Training: Currently training for Naturopathy in Southern Africa is only offered at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. A Bachelor of Science in Complementary Health Sciences   (BSc CHS) is awarded after three years of intense undergraduate training. Thereafter full-time training for professional practitioner status leads to the award of a two- year Degree in Naturopathy. Training of Complementary medical students is quite intensive and should empower a graduate to do the following:

• Take a complete medical and detailed case history.
• Perform a physical examination and interpret ancillary tests.
• Make a clinical diagnosis and a diagnosis in terms of the naturopathic philosophy.
• Develop a treatment plan in accordance with the scope of practice of naturopathy.

After the complete 5-year training program Naturopaths register with the Allied Health Professions Council in order to be able to practice and have to comply to the Allied Health Professions Act.