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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.​​​​


PROGRAMME OFFERING​

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


CLOSING DATES​


​​​​Programm​e​​
​​Department
​Closing date
​​​Clo​sing date 

master's programmes​

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Master'​s Degrees
M​ in Social Work
Social Work
​31 Aug 2024
​31 Aug 2024
Master of Urban and Regional Planning​
Geography and Environmental Studies
​31 Aug 2024
​​31 Oct 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Master of Arts (MA) 
MA (African Languages)​
African Languages
​30 Nov 2024
​​30 Nov 2024
MA (​African Languages for Professional Contexts)
African Languages
​Not offered for 2025-intake​
MA (​Afrikaans and Dutch)
Afrikaans and Dutch
31 Aug 2024
31 Oct 2024
MA (Ancient Cultures)
Ancient Studies
​31 Aug 2024
​31 Oct 2024
MA (Ancient Languages)
​Ancient Studies
​31 Aug 2024
​31 Oct 2024
MA (Clinical Psychology)
Psychology
30 May 2024
30 May 2024
MA (Creative Writing)
Afrikaans and Dutch
30 Oct 2024
​30 Oct 2024
MA (Drama and Theatre Studies)​
Drama
​31 Aug 2024
31 Oct 2024
MA (English Studies)
English
25 March 2025
​25 March 2025
MA (French)
Modern Foreign Languages​
​​30 Nov 2024
​​30 Nov 2024
MA (General Linguist​ics)
General Linguistics
30 Aug 2024
30 Nov 2024
MA (Geographical Information Systems)
Geography and Environmental Studies
31 Aug 2024
31 Oct 2024
MA (Geography and Environmental Studies)
Geography and Environmental Studies
​​31 Aug 2024
​​31 Oct 2024
MA (German)
Modern Foreign Languages
30 Nov 2024
30 Nov 2024
MA (History)
History
31 Aug 2024
31 Oct 2024
MA (Intercultural Communication)
General Linguistics
30 Aug 2024
​30 Nov 2024
MA (International Studies)
Political Science
Not offered for 2025-intake
MA (Journalism)​
Journalism
30 Sept 2024
30 Sept 2024
MA (Lexicography)
Afrikaans and Dutch
​​31 Aug 2024
​31 Oct 2024
MA (Philosophy)
Philosophy
​31 Aug 2024
​30 Nov 2024
MA (Political Science)
Political Science
30 Sept 2024
​30 Sept 2024
MA (Psychology)
Psychology
31 Aug 2024
​31 Oct 2024
MA (​Public Sociology and Anthropology)​
Sociology and Social Anthropology
31 Oct 2024
​31 Oct 2024
MA (Second-language Studies)
General Linguistics
​​30 Aug 2024
​30 Nov 2024
MA (Social Anthropology)
Sociology and Social Anthropology
31 Oct 2024
​​30 Nov 2024
MA (Social Science Methods)
Sociology and Social Anthropology
​Not offered for 2025-intake​​

MA (Socio-Informatics)
Information Science
30 Sept 2024
​31 Oct 2024
MA (Sociology)
Sociology and Social Anthropology
31 Oct 2024
​30 Nov 2024
MA (Technology for Language Learning)
Modern Foreign Languages
​​Not offered for 2025-intake
​​MA (Translation)
Afrikaans and Dutch
31 Aug 2024
31 Oct 2024
MA (Visual Arts)
Visual Arts
31  Oct 2024
30 Nov 2024
MA (Visual Arts: Art Education)
Visual Arts
31 Aug 2024
30 Nov 2024
MA (​Visual Studies)
Visual Arts
31 Aug 2024
30 Nov 2024
Master of Music (MMus)
MMus​
Music
31 Aug 2024
31 Oct 2024
Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
MPhil (Applied Ethics)​ 
Philosophy​
31 Oct 2024             30 Sept 2024
MPhil (Decision-Making and Knowledge Dynamics)
Information Science
Not offered for 2024-intake
MPhil (Disaster Risk Science and Development [DRSD])​
Research Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction [RADAR]
​​30 Oct 2024
28 Nov 2024
​​MPhil (Film Music)
​​Music
​​30 Sept 2024
​​31 Oct 2024
MPhil (Information and Knowledge Management)
Information Science
​​30 Sept 2024
​31 Oct 2024
MPhil (​Monitoring and Evaluation)
Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology [CREST]
31 Aug 2024
​30 Sept 2024
MPhil (Music Technology)
Music
​30 Sept 2024
​​31 Oct 2024
MPhil (Public Mental Health)
Psychology
​​31 Oct 2024
​​​31 Oct 2024
MPhil (Science and Technology Studies)
​​Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology [CREST]​
​31 Aug 2024
​30 Sept 2024
MPhil (Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies)​
  • Coursework opti​on
  • Research option​
Sociology and Social Anthropology


23 Aug 2024


23 Aug 2024
MPhil (Urban and Regional Science)​
Geography and Environmental Studies
​31 Aug 2024
31 Oct 2024​







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