering
	Architecture and building	1.	Architecture and town
			planning:
		2.	Construction
			management
		3.	Structural architecture,
		4.	Landscape architecture,
		5.	Community planning,
		6.	Cartography;
		7.	Building, construction;
		8.	Civil engineering

Social sciences, business	Business and administration	1.	Finance,
and law		2.	Banking,
		3.	Insurance,
		4.	Investment analysis;
		5.	Accounting,
		6.	Auditing.
	Medium Priority
Science	Life sciences	1.	Biology,
		2.	Botany,
		3.	Bacteriology,
		4.	Toxicology,
		5.	Microbiology,
		6.	Zoology,
		7.	Entomology,
		8.	Ornithology,
		9.	Genetics,
		10.	Biochemistry,
			Biophysics
	Physical sciences	1.	Astronomy and space
			sciences, physics,
		2.	Chemistry, other allied
			subjects,
		3.	Geology,
		4.	Geophysics
		5.	mineralogy,
		6.	physical anthropology,
			physical geography and
			other geosciences,
		7.	meteorology and other
			atmospheric sciences
		8.	including climatic
			research,
		9.	marine science,
		10. vulcanology,
		11. palaeoecology.
Health and welfare	Health	1.	Medical services: public
			health services, hygiene,
			pharmacy,
			pharmacology,
		2.	therapeutics,
			rehabilitation,
			prosthetics, optometry,
			nutrition;
	Social services	1.	Social care: care of the
			disabled, childcare,
			youth services,
			gerontological services;

POSTGRADUATE: PRIORITY FIELDS OF STUDIES

Field	Sub-fields	Programme of Study
	High Priority

Science	Mathematical sciences	1.	Mathematics,
		2.	Applied Mathematics
		3.	Operations research,
		4.	Numerical analysis,
		5.	Actuarial science,
		6.	Statistics
	Computing	1.	Computer sciences:
		2.	System design,
		3.	Computer programming,
		4.	Data processing,
		5.	Networks,
		6.	Operating systems
Engineering,	Engineering and	1.	Electronics and
manufacturing and	engineering trades	2.	Computer Engineering
construction			Electrical Engineering
		3.	Mechanical Engineering
	Manufacturing and	1.	Metallurgical Engineering
	processing	2.	Mining Engineering
		3.	Industrial Engineering
		4.	Petroleum Engineering
		5.	Chemical Engineering
	Architecture and building	1.	Architecture and town planning:
		2.	Construction
			management
		3.	Structural architecture,
		4.	Landscape architecture,
		5.	Community planning,
		6.	Cartography;
		7.	Building, construction;
		8.	Civil engineering
			Environmental
		9.
			Engineering

Agriculture	Agriculture, forestry and	1.	Agriculture,
	fishery	2.	Crop and livestock
			production,
		3.	Agronomy,
		4.	Animal husbandry,
		5.	Horticulture and gardening,
		7.	Natural parks
		8.	Wildlife,
		9.	Fisheries,
		10.	Fishery science and technology.

	Veterinary	1.	Veterinary medicine
		2.	Veterinary assisting.

Education	Teacher training and	1.	Teacher training for preschool,
	education science		kindergarten, elementary school,
			vocational, practical, on-
			vocational subject, adult
			education, teacher trainers and
			for handicapped children.
		2.	General and specialised
			Teacher training programmes.
		3.	Education science: curriculum
			development in non-vocational
			and vocational subjects.
			Educational assessment, testing
			and measurement, educational
			research
Health and welfare	Health	1.	Medicine: anatomy,
			epidemiology, cytology,
			physiology, immunology and
			immunohematology,
			pathology, anaesthesiology,
			paediatrics, obstetrics
			and gynaecology, internal
			medicine, surgery, neurology,
			psychiatry, radiology,
			ophthalmology; Public
			Health
			Nursing: General Nursing
		2.	Dental services:
		3.	odontology
Social sciences, business	Business and	1.	Finance,
and law	administration	2.	Banking,
		3.	Insurance,
		4.	Investment analysis;
		5.	Accounting,
		6.	Auditing.

PART C: Vocational Training

Field	Sub-fields and Priority level	course
	High Priority
Science & Technology	Computing	1.	IT Security
		2.	Game Technology
		3.	Computer
			Maintenance
		4.	Computer aided
			design
Engineering,	Engineering and engineering	1.	Mechanics,
manufacturing and	trades	2.	Metal work,
construction		3.	Electricity,
		4.	Electronics,
		5.	Telecommunications,
		6.	Energy
		7.	Chemical
			engineering,
		8.	Vehicle
			maintenance,
	Manufacturing and	1.	Food and drink
	processing		processing,
		2.	Wine making
		3.	Textiles,
		4.	Clothes,
		5.	Footwear,
		6.	Leather,
		7.	Materials (wood,
			paper,
		8.	Plastic, glass, etc.),
		9.	Mining and
			extraction
	Architecture and building	1.	Building,
			construction;
		2.	Painter;
		3.	Plumbing
			Technology

Attachment:

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