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Welcome to Stellenbosch University

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​PROGRAMME OFFERING AND ASSOCIATED CLOSING DATES

As a postgraduate candidate, a maximum of three programmes is permitted upon application. P​lease ensure that you meet the minimum admission requirements for all your programmes of interest.

Your application for admission to a postgraduate degree programme will ONLY be processed once you have submitted a completed application form and uploaded all your supporting documents before the programme's closing date.

Thereafter, the Central Application Office will review your application and verify that your documentation is​ correct. Click he​re ​to view the presentation of academic qualifications and supporting documentation.​​​​

Some programmes are offered across two faculties. This implies that the programme will reside within the faculty of AgriSciences, but hosted by an associated department within another faculty.


​PROGRAMME OFFERING

​Clicking on the ​hyperlinks within the table below ​enables you to view the programme's information.​​


​closing dates

 International      South Africa​​​

​​​​Programm​e​​​
​​​Department
​Closing date
​​​Closing date

​MASTER'S programmes

Master of Agriculture (MAgric)
​MAgric
(Agri-business Management)​

​Agricultural Economics
​​14 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025
Master of Science (Agric)
​Agronomy
Agronomy
​14 Sept 2025
​​​31 Oct 2025
Soil Science
Soil Science
​​14 Sept 2025
​​31 Oct 2025
Viticulture​
​​​Viticulture and Oenology
​​​14 Sept 2025
​​​31 Oct 2025
Oenology​​
​​​​Viticulture and Oenology
​​​​14 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025
Master of Science (MSc)
MSc (Conservation Ecology)
Conservation Ecology and Entomology
14 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025
MSc (Entomology)
Conservation Ecology and Entomology
14 Sept 2025
​​31 Oct 2025
MSc (Food and Nutrition Security)
Food Science
​​14 Sept 2025         
31 Oct 2025
MSc (Food Science)
​Food Science
14 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025
MSc (​Forestry & Natural Resource Science)
Forestry and Wood Science
​​14 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025
MSc (Nematology)​

Conservation Ecology and Entomology
​​14 Sept 2025
​​​31 Oct 2025
MSc (Plant Pathology)
Plant Pathology
14 Sept 2025
​​31 Oct 2025
​MSc (Sustainable Agriculture)​

Conservation Ecology and Entomology
​​14 Sept 2025
​​31 Oct 2025​
MSc (​Wine Biotechnology​)

Viticulture and Oenology:
Institute for Wine Biotechnology

​14 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025
MSc (​Wood &
Wood Product Sciences)

​​​Forestry and Wood Science
​14 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025
​​Master of Science in Agriculture (MScAgric)
MScAgric (Agricultural Economics)
​Agricultural Economics
​​14 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025
MScAgric (Agronomy)
Agronomy
14 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025
MScAgric (Animal Science)
Animal Science
14 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025
MScAgric (Entomology)
Conservation Ecology and Entomology
14 Sept 2025

​31 Oct 2025

MScAgric (Genetics)
​Genetics
​​14 Sept 2025
​​31 Oct 2025
​​MScAgric (Horticultural Science)
Horticultural Science
​​14 Sept 2025
​​31 Oct 2025
MScAgric (Nematology)​
Conservation Ecology and Entomology
14 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025
MScAgric (Oenology)
Viticulture and Oenology
​​​14 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025​
​​​MScAgric (​Plant Pathology)
Plant Pathology
14 Sept 2025
31 Oct 2025
MScAgric (Soil Science)
Soil Science
14 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2025
​MScAgric (Viticulture)
​​Viticulture and Oenology
​​​​14 Sept 2025
​31 Oct 2024
MScAgric (Wine Biotechnology)
Viticulture and Oenology:
Institute for Wine Biotechnology

​14 Sept 2025​
​31 Oct 2025
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​​Master's programmes in other faculties

​​SCIENCE​​

​​MSc (Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology)

Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
31 Mar 2026
​​31 Oct 2025

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Application Process